Links

• Canada is struggling to come to grips with surging health care costs. Probably nothing a little rationing can't solve.

• The Washington Post editorial page looks at the contrasting fiscal fortunes of two DC-area counties, one with a heavily unionized public workforce and one without.

• Both Don Boudreaux and Mark Perry have excellent commentary on a recent New York Times article addressing teen unemployment which managed to ignore the elephant in the room of increased minimum wages.

• President Obama's nominee to take over a top health care policy position is apparently rather enamored with Britain's National Health Service. What's not to like about socialism?

• Check out these short but excellent Mark Perry posts on life expectancy, public employee pay and who is really looking after the best interests of the poor.