“Episodes in both houses of Congress exposed the raw nerves of lawmakers flooded with stories of unemployment and economic hardship back home [and] underscored the stiff headwinds that the administration faces as it pushes to enact sweeping changes to the financial regulatory system while also trying to create jobs for ordinary Americans.”

More than 2,000 pages of financing for bad policy, with excise taxes, payroll taxes, annual fees, and more. “In total the bill would raise taxes by $370 B over ten years.” Keith Hennessey breaks down the way the health care bill is funded. Did you like the Social Security scheme? You’ll love this.

Everyone is awesome except for us: “If there was any significant change during this trip, in fact, it was in the United States’ newly conciliatory and sometimes laudatory tone… The day before, speaking to students in Shanghai, he described China’s rising prosperity as ‘an accomplishment unparalleled in human history.’”