There is no way one can shop by price in the healthcare market except for insurance.  If one has been seeing Dr. A for years, there is little likelihood he/she will be comparing prices when in need.  There is absolutely no way to compare prices in an emergency.    The market is good, but there's no way for it to r...more

Please, no more airline mergers!

Where are you getting all this increased regulation stuff.  The only thing that has been re-regulated is part of the banking and insurance industry.  As for medical - you may have a point, but it has been so out of control, something needs to be done.

It's a shame to encourage people to use cash to help others beat the system.  I pay my fair sare of taxes, so should waiters and small business owners.

Arizona is famous for blaming its woes on those who can't really pay their way.  It's all those illegal workers who are causing the problem by working for less than minimum wage that are really maiking things hard in AZ.  The legislature is always coming up with ways to make the poor folks pay more of "their share."  ...more

I only have my local Wal-Mart to go by, but I can find myriad reasons that the discount chain is having problems.  1.  Long lines at the pharmacy with poor service. 2.  Poor service on the phone trying to reach the pharmacy. 3.  Poor service after reaching the pharmacy on the phone. 4.  The return to narrow (ma...more

Isn't it difficult to always be negative?  We all know that things are not as we would like them to be, but constantly discounting positive numbers/news is a bit like telling us that we did not win the war yet and so D-Day was unimportant.

Please, no more airline mergers.  Passengers are getting beat up as it is.  Less competition, less service, higher prices.

I think you are so anti union that your vision is clouded.