Good Intentions, Unintended Consequences
February 25, 2010When it comes to making good health care policy, good intentions are not enough. That is something President Obama and lawmakers should remember as they meet today to discuss health care reform. And, if they find that maxim slipping their minds, they need only look to New York for a reminder. In 1992 then-Gov. Mario Cuomo signed a state law regulating the health insurance industry which he predicted would be …
Reach Out And Tax Someone
September 22, 2009This is a link to Amazon.com. If you want, you can click on it and buy things. According to the state of New York, I am now well on my way to becoming an agent of Amazon who is actively soliciting the New York market. New York wants to use me to put Seattle-based Amazon within reach of its tax collectors. A state cannot require a company to collect sales …
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