Madville Times

• Take New Poll: What Killed Big Stone II?

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  Hey, sharp readers! Demonstrate your ecocapitalist acuity: weigh in with your verdict on what killed Big Stone II. The latest Madville Times poll is available right here in the left sidebar. Your options:
  Recession (demand for goods and energy down, investors skittish, credit tight)
  President Obama (darned climate change [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:42pm EST
  by caheidelberger

• American Health Care: Pay More, Get Less

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  For the free market to work, you need rational actors, buyers and sellers who can evaluate how much utility goods and services provide and agree on reasonable prices.
  
  When it comes to health care, we Americans are far from rational. We are idiots. We get less utility from [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:05pm EST
  by caheidelberger

• Your Opinion: Eminent Domain for Madison Bike Trail No Go

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  Madville Times readers are apparently passionate defenders of property rights. Our latest poll asked "Do you support using eminent domain to extend Madison's recreational trail to Lake Herman?" The results:
  Yes: 21 (27%)No: 56 (73%)If I were a Madison City Commissioner, I might well say, "That's that" for eminent domain [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:22am EST
  by caheidelberger

• Not Enough H1N1 Vaccine? Why Isn't Free Market Solving?

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  GOP House candidate Thad Wasson tickles my logical-fallacy bone this morning with a dollop of "blame government" paranoia. He sees detainees at Guantanamo slated to receive H1N1 vaccine as a sign that the federal government's "total control of health" leads to rationing and prioritizing.
  
  I prefer to look [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:03am EST
  by caheidelberger

• Wyoming Taxes Major Industry, State and Biz Roll Along

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  Former patrolman turned Wyoming restaurant magnate Mark O'Loughlen sends me a PDF copy of a 2003 Wyoming property tax guide. I note with interest (and perhaps loyal reader and prospective Wyoming land baron Mr. Gibilisco can add some perspective) that historically, Wyoming has drawn half of its property tax' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:30am EST
  by caheidelberger

• Citi Chief Stiffs KELO's Kennecke

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  I've ridden KELO rather hard the last couple months for occasionally seeming to favor Senator John Thune (by the way, they did re-admit my post, following the requested revision), big-town convenience over small-town basic services, wealthy big-name candidates, Big Stone II, and Senator Thune' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:15am EST
  by caheidelberger