Somehow government intervention didn't make the top 7.  When the federal government thru Medicare determines what health care providers can be paid for treating the elderly, who are the largest bloc of consumers, providers have to make up the difference elsewhere.

For the millionth time....car insurance is not the same.  You dont buy car insurance to drive, you buy car insurance if, and only if, you own a car.  Car insurance is a state mandate, not federal.  Stop using the car insurance example as a justification for this mandate.  Apples and Oranges

The Institute for Policy Studies is a "progressive think-tank".  The study isn't worth the paper it was printed on.  The follow-up comments made by the co-author are fairly embarassing for a scholarly study.  Claiming a refund is not the same as paying no taxes.  I claimed a refund of 5K last year but I paid over 20K i...more

These artists are lucky that their Republican fans don't use the same criteria as the artist when buying CD's and concert tickets.  And as for Katrina, she should be thankful anyone even cares about her song at this stage.