- Man gets organ transplant; there were 3,557 people ahead of him on the waiting list.
- NYT doesn’t think there is any waste to be cut in Medicaid.
- Is it a mistake to focus on manufacturing? AAF: There are no jobs to “bring back.”
- No “doctor fix” in the GOP’s House spending bill.
- Heritage Foundation: most Biden documents were signed with an auto pen.
Author: John C. Goodman
Tuesday Links
- Scientists estimate that tens of trillions of viruses live inside of us. (NYT)
- The US would have had 1.6 million fewer deaths if it had managed covid the way Sweden did.
- Between 2019-24, the EU approved 13,000 new laws and regulations while the U.S. imposed 5,500.
- The United States imports roughly one-fifth of its pharmaceutical preparations by dollar value from China and India combined.
- Marco Rubio: After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.
Why We Can’t Build Anything
In the United States it costs roughly $609 million to build a kilometer of rail. In Canada it costs only $295 million and in Portugal, $96 million. Because of regulations and the lack of cost-effective production, a basic elevator in New York City costs about four times as much as that same elevator in Switzerland.
Source: David Brooks
Monday Links – 10 March 2025
- In going after antisemitism at Columbia, is Bobby Kennedy getting out of his lane?
- 26 GOP members of the House are in districts where 30% or more of the population is on Medicaid.
- Only 17% of voters want to cut Medicaid spending.
- USDA: It gives well over $20 billion a year to mainly well-off farmers.
- Even among mice and other mammals, females live longer than males.