Tag: crony capitalism

Is Capitalism Killing the COVID Response?

Three months in to the COVID-19 response and testing still hasn’t ramped up. Did a throw away answer reveal the holdup is profit for private labs?

April 17, 2020
This isn’t healthcare reform, its a tax break for the wealthy that breaks healthcare

Speaker Ryan is selling healthcare reform in a Repeal/Replace bill. But its less about healthcare and more about a tax cut for the wealthy. America doesn’t need insurance access reform. America needs to reform the way it provides healthcare.

March 9, 2017
Is Haslam running government like a business?

Back in 2010, when Gov. Haslam used millions of his personal wealth to win both the GOP primary and eventually the general election, a constant theme was that he would “run government like a business”. Now, anyone with half a brain in their head should have looked at this promise pretty skeptically. Its just like…

July 9, 2013