Huh? "a state party that’s survived a financial crisis"? Shouldn't they pay their creditor and be in the black before you declare this mess to be behind them?

I think there is a fundamental problem in this analysis, which assumes that patients are making active choices with their health-care dollars.

In some cases, they are. When a person opts to have a LASIK procedure performed so that they can see without glasses, that is an active choice.

But in many, and I would say most, patients are not choosing for more care/spending thinking that they will get more or better life. They do things either because their doctor tells them they...

If personal choice and appeal to tourists trumps safety (which is what your last 2 paragraphs imply), why stop at allowing helmet-less riders?

Let's bring back the "whatever is reasonable and prudent" speed limit Montana used to have. Lets embrace texting and driving-- what better way to express yourself than sending a picture of yourself cruising down I-94 at 100 mph, with your hair blowing in the wind? And heck, if we're going all-in for tourism, and deciding that public-health be...

Yes, the tax code should be simplified. Of course, both parties have had simultaneous control of both chambers and the presidency in the last decade, and it hasn't happened, so that should give us all an idea of how realistic that is.

But frankly, that's an issue that affects average citizens, who are doing our taxes with turbo-tax or a local accountant. It's a pretty poor argument to raise regarding corporate taxes, since they have the means to create/buy them, and lobby to maintain...