Under Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law, the state can take over financially struggling cities by handing complete authority to an appointed “Emergency Manager.” This happened to Flint in 2011. These emergency managers assume charge of all aspects of local government. In 2014 they changed Flint’s water source to save an estimated $5 million per year. In switching … [Read more…]
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), the so-called “Obamacare,” is a rousing success. ACA has reduced the number of uninsured persons. While I would like a plan that would reduce this rate of uninsured persons to zero–a universal health care plan–the ACA, as developed by conservatives at the Heritage Foundation, was not designed for that purpose. … [Read more…]
Many people are questioning the situation of the armed radical militiamen taking over the National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, and some are suggesting there would be a different reaction from the police if armed African Americans occupied this federal land and made similar threats, i.e., they would kill and be killed if necessary. Well, we … [Read more…]
A few weeks ago Vice-President Joe Biden decided not to enter the presidential nomination race. At his press conference, he threw a zinger–presumably at Hillary Clinton–about partisanship, as if the failure to collaborate across party lines is the fault of Hillary or other Democrats. That is strange considering how often Republican leaders in Congress expressed … [Read more…]