Comments on: Shorter Michael Hiltzik

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:49:37 +0000

What Mike K (Koshi?) said. Sure Hiltzik wrote the whole thing, as opposed to Hiltzik writing the part about repealing McCarran-Ferguson, while Nofanofcablecos wrote the part about single-payer?

By: Kevin Murphy

Kevin Murphy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:35:49 +0000

Why is he still using up the meager column inches in the business section for his partisan screeds?

By: daleyrocks

daleyrocks — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:59:24 +0000

Krugman contradicts himself on a regular basis. Tom Maguire does a great job of skewering him on it.

By: Mike K

Mike K — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:54:27 +0000

Hiltzik may not have written that column. His sock puppet probably wrote it. The guy is a clown. At least he is in a circus at the LAT.

By: Dmac

Dmac — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:51:26 +0000

Why does a columnist think he won’t be checked for any contradictions from his prior columns? Or could it be that they just don’t give a damn?

By: daleyrocks

daleyrocks — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:44:33 +0000

What a maroon!

At least he kind of long-windedly admits that McCarran-Ferguson is a complete red herring.

One barrier to competition that he fails to mention is those ginormous profits the liberals keep claiming the health insurers make. Usually profits attract competition. Could it be that the profits are not as great as the liberals make them out to be?

By: Brother Bradley J. Fikes, C.O.R.

Brother Bradley J. Fikes, C.O.R. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:27:56 +0000

I prefer to call those of his ilk “leftist” or “statist” to liberal, because it’s more accurate. I consider myself a liberal, or in today’s terminology, libertarian. Classically, liberalism had nothing to do with modern leftism, which is by nature illiberal.

By: AD - RtR/OS!

AD - RtR/OS! — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:21:34 +0000

Being Liberal means never having to be intellectually consistent.

By: Brother Bradley J. Fikes, C.O.R.

Brother Bradley J. Fikes, C.O.R. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:16:09 +0000

Hiltzik, of course, doesn’t see the contradiction in wanting more competition in heath care while and wanting the government to take over health care.

Or has he repudiated single-payer and just didn’t tell anyone?