The Last Supper, Health Care, and the Carbon Fuel Tax
According to a study from the International Study of Obesity, the portion-size of meals in Last Supper paintings has increased dramatically over the years.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare.
France abandons its plans for a carbon fuel tax.
1. HEALTH
According to a study from the International Study of Obesity, the portion-size of meals in Last Supper paintings has increased dramatically over the years.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Risk and Environmental Policy Angela Logomasini on why the study is not evidence of the “obesity epidemic.”
“While obesity is indeed a problem for many people, it is, ultimately, is very recent issue and a better problem than living near starvation or even at mere subsistence.”
2. LEGAL
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Counsel Hans Bader on the constitutional argument against the health care bill.
“The individual mandate does not regulate activities, much less economic activities, but rather inactivity, by penalizing those who decline to buy health insurance. That exceeds Congress’s poers under the Supreme Court’s Morrison ruling, as I explained earlier. The health care legislation also contains potentially unconstitutional racial preferences for minority applicants, and lower standards for treatment of patients in predominantly-minority institutions.”
3. ENVIRONMENT
France abandons its plans for a carbon fuel tax.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on what this means for the climate change movement.
“The article concludes by noting that, “Mr Fillon told the meeting of MPs today that the government’s priorities were now ‘growth, jobs, competitiveness and fighting deficits’.” Now, if we could only get Sens. Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman to smell the coffee! They too would drop their proposal for ‘linked fees’ (i.e. carbon taxes) like yesterday’s French fries.”