Tag: Politics

Too Big To Fail

22 May, 2014

“Federal funds earmarked to offset Affordable Care Act insurer losses.” The Los Angeles Times 21 May, 2014 “The Obama administration has quietly adjusted key provisions of its signature healthcare law to potentially make billions of additional taxpayer dollars available to the insurance industry if companies providing coverage through the Affordable Care Act lose money. The … More Too Big To Fail

Distributism Basics: The Nature and Roles of Government

3 January, 2014

“A community of a higher order should not interfere in the internal life of a community of a lower order, depriving the latter of its functions, but rather should support it in case of need and help to coordinate its activity with the activities of the rest of society, always with a view of the … More Distributism Basics: The Nature and Roles of Government

Consequences

23 July, 2013

This article was originally published by The Distributist Review on 23 July, 2013 Almost no one denies that there were serious problems with getting sufficient access to health care services when the president’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, frequently referred to as “Obamacare,” took over the political scene. The consequences of not addressing these … More Consequences

Steps and Stumbles

3 December, 2012

[In 2010], I wrote about a potentially exciting movement supported by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron. This was branded as the “Big Society,” and it promised that the central government was going to distribute political authority from itself to the local level. It consisted of several programs to assist local councils … More Steps and Stumbles