Adjunct scholars at the Cato Institute want the government to give seniors the money spent on Medicare by depositing it into a health savings account. The idea is that consumers – seniors in this case – are better stewards of their money than a profligate spending government program.
Monday Links
- What’s wrong with Kamala’s housing plan.
- It costs more than three cents to make a penny.
- “No state has voluntarily sought a statewide remedy to segregation in the 70 years since the Brown v. Board of Education decision.” (NYT) I’m pretty sure the most segregated states are the most liberal states. That’s definitely true for cities.
- Covid vaccines used to be free. Now they cost $200.
- Once you stop taking obesity drugs the weight comes back.
Saturday Links
- We are already soaking the rich:
- The top one percent pay almost half of the income tax.
- The top five percent pay almost two-thirds of the income tax.
- The top 10% pay over 75% of the income tax.
- The top half pay 97.7%
- Around bats that eat insects, infant mortality goes down.
- Many new FDA-approved products experience long delays before Medicare agrees to pay for them.
- “The best prediction is that the Harris plan [generous child tax credit without a work requirement] could lead well over a million parents to exit employment.”
Are Americans Too Fat, Too Heavy or Too Round?
There are a variety of viewpoints about what causes America’s Battle of the Bulge. You can blame it on genes, sedentary lifestyles, snacking between meals, prepackaged calorie-dense foods, fast foods and cheap foods, all which arguably contribute to obesity. It’s probably all the above. One thing that is unlikely to contribute to excess weight: the Body Mass Index (BMI).