As a matter of economic principle (and I think social justice as well), Medicare should be abolished. Then the principal government medical-payment program would be Medicaid, a means-based system of social insurance that is part of the safety net for the indigent. Were Medicare abolished, the nonpoor would finance health care in their old age by buying health insurance when they were young.
Monthly Archives: February 2005
February 15, 2005 Spring Primary: Dane County/Madison Results
Check out the results here.
Wisconsin Votes: More Gaps Found (11/2004)
Madison’s numbers: 138,204 ballots were cast and 133,598 people were recorded as having voted. I wonder who the other 4606 voters were? Greg Borowski and Tom Kertscher keeping digging….
Information on Today’s Wisconsin DPI Superintendent Primary
Check here for links and information on the four candidates. Vote!
Local Madison School Issues are getting lots of attention
Visit www.schoolinfosystem.org for extensive local school coverage.
T-Mobile Security Hack – Privacy, Please
Bruce Schneier on privacy in the internet era:
This is new. A dozen years ago, if someone wanted to look through your mail, they would have to break into your house.
Now they can just break into your ISP. Ten years ago, your voicemail was on an answering machine in your house; now it’s on a computer owned by a telephone company. Your financial data is on Websites protected only by passwords. The list of books you browse, and the books you buy, is stored in the computers of some online bookseller. Your affinity card allows your supermarket to know what food you like. Data that used to be under your direct control is now controlled by others.
Amazon Prime
Jeremy Zawodny discusses Amazon’s Prime Program (essentially an affinity model for $79/year) (I’m not a fan of Amazon generally – due to their one-click patent silliness)
Money for Nothin’: Media Consultants & the value proposition
Darren Dahl talks with Martin Kihn about his new book: House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time Interesting Reading.
Wisconsin Voter Fraud – DePere Man Charged
Marc P. Lacher, a St. Norbert’s alumnus, was charged Jan. 14 with voting illegally in the state of Wisconsin. Lacher used an old address to vote in Green Bay, although he currently resides in Illinois. Lacher said he believed he could vote using the previous address he resided at when attending college, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
UW Engineering Innovation Days
Jane Howard on UW’s Innovation Days ($10K in prizes).