Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Here is an insightful column by Martin Feldstein. Please note that Feldstein's economic expertise does not translate into evaluative expertise. His expertise is in framing choices. An economist, as such, can tell us which bundles of goods are possible or accessible, not which bundles we should choose.

Addendum: I like John Stossel, but he is tone deaf. Read this. Stossel criticizes Sarah Palin for using the term "death panels." He says there won't literally be death panels and that use of the term helps those who would nationalize health care. Stossel goes on to explain how ObamaCare will adversely affect elderly Americans. This is precisely what Palin was saying! Does Stossel not understand figurative language? Does he think that "death panel" is to be taken literally, as a physically empaneled set of government bureaucrats who gives thumbs up or thumbs down as people appear before them? Jesus. What Palin is saying, obviously, is that if ObamaCare passes, decisions made by government bureaucrats (rather than doctors and family members) will affect the care people receive, and that some people will die prematurely as a result.