On November 4, 2013, a study released by Reason Foundation found that government-owned broadband networks (GONs) do not provide the value that cities and towns hope to achieve. According to the study, which focused primarily on the Lafayette Utility Service (LUS) in Lafayette, Louisiana, plans for broadband GONs are developed using the same budgeting model […]
Those Pesky Obamacare Grandfather Regs and Why We’re All Doomed
Certainly the latest news about Obamacare is how millions of people across the country are losing their health insurance in spite of numerous assurances by President Obama over a period of four-plus years that, “if you like your health-care plan, you will be able to keep your health-care plan, period.” In other words, he was […]
We Will Have Those Numbers in November
Oh, and that Obamacare really is working too, in spite of the website’s problems. That pretty much sums up the witness’s testimony in today’s hearing on the Affordable Care Act in the House Ways and Means Committee. The sole witness was Marilyn Tavenner, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency […]
Massive Glitches and Monkey Courts
There were fireworks today at the House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on the roll out of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. The hearing, entitled, “PPACA Implementation Failures: Didn’t Know or Didn’t Disclose?” questioned representatives from the major contractors that constructed the portal or website that is supposed to help individuals […]
Run Away Run Away!
It is no secret that the Obamacare roll out for its on-line portal to the healthcare exchanges has been a disaster. Taxpayers are shocked to learn they have paid $394 million (according to a Government Accountability Office report) for a system that has not worked since the Oct 1 opening day. The Obama Administration throws […]
And Here’s To You, Mrs. Lautenberg!
The recent action by Congress to provide a death gratuity to the widow of the late Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) has raised a few eyebrows. Specifically, the continuing resolution (CR) passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in the late evening hours of Wednesday, October 16, included $174,000 – the equivalent of […]
Reality is Starting to Set In
Now that Washington has a temporary reprieve on budget and debt ceiling issues, perhaps the media will focus more on the continuing Obamacare slow-motion train wreck. It has been largely ignored by the main stream media but the news about the disastrous roll-out is trickling out. We all know the on-line system to shop and […]
Conn Artist?
This week, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs lead by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) released an investigative report on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) entitled, “How Some Legal, Medical, and Judicial Professionals Abused Social Security Disability Programs for the Country’s Most Vulnerable: A Case Study of the Conn Law Firm.” In the […]
This Is Another Nice Mess You’ve Gotten Us Into
The New York Times had an interesting story yesterday, which also raised some questions that need to be answered. According to the Times, the delays for signing up for insurance on the healthcare exchange are directly tied to a software crash when Obamacare officially opened on October 1. The problem occurred at the very beginning stage of […]
A Government That is Too Big
More and more news reports are surfacing about the overreach by the Obama Administration with regard to the partial government shutdown. Remember, some 82% of government spending is exempt from the shutdown. It is the White House that ultimately determines what is essential and stays open and what doesn’t in the federal government. First a […]