MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'demagoguery'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:53:05 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4118880&cid=t_175101_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVdlSKYilLUY%2F By Daniel J. MitchellIn the past 15 years, I’ve debated in favor of a national sales tax, testified before Congress on the merits of a national sales tax, gone on TV to advocate for a national sales tax, and spoken with dozens of reporters to explain why a national sales tax is a good idea. Even though I prefer a flat tax, I’ve been an ardent defender of sales tax proposals such as the FAIR tax because it would be a great idea to replace the current system with any low-rate system that gets rid of the tax bias against saving and investment. I even narrated this video explaining that a national sales tax and flat tax are different sides of the same coin — and therefore either tax reform proposal would significantly improve prosperity and competitiveness. I will continue to d... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4118880 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:24:37 +0100 4118880 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216564&cid=t_175101_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Ftt2QFZ-yA_k%2F By Roger PilonThis morning, Politico Arena invites comments on Obama’s SOTU attack on the Supreme Court. My response: I join my Arena colleagues, Professors Bradley Smith and Randy Barnett, in condemning the president’s remarks last night singling out the Supreme Court for its Citizens United decision last week, which overturned law that the government itself admitted would even have banned books.  Not only was Obama’s behavior an appalling breach of decorum, but he didn’t even get his facts right.  As Brad, former FCC chairman, noted in his Arena post last night, and a bit more fully here, the decision did nothing to upset law that prohibits foreigners, including foreign corporations, from contributing anything of value to an American election.  Obama, the ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216564 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:38:01 +0100 3216564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3018977&cid=t_175101_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fwhu3WPjVY3M%2F This morning, Politico Arena asks: Do you take Glenn Beck’s “new national movement” seriously? Is the GOP establishment letting itinerant celebrities and talk show stars set the party’s agenda? As Winston Churchill understood, democracy is messy (and, as in his case, sometimes ungrateful).  Glenn Beck is no William F. Buckley Jr.  But then, “Joe the Plumber” probably never read National Review, which like most other journals of “high opinion” was never self-sustaining.  Liberals today, their noses in the air Obama style, look across America from the vantage of the famous New Yorker cover and see pitchfork brigades, forgetting that those who fill the brigades generally love America, which is more than can be said of some of the baggage tha... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3018977 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:27:50 +0100 3018977 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2782009&cid=t_175101_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_aDhKlAPaIM%2F The other day, Sarah Palin cited my work in an oped for the Wall Street Journal.  So when the Democratic National Committee savaged her for it, ABCNews.com asked me for comment.  Here’s an excerpt from George Stephanopoulos’ blog: “Instead of poll-driven ’solutions,’ let’s talk about real health-care reform: market-oriented, patient-centered, and result-driven,” wrote Palin. “As the Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon and others have argued, such policies include giving all individuals the same tax benefits received by those who get coverage through their employers; providing Medicare recipients with vouchers that allow them to purchase their own coverage; reforming tort laws to potentially save billions each years in wasteful spending; a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2782009 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:57:47 +0100 2782009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2625965&cid=t_175101_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FdBrT21w6Mgw%2F Politicians exaggerate as a routine matter and have well-deserved reputations for stretching the truth. But when they repeatedly make assertions that they (or their aides) know to be false, they surely deserve to be criticized. That is the purpose of my new video. Entitled “President Obama’s Dishonest Demagoguery on So-Called Tax Havens,” the four-minute presentation looks at the two sound bites that the President uses to demonize low-tax jurisdictions. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2625965 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:20:48 +0100 2625965 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424023&cid=t_175101_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FkjO1mEMf8kg%2F Brink Lindsey’s post, triggered by Jerry Taylor’s controversial critique of conservative talk radio at National Review online,  is part of a much-needed debate about the changes needed to create more fertile soil for limited-government — a task that is especially difficult given the GOP’s decade-long embrace of statist economic policy. But in the spirit of friendly disagreement, the problem is not Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Talk radio, after all, existed when Republicans were riding high and promoting small government in the 1990s. The real problem is that today’s GOP politicians are unwilling to even pretend that they believe in limited government. In such an environment, it is hardly a surprise that anti-tax and anti-spending voters decide that talk sh... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424023 Tue, 19 May 2009 21:03:51 +0100 2424023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347911&cid=t_175101_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2Fpelosi-demagoguery-and-political-hype.html Either Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi doesn't know what is actually happening in biotechnology or she doesn't care. Actually, I think it is both. The other day, she went into utter hype mode about ESCR that was reminiscent of the bad old days when the only agenda of the Democrats and the media was, "Get Bush!" (Come to think of it, it still is.) From the story: We've had a situation where it's faith or science - take your pick. We're saying science is an answer to our prayers," the San Francisco Democrat saidWe've been through this faith nonsense repeatedly here at SHS, so I won't regurgitate it all again, except to note that it is very dangerous to demean rational and important ethical concerns as nothing but "faith," which is a personal and private matter, and thereby assert that ethi... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347911 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:26:00 +0100 2347911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1322335&cid=t_175101_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fdemagoguery-and-intransigence.html Difficult to decide which makes me more angry. The demagoguery of the Roman Catholic leaders or the intransigence of Gordon Brown.If the survey in today’s Times is correct over 60% of the population support the government’s embryo research proposals. Current legislation on embryo research is nearly twenty years old and, for that reason alone, needs redrafting. I would not pretend it is an easy area ethically and, where ever the line is drawn, its impact will have a degree of arbitrariness leaving a handful of people on either side of the line unhappy. The line still needs to be drawn.There are many devout Roman Catholics, including some eminent politicians, who cannot in conscience support this legislation and their rights to dissent must be respected. But, as so often with the Catholi... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1322335 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:49:00 +0100 1322335