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More Federal Aid to States Not Needed
Chris EdwardsPresident Biden and the Democrats are including $350 billion in aid for the states in their $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. But state and local budgets are in decent shape, and finances will continue to improve as the economy recovers. Further state handouts are not needed.Policymakers may think that state and local budgets are in crisis because that is what news reports have been claiming most of the past year. Unfortunately, reporters have been misled by spending advocates overstating state and local budget challenges. The same thing happens with spending on infrastructure, defense, and education. Advocates fra...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 12, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Government Spending Could Top $9 Trillion
Chris EdwardsPresident Biden ’s push to spend another $1.9 trillion on economic relief is surreal given that government budgets are vastly ballooned already. Total federal, state, and local government spending soared from $6.8 trillion in 2019 to $8.8 trillion in 2020. That is $68,000 in government spending for every househo ld in the nation.We have already imposed $6 trillion in new debt on future taxpayers in just two years. More spending would be reckless and extremely unfair as young people will have their own costs and crises to deal with down the road. Vaccinate people, repeal shutdown mandates, and the economy wi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 26, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
State and Local Budgets Are Not in Crisis
Chris EdwardsCongress has provided$2.6 trillion in spending and tax relief in response to the pandemic and economic crisis. As government spending has started to decline, the economy is recovering strongly with GDPrising and business startupssoaring.Nonetheless, the political impulse to spend seems insatiable, and Congress is crafting another huge aid package that will put us further into debt. Policymakers are considering providing further aid for state and local governments, no doubt prompted by off ‐base storiessuch as this one suggesting that states are in dire fiscal straits.Bureau of Economic Analysis data (Tabl...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 8, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Sales and Excise Taxes on the Ballot
Chris EdwardsThere have been 20 questions to increase, cut, or limit income taxes on statewide ballots over the past decade, as compiled byBallotpedia. I examined those ballotshere and found that voters favored the small ‐government side 60 percent of the time.What about sales and excise taxes? In November,Oregon voters will decide on Measure 108, which would increase taxes on cigarettes by $2 per pack. Governor Kate Brown —who received an “F” on this year’sCato fiscal report—has pushed for the increase.Cigarettes are a demonized product and the pro ‐tax campaign in Oregon is far out‐spen...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 19, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Biden ’ s Nov 9th speech: “Don’t you force me to pass Medicare 4 All”
By MATTHEW HOLT
The new Supreme Court, in all likelihood including just nominated Justice Amy Coney Barrett, will be hearing the California v Texas suit against the ACA on November 10th, seven days after the election. The lower courts have already ruled the ACA unconstitutional. Some hopeful moderates among my Democratic friends seem to believe that the justices will show cool heads, and not throw out the ACA. But it’s worth remembering that in the NFIB vs. Sebelius decision which confirmed the legitimacy of most of the ACA back in 2011 all the conservative justices with the exception of John Roberts voted to ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Featured Health Policy Politics Repeal Replace ACA Biden California v Texas Obamacare Supreme Court Source Type: blogs
Federal Aid Dwarfs the Fall in State Tax Revenues
Chris EdwardsTheWall Street Journalpublished a news story last week suggesting that public schools face ruin without more federal aid. The story had the hardcopy title, “Schools Warn of Severe Budget Shortfalls,” and the first paragraph said, “academic officials are warning that vast budget shortfalls will further strain their districts unless Democrats and Republicans break their impasse on a new coronavirus‐relief package.”TheWSJ article was essentially an advocacy piece for greater federal intrusion on an activity that is the responsibility of the states. It lacked hard evidence, but there is some solid ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 1, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Error and Spin in Wall Street Journal Budget Article
Chris EdwardsTheWall Street Journalhas published a biased news story regarding state budgets. The piece by Kate Davidson and David Harrison reflects only Keynesian thinking, exaggerates the plight of governments, and only quotes analysts in favor of more federal bailouts.Here are some of the problematic aspects of the piece:“State and local governments spent or invested $2.33 trillion in 2019.” That statement is false. The $2.33 figure is the state‐local portion of GDP (BEA Table 1.1.5). But total state ‐local spending and investment in 2019 was $3.1 trillion (BEA Table 3.3).“Michael Strain, director o...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 13, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs
Podcast: My Husband Has Psychosis
What does psychosis feel like? What’s the difference between a delusion that demons exist and a religious belief of the same? In today’s show, Gabe and Lisa recall Gabe’s real-life psychotic episodes and discuss all the pain and stress surrounding psychosis.
Join us as Gabe shares how it felt when there were demons under his bed and when the window washers were watching his every move.
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Source: World of Psychology - August 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: Bipolar General Not Crazy Podcast Schizophrenia Source Type: blogs
Does the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Really Need Urgent Taxpayer Support to Stop China?
Scott LincicomeToday, the United States Senateapproved the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which contains anamendment passed earlier this week, with little floor debate and by a 96-4 margin, that would provide billions of dollars in new federal support for the U.S. semiconductor industry, most notably tax credits and grants for the construction of new domestic manufacturing facilities. The Housepassed a similar bill with asimilar amendment earlier this week, so the legislation now goes to conference, where the subsidies are expected to survive. The two main reasons for the Senate and House amendments (...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 23, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome Source Type: blogs
We Are in Store for the Greatest Change to Our Health Care System Since the Affordable Care Act. Here ’ s Why.
By LOGAN CHO
The COVID-19 pandemic has been harsher and lasted longer than many of us would have predicted. While our media has been inundated with updates on death tolls and economic depression, there has been little conversation of healthcare beyond the era of COVID-19. The first question that we ask when we hear of deaths: was it COVID? We have grown to expect the primary cause of death to be of coronavirus. But the impact of COVID-19 will extend beyond the individual, effecting fundamental and long-lasting change to our healthcare system.
By this point, it is clear that the public health ramifications are rea...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Medicaid Medicare Public Health logan cho Source Type: blogs
We Are in Store for the Greatest Change to Our Healthcare System Since the Affordable Care Act. Here ’ s Why.
By LOGAN CHO
The COVID-19 pandemic has been harsher and lasted longer than many of us would have predicted. While our media has been inundated with updates on death tolls and economic depression, there has been little conversation of healthcare beyond the era of COVID-19. The first question that we ask when we hear of deaths: was it COVID? We have grown to expect the primary cause of death to be of coronavirus. But the impact of COVID-19 will extend beyond the individual, effecting fundamental and long-lasting change to our healthcare system.
By this point, it is clear that the public health ramifications are rea...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Medicaid Medicare Public Health logan cho Source Type: blogs
Covid-19 Reuters Q & A with William Haseltine
I live-tweeted a fascinating and perhaps rather depressing meeting with William Haseltine via a Reuters Newsmaker Broadcast. His talk was upbeat but the message does not offer a positive outlook unless we can collaborate internationally to identify, trace, and isolate and go back to early antivirals to treat people urgently. A vaccine will probably never be found, we must stay on top of this virus when we get communities under control. Moreover, we must recognise that another emergent pathogen could appear any time.
These are essentially my notes from Haseltines’s talk.
Might we ever achieve herd immunity?
There is n...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - May 20, 2020 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs
Covid-19 Reuters Newsmaker Broadcast with William Haseltine
I live-tweeted a fascinating and perhaps rather depressing meeting with William Haseltine via a Reuters Newsmaker Broadcast. His talk was upbeat but the message does not offer a positive outlook unless we can collaborate internationally to identify, trace, and isolate and go back to early antivirals to treat people urgently. A vaccine will probably never be found, we must stay on top of this virus when we get communities under control. Moreover, we must recognise that another emergent pathogen could appear any time.
These are essentially my notes from Haseltines’s talk.
Might we ever achieve herd immunity?
There is n...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - May 20, 2020 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs
Testing Won ’ t Get Us Where We Need to Go
Conclusions
Testing is important to track the trajectory of an epidemic in a community to guide local or national efforts at mitigationThe tests we currently have for COVID have limited accuracy for the individual patientAntibody testing suggests that the fatality rate for COVID may be low in certain communities, but data from New York suggests there is the potential for significant death and morbidity in any major metropolitan areaContact tracing enabled by smart phone technology is likely unable to be effective because they do not overcome the inherent limitations of COVID testing, require widespread adoption, and may...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Anish Koka COVID-19 testing Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Deconstructing Mental Health Month
It’s Mental Health Awareness Month! But what does that mean, exactly? Who are we raising awareness for? Is “mental health” the same as “mental illness?” In this Not Crazy Podcast, Gabe and Lisa ponder the meaning of this decades-old campaign and discuss the pros and cons of the movement.
What do you think? Is Mental Health Awareness Month a necessary outreach that sheds light on mental health, or is it a flimsy substitute for actual help? Tune in for an in-depth discussion that entails several different perspectives.
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Source: World of Psychology - May 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness Not Crazy Podcast Policy and Advocacy Source Type: blogs
