Guess that have to spend our tax dollars some place. via Schneier on Security
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Martha Stewart Should Have Run For Congress
She could have avoided jail time and probably gotten better information. Plus she could have done it in the open and avoid those pesky false statement charges.
Government Making Sense!
I never understood why AT&T would be allowed to withdraw their merger related application with the FCC while continuing on with the DOJ. It sounded like they were trying to play one against the other. They didn’t want the DOJ to know what was in their FCC app and they thought DOJ approval would then [...]
Connecticut Legislatures Look Out for Themselves
It’s nice to see that Connecticut Legislatures are still looking out for what’s important – themselves. Tax increases weren’t enough, they had to be applied retroactively. As the Connecticut Post says… Many workers in Connecticut need to brace for a one-two punch to their paychecks this August, when the state begins collecting not only more [...]
Question: Robots Boost Jobs?
Aren’t robots usually used to increase productivity by doing things cheaper than a human can? Why is President Obama’s $70 million initiative to promote robotic development being promoted as: …a vehicle to transform American lives and revitalize the American economy I suppose unemployment will transform a life. Ok, I realize technology moves on and we [...]
Raising Taxes = Cutting Costs
I was reading a NY Times article about how lobbyists are fighting the “last big plans to cut healthcare costs” and noticed that one of those “big plans to cut healthcare costs” is actually a tax hike. The tax on gold-plated insurance plans is the last vestige of most economists’ favorite idea, eliminating the tax [...]
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Fellow Senators Clear Dodd In Mortgage Scandal
Dodd’s fellow Senators on the ethics committee of cleared my favorite Senator of breaking the rules. He didn’t do anything they wouldn’t do. They did slap his wrist for using poor judgment in getting caught. The New York Times article on the topic brings up an interesting point at the end: Meanwhile, Representative Darrell Issa [...]
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