H.R.6870
September 17, 2008 12:09 AM (2 months ago) | Overall Score: 5.0 | Replies: 0

The main reason this bill is important, in my opinion, is because the previous legislation proposed forces the banks to have to police what constitutes "games of skill" occurring on web sites. If the government is going to try to regulate this sort of entertainment, they a) should first define exactly what is and isn't allowed, and b) enforce it themselves. For more info, take a look here: http://netfreedomforever.com/vote.php

H.R.676
July 2, 2008 02:07 PM (5 months ago) | Overall Score: 5.0 | Replies: 0

To twonursesus: It is indeed tragic that 18,000 Americans die every year because they do not have health insurance. However, enacting a mandated, government-driven national health care program is not the answer. I agree with you that the insurance and drug companies are definitely profiting from the situation. But has it occurred to the supporters of this bill that the reason they are profiting is precisely *because* the industry is already so heavily regulated. If regulation was released and insurance companies were forced to actually compete against each other, you would see prices fall dramatically. Furthermore, a study was done both in England and in the United States, asking a sample of the population how happy they were with their health care. England, where health care is socialized, had overall a poor response. The United States similarly had a poor response when asked the same question. Guess what country had the most positive response when asked about their health care? Singapore, where the country strongly encourages health savings accounts and catastrophic insurance. If you don't use the money saved for your health care issues, it gets inherited to your next-of-kin. And, each person gets to individually choose what level of insurance they want, buy how large their HSA is. The specifics of the study along with why "keyhole economics" is the right answer to this question can be found in the book "The Undercover Economist" by Tim Harford. Individuals in the health care industry can probably well relate with the idea of "keyhole surgery", as outlined here: http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2005/11/keyhole_surgery.html . Monopolies force down skill and force up price. The government is the ultimate monopoly. Don't cover up the problem with an even larger problem.

H.Res.63
July 2, 2008 01:07 PM (5 months ago) | Overall Score: 5.0 | Replies: 0

Why would anybody, congressperson or public, *not* want this to pass? How many contracts do you personally sign that you don't read through first? Even worse when it's not a personal contract, but a law that will take effect and be enforceable over the whole of the United States population. It's sad this resolution even needed to be stated and formalized.