Warner: Questions on individual mandate are 'spurious' Nov 16, 2009
"I clearly think, you know, theres a policy decision that needs to be made but what weve got right now is a system where youve got a whole lot of folks who are basically free riders on the system who show up in emergency room doors, get treated, and get passed on to those of us who pay for private health insurance," he said ... BY Chris Baker on 11/15/2009 at 16:06Earth to Mark;as one of your constituents;I was distressed but not surprised;when you said: ";a whole lot of folks who are... (TheHill.com)
LA's Gold Line extension opens with free fares Nov 16, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Editorial: New life, and lesson, for Elk Grove parks Nov 7, 2009
So they are free riders. And while those who don't use the parks can breathe a sigh of relief that they were spared a new fee, they too are free riders; parks make their community a better place. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
The Smart Grid and the Free Rider Issues Of Locational Marginal Pricing Oct 7, 2009
Well, you are correct that "Free Riders" are a problem which must be addressed by any demand management strategy, which is what smart metering is, or should be ... However its clearly not the best since it automatically declares every residential and commercial non-participant as "Free Riders", and worse, in the long run is the most expensive for rate-payers while being the most destructive of society's overall economic efficiency. (Energy Pulse, CO)
Mandatory insurance: Yes, it’s a tax Sep 23, 2009
It is a myth that those who don t buy health insurance are basically free riders who unload their medical costs onto the backs of more responsible Americans. In truth, most of the uninsured are. (Boston Globe)
Elusive price tag for universal health coverage Sep 11, 2009
Reining in 'free riders. A separate report from , a non-profit research group, estimates that the uninsured get some $116 billion worth of health care every year from hospitals, doctors, and other providers. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Carrots Are Better Than Sticks For Building Human Cooperation, Study Finds Sep 5, 2009
As in real life, Rand says, study subjects tend to resent "free riders" who fail to contribute to a group yet reap the benefits of membership in it. "But despite this anger at free riders, rewarding good behavior is as effective as punishing bad behavior for maintaining public cooperation and leads to better outcomes for the group," Rand says. (Science Daily)
ON THE RISE (253) Sep 2, 2009
It s one of Moskowitz s jobs to help the company protect exclusive online content from free riders, or third parties that would copy that information for their own use. The Beachwood native, who lives in Cleveland near Shaker Square, does not have a scientific background. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Coming soon: cash for appliances Aug 31, 2009
Hoffman says that with the clunker program, "you had a lot of free riders," people who were going to buy a car anyway but just bought it sooner because of the rebate. If the rebate applies to every Energy Star appliance, you will have a lot of free riders because so many people purchase them anyway ... "You minimize the free riders," he says. (San Francisco Chronicle)
O'S INSURANCE SCAM Aug 24, 2009
Which means everyone's premiums will have to go up, to pay for these "free riders.". Obama has also lashed out against the firms for imposing deductibles and limiting benefits. (New York Post -- Opinions)
LETTER: Less 'coverage,' more real insurance needed Aug 17, 2009
Even redistribution via government may be OK if the payers themselves, at least as a group, favor it; if you are getting your free bypass from a bunch of us because we all know what a great person that hahvahd is and we are using the government because we dont quite trust each other and want to guard against free riders among ourselves, then no one is likely to object seriously. But the problem becomes acute when the payees are numerous or otherwise powerful enough to vote themselves money out... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
COLUMN: A plan for health care an ailing proposition Aug 13, 2009
Of course following the Massachusetts model Mitt Romney foisted upon us illegal aliens remain as Free Riders. Case in point for unequal burdens. (Malden Observer, MA)
Why "Health Reform Lite" Is Hard Aug 12, 2009
Otherwise, they argue, "free riders" will avoid purchasing health insurance until they become seriously ill. An individual mandate would be , and the black-helicopter paranoiacs thus far don't seem to have glommed onto it. (Slate)
MICHAEL BARONE Aug 10, 2009
Cases in point: Most people in the rest of the world are free riders on the productivity and ingenuity of the American military and American medicine. They get the benefits of American military protection and American medical. (The Drudge Report)
The latest craze: Free e-book offerings Aug 8, 2009
So no question, it does bring in free riders," Finder said. "But I'm also increasingly concerned. There are so many free e-books that basically you could stuff your Kindle or Sony Reader with free books and never have to buy anything. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Obama Would Stifle Military and Medical Creativity Aug 6, 2009
Cases in point: Most people in the rest of the world are free riders on the productivity and ingenuity of the American military and American medicine ... But limiting the number of F-22s and holding back on missile defense would reduce the advantage our high-tech military expertise can give us and our free riders as well. (Townhall.com)
Uganda: Why Indian and Chinese Firms Are Most Likely to Pay Bribes Jul 31, 2009
"Major free riders outside the system are a strong disincentive for OECD-based companies and OECD countries to play by the rules. If the system breaks down, everyone will lose.". Be the first to. (allAfrica.com)
ROMNEY: Mr. President, what's the rush? Jul 31, 2009
Using tax penalties, as we did, or tax credits, as others have proposed, encourages "free riders" to take responsibility for themselves rather than pass their medical costs on to others. This doesn't cost the government a single dollar. (The Drudge Report)
Sunday Special: The cost of health care concerns biz Jul 26, 2009
There are some free riders and we need to bring them into the system. But, he fears, a government [run] plan could undermine the whole thing. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Bugbears from Berlin Jul 12, 2009
So having collided with a banking bus, and having its industrial activities and exports badly mauled, the first order of global business is banking repair, the second one is maintaining effective demand (with or without free riders in attendance) and thirdly there should be redoubled attention to strengthening supply side measures in order to get output responding without unnecessarily incurring further spending distortions and greater financial burdens bedeviling local politics and future... (iAfrica.com)
Racing's future rests with direction of punting dollar May 25, 2009
Told the corporate bookies, including the betting exchanges, they were "free riders" bleeding racing of its once traditional income streams. Baghdad Bob urged the racing industry to unite like never before. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
It's time for heavy hitters to step in May 25, 2009
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We're on industry's side, says Betfair May 23, 2009
Bentley warned the industry faces a $126 million decrease in revenue while calling Betfair and corporate bookmakers "free riders". "Mr Bentley's calls for federal legislation to allow the racing industry to protect the TABs aren't surprising given his dual roles as chairman of the ARB and director of the Tatts Group, which operates the TABs in Queensland and South Australia," Twaits said in a statement yesterday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Debt-binge death rattles May 22, 2009
Indeed, the latter have been tarred as "deadbeats" or "free riders" within the industry. But the slurs make little sense: Credit card companies get a cut from the merchant every time a customer makes a purchase, and issuers assume little risk by making short-term loans to customers who pay faithfully. (Boston Globe)
Politicians urged to act to save horseracing May 22, 2009
Bentley has called for all wagering operators to pay "a product fee to the state jurisdiction on which wagering is conducted. The corporates and exchanges are not interested in paying the 1.5 per cent on turnover as mandated by the NSW State Government's race-fields legislation. These entities are only interested in paying a percentage of gross profit."Individual pieces of state legislation being tested by the 'free riders' and the 'pay-what-we-like operators', is subjecting the industry to too... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Mountain bikers oppose closing key forest areas May 16, 2009
Bobson wrote on May 12, 2009 11:19 AM:" The Mtn Bike community is a strange lot these days... Downhillers and Free Riders want to construct ramps, dowm trees, build playgrounds in the woods...and are aligned more w/the ATV folks. X-C riders like myself enjoy the surroundings more and are generally in favor of keeping wilderness designation the way it is... The solution as Matt Koehler suggests is a case by case assessment to add National Recreation Area designation to areas that have had a... (Missoulian, MT)
* Europe must take action to rehabilitate its waning global role May 16, 2009
Participation in a common financial market should not be allowed for free riders who refuse to share information. Cooperation with havens like Liechtenstein or Monaco should be ruled out unless they accept that within the common market, all citizens must pay taxes where they live, according to the rules of that country. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Becoming Barbarians May 13, 2009
From a traditionalist perspective, we truly are living through an astonishing, and astonishingly rapid, cultural collapse, living as free riders on the residual vestiges of Christianity. How do you argue persuasively for a politics based on traditional virtue in a therapeutic postmodern capitalist culture where individual autonomy especially in matters sexual and economic is widely considered the highest good. (The American Conservative)
Recycling, German style May 6, 2009
Yet an increasing number of Trittbrettfahrers or "free riders" have not been paying in or even counterfeiting the dots causing alarm that the program might no longer be able to pay for itself. New rules that took effect this month require every manufacturer that uses packaging to produce a certificate of compliance showing it contributes to the dual system. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
MIND MATTERSCome Together: Our Need to Cooperate Apr 28, 2009
Free riders benefit in the short term, but they ultimately hurt the group by sapping resources. 1. (Scientific American)
Farmington man circulates Social Security petition Apr 28, 2009
Im tired of free riders, tired of people who expect raises on their govt. checks, tired of those who won't work or expect someone else to give it to them. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
From Pirate Bay, a torpedo to illegal file sharing Apr 18, 2009
It's impossible to compete with free, but if those who are the free riders on copyright are taken out, then it opens the door to a whole bunch of new services where people think oh, I'm not competing with Pirate Bay now, I can actually make a site that will charge. It really does open the door quite considerably. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Where Are We Going? Apr 5, 2009
Deneen was on to this in his Free Riders piece. I certainly did not mean to ridicule or call out as silly the entirety of the localist cause, of which I consider myself to be a part, only to admit to some of my own failures (and the failures of those I hold common cause with) in critiquing modernity and in providing a sensible alternative. (The American Conservative)
Characterizing and Quantifying the Societal Benefits Attributable to Smart Metering Investments Mar 23, 2009
However, the benefits are realized over time and may be realized unevenly by consumers, which renders them a public good and thus raising the difficult policy issues associated with free riders and distributional impacts. 2. (Energy Pulse, CO)
Thon survives economy Feb 26, 2009
Usually charities have "free riders," people who enjoy the benefit of the act without pulling their weight, he said, but Thon's canning shows a different side. "Thon is totally different because there are so many people that are so enthusiastic. So it's not OK to put in second-best effort or third-best effort," Mateer said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
The Role of Catholic Figures in Indonesian Politics Feb 22, 2009
Soegijapranata, SJ., "to be 100 percent Catholic and 100 percent Indonesian," bears testimony to the fact that Catholic people are discouraged from being "free riders" and refraining from political activity in the country. The political arena is seen as the best conduit for Catholic people to help influence policy-making to achieve the highest goal in politics - Salus populi suprema lex. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Debris in space: Flying blind Feb 20, 2009
Ultimately, though, if free riders refuse, it is important that the resulting stink does not block an agreement altogether. Do not let the mess on the ground exacerbate the mess in the skies above. (The Economist)
GM Bondholders Propose Debt Swap Deal: Source Feb 17, 2009
It would also address a central criticism of the government-led recapitalization of GM-affiliated finance company GMAC and the so-called problem of "free riders" -- bondholders who wait in the hope that other participants will accept reduced claims so they can be paid back more fully. In the case of GMAC, bond investor PIMCO turned down a debt-exchange offer during GMAC's now-completed $38-billion debt swap in late December, a move that was seen as threatening the deal. (ABC News -- Wire)
GM Bondholders Seek to Minimize `Free Riders' in Talks on Exchange of Debt Feb 16, 2009
GM Bondholders Seek to Minimize Free Riders in Debt Exchange. By Caroline Salas. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
