Saturday Links Posted on September 14, 2024September 13, 2024 by John C. Goodman Sales of dog strollers last year outpaced those of baby strollers for the first time in South Korea – home to the world’s lowest birthrate.(WSJ) How the New York Times stoked Covid alarmism. “Overall, benchmark premiums increased 75 percent between 2014 and 2024—more than 60 percent higher than the premium growth in employer plans during this time.” Does Joe Stiglitz deserve the blame for thousands of murders and poverty and misery in Venezuela? Taxpayers lose to fraud, fraud and more fraud. Means-tested social-welfare spending totaled $1.6 trillion in 2023, absorbing 72.6% of unobligated general revenue minus Social Security, Medicare and interest payments.
