By now you’ve probably read somewhere that the new healthcare bill will eventually mandate everybody to own insurance, and that for most middle class folks, the punishment for not doing so will be about 2.5% of your income. You may have also read that given that health insurance premiums will increase (they already have for [...]
Maybe love is too strong a word. I typically vote for Libertarians and the occasional Republican, and usually consider Democratic primaries like the political version of NASCAR: I don’t care who wins, but enjoy watching the crashes. However, the Republicans have lately forgotten their core values of limited and responsible government, and are spending like [...]
A recent article in the Washington Post talks about the fact that, as I mentioned earlier, the “Democratic” race will end up being decided by superdelegates at the convention in Denver. Most disturbingly, uncommitted superdelegates who are leaning towards Clinton are starting to make noises suggesting that they will be comfortable overriding [...]
For all the righteous (and understandable) complaining the Democratic party makes over the Electoral College system, you’d think they’d let the popular vote determine their primary system. In fact, they instead use a system that is even less democratic than the Electoral College by employing “superdelegates” who are allowed to vote for anybody. Superdelegates are [...]
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