The Nation: How Our Economy Lost $400 Million in One Week Alone

The Nation: How Our Economy Lost $400 Million in One Week Alone. Apparently the economy lost $400 million dollars last week because there wasn’t quite enough government subsidization of unemployment. Thankfully that $400 million dollars was found to be doing just fine in the pockets of Americans that actually worked for it. Just kidding. The government didn’t use this occasion to return any of that money to those they had confiscated it from.

Krugman: Somehow, UPS-Fedex Christmas Snafus Make HealthCare.gov Seem Not So Bad

Krugman: Somehow, UPS-Fedex Christmas Snafus Make HealthCare.gov Seem Not So Bad: Excepting, of course, when UPS, Fedex fails us we can punish them by ending our voluntary relationship with them and not paying them for any service they do not provide. As opposed to Obamacare , where the SNAFU actually is situation normal and the entire system fails once it loses the power to compel us to pay for a service we cannot expect to receive.

Ryan Defends Reduction to Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Early Military Retirees

Ryan defends reduction to cost-of-living adjustments for early military retirees: If these guys want to cut ‘benefits’ to those that are young enough to get other jobs there is a far better place for them to start than with our military retirees.

Pope condemns idolatry of cash in capitalism

Pope condemns idolatry of cash in capitalism: For all his good intentions the Pope will never produce the food that is needed to feed the hungry. This is because the Pope is not a good steward of scarce resources, nor could he be. Being a good steward of scarce resources and finding the most efficient way to maximize their potential and get them into the hands of the people at the lowest price possible is the job of the free market he condemns. A market that has been becoming progressively less free for at least the last century.

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