Commentary

Reason mag State of the Union Analysis

At www.reason.com, Reason magazine’s Jesse Walker examines all the new spending proposals coming from a “conservative” president and writes, “if you could transmit W.’s domestic rhetoric back to the middle of the century, there would be little there to offend a northeastern Democrat.” Full Column Here And Reason Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey writes, “My advice to President Bush on how really to jumpstart consumer-driven health care: mandatory private health insurance. Poor Americans would be offered a voucher with which they would buy private health coverage. Such vouchers could be paid for by abolishing Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Programs.” Full Column Here Reason Policy Analyst Shikha Dalmia also weighs in on health care solutions in the post below.