A reader left this comment on the “What’s The Matter With Utah?” thread. I think it’s really thought-provoking and challenging, but he posted it under his real name, and I’m worried that if I approve it, it will set him up to be attacked. Reader, if you are sure that you want me to approve it, let me know and I will. But I want to throw the comment out there for discussion, because the issues the reader brings up are real, and difficult:
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
An architect of the federal healthcare law said last year that a “lack of transparency” and the “stupidity of the American voter” helped Congress approve ObamaCare.
He suggested that many lawmakers and voters didn’t know what was in the law or how its financing worked, and that this helped it win approval.
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A reader writes:
Submitted by John Mauldin via MauldinEconomics.com,
Last month I ran across a fascinating study by economist John Cochrane. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, former University of Chicago professor, and adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute.
Cochrane wrote a paper on economic growth last year as part of a project to design presidential debate questions where he took a matter-of-fact approach to the growth problem.
The homeless crisis in the UK continues to grow with shocking new government figures showing that homelessness has rocketed in England since 2010. Data analyzed by homelessness charity Shelter show that 56,600 people accepted as homeless by councils in 2015 was 33% higher than in 2010. RT reports: The charity says that people losing their privately-rented homes is the single biggest cause of the crisis. Last year alone, around 17,000 families reportedly became homeless after being evicted from privately-rented homes.