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<title>Protectionist US health care</title>
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<p>The cost of a standard health insurance plan for a healthy 25-year old man in New Jersey is $5,580 a year, partly because the state makes 40 benefits mandatory, incluing in-vitro fertilization, <a href="http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9380" target="_blank"><strong>Michael Tanner</strong></a> points out. A standard insurance plan in Kentucky would cost him only $960 - but he can't, because it is illegal for him to buy a plan from another state.</p>
<p>This is just like any other sort of protectionism and we shouldn't be surprised that the result is the same: A lack of competition, higher costs and less quality.</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:29:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Alla ska med</title>
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Listan &amp;ouml;ver saker som kan f&amp;aring; mig att &amp;ouml;verv&amp;auml;ga att r&amp;ouml;sta [...]</description>
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<p><font color="#006600">Listan &ouml;ver saker som kan f&aring; mig att &ouml;verv&auml;ga att r&ouml;sta socialdemokratiskt 2010 &auml;r kort, men det  <a href="http://blogg.svd.se/ledarbloggen?id=7107" target="_blank">h&auml;r</a> sl&aring;r sig in p&aring; en klar f&ouml;rstaplats just nu.</font></p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 23:30:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Blue CEOs and red janitors</title>
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&amp;quot;Through May 1, the Democratic presidential field has suctioned up a cool $5.7 million from [...]</description>
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<p>&quot;Through May 1, the Democratic presidential field has suctioned up a cool $5.7 million from the more than 4,000 donors who list their occupation as 'CEO.' The Republicans' take was only $2.3 million. [...]</p>
<p>Republican presidential aspirants holds a nearly three-to-one edge among janitors, custodians, cleaners, sanitation workers, factory workers, truckers, bus drivers, barbers, security guards, and secretaries.&quot;</p>
<p>- <a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2I4ODc3MGY4ODY1OGEyYTQ0OTBhYzc1OTQzYTM5ZmY=" target="_blank">Michael G Frank</a> in <em>National Review</em> about which groups contribute to which party and asks if this will make it more difficult for the Democrats to tax their (rich) supporters and make it more difficult for the Republicans to defend free trade against their blue-collar voters.</p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 22:17:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aftonbladet uppfinner 2,7 miljoner NY-bor</title>
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Man inser snabbt att n&amp;aring;got &amp;auml;r konstigt med Aftonbladets nyhet att &amp;quot;Matkrisen [...]</description>
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<p><font color="#006600">Man inser snabbt att n&aring;got &auml;r konstigt med Aftonbladets nyhet att <a href="http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article2430378.ab" target="_blank">&quot;Matkrisen har n&aring;tt New York&quot;</a> och att Reuters ska ha angivit att 4 miljoner New York-bor &auml;r beroende av soppk&ouml;k. Den f&ouml;rsta f&ouml;rklaringen till de stigande matpriserna som artikeln anger &auml;r n&auml;mligen &quot;l&auml;gre produktion inom jordbruket&quot;, trots att f&ouml;rra &aring;rets globala sk&ouml;rd var den st&ouml;rsta i v&auml;rldshistorien och &aring;rets sk&ouml;rd kommer att bli &auml;nnu st&ouml;rre. </font></p>
<p><font color="#006600">Lite begripligare blir det n&auml;r man inser att det inte finns n&aring;gon Reutersartikel som tydligt dokumenterar och bel&auml;gger uppgifterna, det &auml;r i st&auml;llet fr&aring;n denna knappt en minut och 44 sekunder l&aring;nga <a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?storyID=ftpo1203732266808" target="_blank">film</a> som AB-skribenterna har h&auml;mtat all sin information. </font></p>
<p><font color="#006600">Men inte heller d&auml;r finns p&aring;st&aring;endet om fyra miljoner vid soppk&ouml;ken. De senaste officiella <a href="http://www.foodbanknyc.org/download.cfm?DownloadFile=B2052455-DDA3-6896-0650D684E3B1E960" target="_blank">uppgifterna</a> jag hittar, fr&aring;n i oktober, talar om att 1,3 miljoner New York-bor utnyttjar n&aring;gon typ av matst&ouml;d. Redan det &auml;r f&ouml;rf&auml;rande m&aring;nga och det l&auml;r ha &ouml;kat till i dag, men siffran 4 miljoner &auml;r och f&ouml;rblir Aftonbladets eget p&aring;hitt - liksom innovationen att &ouml;vers&auml;tta &quot;39 billion&quot; till &quot;39 miljoner&quot; &auml;r det...</font></p>
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<p><font color="#006600"><strong>UPPDATERING 14.57: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://gunillasdagbok.blogspot.com/2008/05/soppkkskerna-ringlar-nog-lnga-men-inte.html">Gunilla Kinn</a> skriver mer och noterar att det blir s&aring; h&auml;r n&auml;r man ers&auml;tter kunskap p&aring; </font><font color="#006600">marken med googlare vid Globen och Marieberg. </font></p>
<p><font color="#006600">Aftonbladet erk&auml;nner implicit misstaget. Efter att ha toppat med artikeln ackompanjerad med tv&aring; bilder i morse har de nu helt tagit bort den fr&aring;n f&ouml;rstasidan.</font></p>
<p><font color="#006600"><strong>UPPDATERING 16.21:</strong> Och nu har Aftonbladet tagit bort p&aring;st&aring;endet om 4 miljoner ur <a href="http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article2430378.ab" target="_blank">artikeln</a>. Bravo, d&aring; &auml;r det bara tv&aring; grova fel kvar i artikeln. Eller tre, f&ouml;r tydligen <a target="_blank" href="http://danielkederstedt.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/klockan-0922-ligger-landet-ungefar-sa-har/">citerar</a> de fel ocks&aring;.</font></p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:03:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Burmese days</title>
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For those who think that we need strong men to deal with disasters, the aftermath of the Burmese cyclone [...]</description>
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<p>For those who think that we need strong men to deal with disasters, the aftermath of the Burmese cyclone is a sobering experience. Almost a week after the horrible disaster, medicine, food supplies and vehicles from charity groups are still stuck in Thailand because aid workers don&acute;t get visas to enter Burma, and so far the generals are blocking all the help from the US and UN. </p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51616a52-1c5e-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=6a365390-7032-11dc-a6d1-0000779fd2ac.html">Financial Times</a> quotes one relief worker:</p>
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<p>&quot;Only three people in the whole country can make decisions, one of whom is the senior general's astrologer&quot;</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 12:42:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<p><font color="#006600">Igen, igen och <a href="http://gudmundson.blogspot.com/2008/05/dn-kultur-och-sanningen.html" target="_blank">igen</a>. </font></p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 12:32:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 07:11:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Note to future</title>
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This is what life was like before cheap, reliable holographic technology:Today I am being interviewed [...]</description>
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<p>This is what life was like before cheap, reliable holographic technology:</p>
<p>Today I am being interviewed by a Finnish television show. So this is my (CO2) day: </p>
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<p>9.10: I am flying to Helsinki.</p>
<p>After 11: I am being interviewed at the airport.</p>
<p>13.10: I am flying back to Stockholm</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 07:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ny Neo</title>
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Det ryktas om att det &amp;auml;r mitt pass som de har anv&amp;auml;nt till det nya omslaget. Jag undrade [...]</description>
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<p><font color="#006600">Det ryktas om att det &auml;r mitt pass som de har anv&auml;nt till det nya <a href="http://www.magasinetneo.se/" target="_blank">omslaget</a>. Jag undrade just vart det tagit v&auml;gen. </font></p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 06:57:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Allt utom småländskan</title>
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Jag g&amp;ouml;r inget f&amp;ouml;rs&amp;ouml;k att tala sm&amp;aring;l&amp;auml;ndska. D&amp;auml;remot [...]</description>
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<p><font color="#006600">Jag g&ouml;r inget f&ouml;rs&ouml;k att tala sm&aring;l&auml;ndska. D&auml;remot &auml;r snart sagt varje formulering direkt lyft ur n&aring;gon av hans artiklar, f&ouml;rel&auml;sningar eller romaner n&auml;r jag i <strong>Vilhelm Mobergs</strong> skepnad f&ouml;rs&ouml;ker tala <strong>Mona Sahlin</strong> till r&auml;tta i <a href="http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/P1/program/index.asp?programID=503&amp;nyheter=" target="_blank">Obs</a> serie &quot;F&ouml;rkl&auml;dda debatt&ouml;rer&quot;.</font></p>
<p><font color="#006600">I P1 i dag, kl 13.45, repris 20.45.</font></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 07:06:33 GMT</pubDate>
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