Is it my imagination or weren't the results of a long term Medicare study in the state of Oregon recently released which show that we'll end up with more volume (and higher costs) with no improvement in results?

Good for Turley. This issue - reining in the regulatory administrative state with concrete proposals to achieve that end should be a constant drumbeat of the Republicans.

Yeah,,, but did he read the search warrant? Hey - it worked for Fast & Furious.

But you can fire a political appointee at any time for any reason. This is the place to start.

This is starting to get very interesting.

Exactly.

Spot on!

Pathetic.

No.

Great summary.

Thanks for posting this. There is a college professor - R. J. Rummel - who has spent his career documenting and writing about the use of government power to kill people. I only have one of his books - "Death by Government" - but the 20th century communist states dominate the list of historical killing machines. 

I'm glad Obama pushed his gun control designs as far as he could. It's a political loser and pretty much assures the R's retain the House and at least pick up seats in the Senate in the 2014 midterms.

She's not as dumb as Rep. Hank Johnson, who worried in a congressional hearing 2 or 3 years ago that Guam would "tip over and capsize" due the planned deployment of 8,000 US Marines to the island.

I think "income inequality" is just another tool used by progressives to justify statist policies - higher taxes on the wealthy, more social spending & programs and the like.

Regarding income or wealth inequality, I believe it's a good thing as long as it occurs in a society that is not static.  Income inequality is a large driver in luxury goods eventually becoming mass consumption items.  The automobile, the radio, microwave ovens, cell phones are just a few of many other  now almost universal goods that got their start as luxury items. Capitalists looking for higher profits found ways to lower costs and increase the market for their products, but this would not have been possible if there were no rich to be the original consumers for such products.

Also, I doubt that income inequality  has been or is increasing in the USA. How many ordinary office or factory workers were able to take ocean cruises in the 1970's - something that is rather mundane nowadays?

It sure seems to me to be a clear violation of the Fifth Amendment.

There are an awful lot of contradictions - aren't there? Here's another one that hasn't been mentioned yet. The Dems love, just love public works - they can go on and on about the need for public infrastructure - roads, bridges and the like and how this leads to economic growth. However, let a public works department start plans for a new bridge or water treatment plant and every environmental wacko is crying how the project will destroy this or that flora or fauna. The latest example is the Keystone oil pipeline. It pits two portions of the Dems special interests - blue-collar labor unions support for the potential jobs and the enviros oppose it just because. And, nothing gets done for what should be a no-brainer. Obama is unable to decide which of his patronage groups to reward and which to punish.