In my last post, I wrote about the absurdity of economic process in the realm of the Hobby Lobby religious liberty arguments. To drive the point home at how arbitrary this procedural silliness is, I have a hypothetical April Fools joke one could play on Hobby Lobby. Hobby Lobby opposes “paying” for IUDs. Medicaid, government… Continue reading Hobby Lobby April Fools Joke
Category: Policy
Process, Religious Liberty, and Contraception
I agree with Elizabeth Stoker’s take that the Hobby Lobby contraception stuff is really confused. Ostensibly, Hobby Lobby is objecting to having to “pay” for the contraception coverage of its employees. This is contrasted with other forms of financing contraception, which we are told by those who argue on behalf of Hobby Lobby are permissible.… Continue reading Process, Religious Liberty, and Contraception
The right’s other information disadvantage
Conor Friedersdorf has a brutal piece about the right wing’s self-inflicted information disadvantage that is a must-read. In addition to all the information disadvantages Friedersdorf mentions, there is another realm where the right-wing is hampered: the world of think tanks. When it comes to think tanks, the right-wing’s failures mislead not only their base, but… Continue reading The right’s other information disadvantage
The federal government should just borrow money and invest it
One of the most interesting ideas that comes out of Gar Alperovitz’s America Beyond Capitalism is using the government as an investor. The government already invests in infrastructure, education, and so on, but with the exception of pension funds, the government rarely invests directly into the stock market or other conventional investment vehicles. Alperovitz thinks… Continue reading The federal government should just borrow money and invest it