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The government has no more rights of ownership in health care than in any other industry they regulate. Mandating you buy something by way of a tax has nothing to do with ownership rights. The government regulates almost everything that exists. All car companies must comply with a ton of...

Nationalization = government ownership. Regulations + purchase mandate ≠ government ownership. There's one more step but I think you can figure it out on your own. Examples of nationalization in modern times: You could say AIG was "in essence" nationalized. You could say GM was...

Well, let's see what the internet has to say about these tricky words! How does the health care bill "by its very nature" take the health care industry "into the public ownership of the national government?"

-- From the Romer study Did you read the Bernanke article any further than the headline? Btw, the dems want to extend the tax cuts for joint filers under 250K and individuals under 200K (i.e. at least some). That might not happen since "Republicans are loath to let taxes on high-income...

I thought it was funny that the dems got some crap for using it in a sneaky way when the repubs used it in a pretty sneaky way 10 years prior. I don't have a nuanced enough understanding of the process to really comment on whether either one is really illegitimate. I'll guess that since there...

Geithner: Taxes on Wealthiest to Rise "Mr. Geithner said the White House would allow taxes on top earners to increase in 2011 as part of an effort to bring down the U.S. budget deficit. He said the White House plans to extend expiring tax cuts for middle- and lower-income Americans, and...

The new Republican line is that there's a “Democrat tax hike" on the way. And it's a big 'un: "An unprecedented $3.8 trillion increase" that will affect -- and this is their bold and underline, not mine -- "every American who pays income taxes!" To understand what's going on here, you need to...

Maybe because they didn't distort the facts? http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/07/climategate.email.review/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn

BREAKING NEWS! Skeptics will believe an expert when they agree with their preconceptions, reject expert opinion that disagrees with them. More at 11.

I never said Bush caused the recession. I don't believe that at all. Nice straw man though! Who exactly predicted it would be short and steep? Are these the same people who failed to predict there would even be a recession? I actually remember a lot of fear of complete collapse and at least...

Some families right now have no way of getting income. Yes, some people cannot get jobs to pay their bills (did you hear? There's a recession!). How do they not need unemployment to survive?

Do you know where on the graph you posted Obama became president? Essentially right on the inflection point i.e. where job losses per month started decreasing. Since he has been in office the losses have been decreasing and have recently stopped altogether. Here is a link to the graph of job...

Another sphincter clinch inducing question avoided by Kagan!! Seriously, when will it end? http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/06/supreme-court-nominee-elena-kagan-dodges-twilight-question/1

I think some of you can't see the forest for the trees. Forcing people to eat something is not actually the issue at all. We don't even know if she eventually answered that question because we weren't provided with the full video. I think he was asking that question in an attempt to corner her...

You didn't even post her full response... It's hard to make a judgement on an incomplete answer. It's obvious he would segue into a question about the individual mandate in the health insurance reform bill. Unfortunately for Senator Coburn the legal situation around that is a little more...

that was a very good game but it could have been amazing if that ref hadn't been absolute rubbish.

Here's a good article about the situation. Sounds like all the options are on the table. http://espn.go.com/blog/pac10/post/_/id/10588/a-conference-divided-what-will-pac-10-divisions-look-like