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Gary North
A CNN poll taken on May 17 revealed that 54% of Americans oppose ObamaCare. About 35% think it goes too far. About 15% say it’s not enough. These figures have changed little since 2010. Three-quarters of Democrats favor it. About 16% of Republicans do. About 30% of whites favor it. About 60% of non-whites favor [...]
Continue reading →A dairyman who sold milk to buyers by contractual agreement has been declared “not guilty.” The contracts were valid. The jury refused to convict him of having violated Wisconsin laws against selling raw milk. The jury said he was not breaking three state laws against selling without a license. The jury did convict him on [...]
Continue reading →The CEO of McDonald’s recently defended the company’s mascot, Ronald McDonald. He said Ronald is not a bad guy. He is about fun. He is a clown. This is indicative of the utter gutlessness of corporate America. The CEO is new. I guess he is sensitive. That’s the kind of CEO companies don’t need. Some [...]
Continue reading →In a straight-party vote, House Republicans yesterday voted to repeal ObamaCare. Two Democrats voted with them. The Senate will not pass this bill. It has no chance of becoming law. What matters is whether the House will be Republican in 2017, along with the Senate, and with a Republican in the White House. Then we [...]
Continue reading →My GaryNorth.com site has forums. Yesterday, one of the site members posted this. You will appreciate it. Our company is currently undergoing its annual health coverage renewal and massive increase (about 25% to the company and higher co-pay’s all around) fire drill. The insurance guy shared some complete horror stories with our HR guy. It [...]
Continue reading →Obamacare is forever. The constituencies are lining up to get the free goodies, and Republicans are switching sides. There is a GOP bill to make sure more Americans get access to the program. This was inevitable. Once a social welfare program is set up, it creates vocal constituencies. No matter how loudly the opposition party [...]
Continue reading →Nanny Obama is giving Nanny Bloomberg a run for his money. ObamaCare will now force you to be weighed and measured every time you go to the doctor’s. Your BMI is important to the federal government. Why? It’s not clear yet. At some point, fat people will start getting nagged. That’s what nannies are for. [...]
Continue reading →Medical researchers at Harvard University have released a report which says that Americans eat too much salt. This is a follow-up report on an earlier report by the same team, authored by the same man with the unpronounceable name, which concluded that Americans eat too much sugar. The author of the report, predictably, called for [...]
Continue reading →Gary North’s Reality Check The best way to send a leftist into apoplexy is to show that rich people have some advantage that poor people don’t. “Unfair! Unfair! The government must do something about this!” Rich people in the United States have longer life expectancies than poor people do. This information has been available for [...]
Continue reading →It also works for lung cancer. This will revolutionize cancer detection. It can be done in five minutes. It is 90% accurate. Existing procedures are 70% accurate and cost $800. His procedure costs 3 cents. The Internet made this possible. I wonder how long it will take for physicians to adopt it.
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