Tag: deregulation

Fifteen years ago, it was hard to do internet anything in Europe. But the speed of the internet there is good now -- that is to say, so much better than it is here.

Obama's campaign talked up a new TV spot about healthcare today, and it's a good one. The ad quotes a new article where John McCain says he'd like to deregulate health care "as we have done over the last decade with banking." Huh?! I assume the magazine had already gone to print when the banking industry came crashing down around us, but this quote could kill McCain — and numerous Americans, too, should he ever get his way.

Read more of Jeff's commentaries: • Sarcasm on the campaign trail • Musgrave-Markey: Sticks and stones in CD 4 • It's the economy, stupid