Link dump

A bunch of stuff worth highlighting:

• Joseph Rago on the Massachusetts health care train wreck. Where are the RomneyCare defenders?

• Jeremy Lott notes that for all of President Obama's talk about making hard choices, he hasn't made any. Unless, of course, spending gobs of money somehow became a tough option for politicians. 

• Officials in Paris have decided to address the city's housing shortage by cracking down on people who rent out their housing. I kid you not. 

• The two Americas: public sector workers and private sector workers. 

• John Stossel highlights a New York Times article hailing corporate welfare.

• Nick Gillespie notes a pretty revealing quote from the new head of Medicare and Medicaid. 

• Don Boudreaux writes a short letter to the Los Angeles Times.