Kyle Henson

Articles

• A beginner’s guide to replacing Obamacare

  The House GOP is currently intent on defunding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare. Obamacare will likely remain funded and intact through this crisis, but the fact remains that it is an awful piece of legislation that should be replaced. In order to understand how to replace Obamacare, we must first understand what deficiencies our healthcare system ha...

  Forum | September 30, 2013
• Obamacare doesn't care for economy

  “The Affordable Care Act will shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits, but destroy the 40-hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class.”

  Forum | August 19, 2013
• We should experiment with drug laws

  Anyone who has watched writer David Simon’s HBO television series The Wire is familiar with the term “Hamsterdam.” Hamsterdam refers to a section of Baltimore where the sale and consumption of drugs are legal on the show.

  Forum | April 29, 2013
• Let's re-evaluate the way that the United States does taxes

  Almost everything about the way we do taxes in this country is wrong. Taking for granted that it’s beneficial for our society to force people to pay money for collective services, the way we pay for those services can, and should, be done much better than it is now.

  Forum | April 22, 2013
• It's time to embrace an open immigration policy

  As Congress debates an immigration bill that increases border security and creates an amnesty route for domestic illegal immigrants, I find myself wondering, "Why can’t anyone just come here, fill out some paperwork and then start paying taxes? Why don’t we have an open immigration policy?"

  Forum | April 15, 2013