Seattle’s Light Rail

Seattle’s Light Rail Sets Record for Environmental Harm   The system cost $2.3 billion to build.   $2.3 billion, financed at 6% interest over 20 years would cost $16 million per month, capital costs alone.   15,000 rider per day, 30 days per month= 450,000 rides per month. Capital cost per ride is $35.50. Operating [...]

Worry About Cohesion

Worry About Cohesion   Scare mongers have for a long time warned about bogey men such as One World Government. I have generally not liked such talk. It seems a little too close to late night radio callers who report UFOs. Conspiracy theories need to be taken in small doses. I also imbibe selectively writings [...]

Misgivings on Health Care Legislation

 Misgivings on Health Care Legislation   As the Senate passes another hurdle on the way to melding the administration of all American medicine into one galloping cancer, I reflect on my basic misgivings. They are two, redistribution and central planning.   Redistribution is not one of the principles employed when the founders ordained and [...]

Buying Health Takeover Votes

If Obama and Reid can buy Landrieu’s “yes” vote for $100 million, could Jon Tester’s “no” vote be bought for a somewhat tidier sum? Who wants to lead, gathering the funds? I wonder how much it would take? It’s all raw power, at bottom.    

What ObamaCare Covers

What Will ObamaCare Cover?   What is medically necessary? Who decides?   Decide if your tax dollars should cover:   Medical marijuana Needle exchanges for heroin addicts Smoking cessation treatments and programs SSRIs (such as Prozac) for “normal” people who want to feel “better than normal”   Sex-change operations   Physician assisted suicide   LMNA [...]