In the slideshow, Tax Foundation President Scott Hodge explains the concept of income redistribution and discusses who currently pays for government programs and services, who benefits, and how new policies will change that balance. Very interesting video that is only about 5 minutes and really shows how dependent the people of this country are on [...]

Organizing for America, also known as Do What Barack Says, is not content with having children singing his praises in school. They are now asking Americans to put together videos to help him take over our health care system. I received a neat little email today, and it made me think of very bad things. [...]

Today was the monthly release of New Home Sales. Annualized number of new single-family homes that were sold during the previous month. Being Sep, we trade the Dec ES contract. It was forecast to come in at 442K, and ended up being 429K, so the ES went down. You can see my trade by clicking [...]

Paul Grattan Kirk Jr. (born January 18, 1938) was chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 1985 to 1989. He currently co-chairs the Commission on Presidential Debates

Yesterday was the weekly release of Crude Oil Inventories. This measures the change in the number of barrels of crude oil held in inventory by commercial firms during the past week. Being late Sep, we trade the Nov contract. It was forecast to come in at -1.4 million barrels, and ended up being +2.8 million [...]

Written by Terry Jones, Investor’s Business Daily Wednesday, 23 September 2009 05:00 Nearly half of doctors say tort reform is key to getting U.S. health care costs under control, according to the IBD/TIPP Poll on which this series is based. Of the 1,376 doctors who responded to our survey, 48% mentioned tort reform as the [...]

Written by Marc K. Siegel, New York Post Wednesday, 23 September 2009 05:00 TWO-thirds of doctors “oppose the proposed health-care plan,” reports an Investors Business Daily/TIPP poll. Almost half would “consider leaving their practice or taking an early retirement” if “Congress passes its health-care plan.” Many of my colleagues feel like we’re already struggling — [...]

Written by Terry Jones, Investor’s Business Daily Tuesday, 22 September 2009 05:00 Readers alarmed to learn in the first part of this series that nearly half of doctors would consider quitting if the government’s health care overhaul goes through won’t find much solace in another finding – that most of them also expect fewer people [...]

Written by Terry Jones, Investor’s Business Daily Monday, 21 September 2009 05:00 Doctors believe that health care reforms proposed so far will hamper drug innovation and new medical technology, eroding America’s lead in providing high-quality, life-extending medicine. This is another picture that emerges from a recent IBD/TIPP Poll of 1,376 physicians from around the country. [...]

Written by David Hogberg, Investor’s Business Daily Friday, 18 September 2009 05:00 Will the quality of care for seniors improve under health care reform currently being considered by Congress? A recent IBD/TIPP Poll shows that a majority of physicians think the answer is no. Of the 1,376 physicians who answered our survey, 65% said that [...]