On Healthcare

In Support of John Jay Myers for Congress

May 28, 2010 Old News

Last Saturday evening I was given the honor of speaking at an event in support of John Jay Myers for US Congress in District 23. Below are two views of the speech. This first one captures it in its entirety.   This one is a better camera, but misses my introduction.

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Penn Jillette on Seth MacFarlane and the Tea Party

May 24, 2010 On Big Government

One of my favorite entertainers is Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller. Today he is pioneering a new Internet show called Penn Points. On this first show he makes some great points about some irrational arguments (some might say hypocrisy). He also makes a great point about sometimes arguing on behalf of ideas on which [...]

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What’s the difference between a gas station and a hospital?

March 28, 2010 On Healthcare

Executive Director of the Texas Libertarian Party, Robert Butler sent out this terrific post last week. It does a nice job explaining the challenges with ignoring the free market when it comes to health care. Perhaps a slightly better example would be comparing a hospital to a grocery store, but this analogy has its own [...]

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On kids with special needs

March 22, 2010 On Big Government

On Saturday, February 12, I participated in a candidate forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Collin County. This is the second in a series of five videos in which I respond to questions from the attendees. Each candidate was given one minute to respond. The question was “The US Census estimates there [...]

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On Health Care and a First Plea for Money

March 22, 2010 On Healthcare

I have received many emails and Facebook posts from family and friends about the the health care bill which passed the US House of Representative last night (Sunday, March 21). I want to state unequivocally that I am against this legislation and that if elected to the Texas Senate in November, I will work to [...]

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Ron Paul on Medicare

January 21, 2010 On Big Government

This is an excellent exchange between Ron Paul and Anthony Weiner on Medicare. When Weiner argues that Medicare has low overhead when compared to the private sector he is right, but he fails to mention that this is because Medicare is loaded with waste and fraud. The Government Accounting Office estimates that it is somewhere [...]

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