“I would put my plan forward and I would welcome input, and I would say here are my goals: reduce costs, increase quality, coverage for everybody.”-Barack Obama (CNN Democratic Debate, January 2008)“Reduce costs, increase quality, coverage for everybody.”  Sounds good to me.  Sign me up.Any time a politician touts the benefits of anything without acknowledging some of the costs, which is most of the time, or all of the costs, which is all of the time, one should raise an eyebrow.Everything has a benefit.  It just so happens that everything with a benefit also comes with a cost.  The all-too-easy trick is to hide the cost, disperse the cost, or shift it to another party with a lesser voice or perhaps no voting rights. I am quite certain that General Motors could produce a car that would get 100 mpg.  There would be great benefits to the mass production of such a car.  We could probably significantly reduce our dependence on foreign...(Read Full Post)