Big Jolly

In 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed the Orphan Drug Act which, according to the Columbia Encyclopedia, offered “tax breaks and a seven-year monopoly on drug sales to induce companies to undertake the development and manufacturing of such drugs, which otherwise might not be profitable because of the small potential market. “

With the Debt Commission’s report and vote now finished, I have two reactions:

For much of the last two years, you and I have focused our attention on domestic affairs:  the implosion of the economy; the takeover of the auto industry; the growth of the public debt; the overreaching federal healthcare bill; the attempt to regulate the future of the Earth's climate; and the massive transfer of power from individuals, families, and local and state governments to the federal government, which the Obama (and Bush) administration started to implement.  The reaction to these issues spawned the Tea Party movement, and led to the historic election returns on November 2^nd.

Exactly who are members of the Administration referring to when they say “your own good” or when Congressional leaders ask TSA Administrator Pistole to “reconsider use of controversial enhanced pat down protocols”? Well, that depends on what your definition of IS is….