Links

Barbie has a future in politics

• Coyote blog notes Enron-style accounting by Oregon's government in order to promote green jobs. I suspect one reason Enron received so much attention is because such high-profile companies cooking their books is such an anomaly, while creative government accounting is par for the course.

• Speaking of which, check out this Bruce Bartlett post on how the Obama Administration decided that one $900 expenditure saved nine jobs.

• Harry Reid indicates health care legislation may not come up for a vote until next year.
  

• Shirley Svorny on why we should be wary of efforts to curb medical malpractice suits. I am leery of such efforts as well. While it's fun to stick it to the lawyers, they provide an important check on bad doctors.

• Keith Hennessey explains how to turn your kids into lifelong tax cutters.