Monday afternoon links

The Mercatus Center published some very telling data about health care spending trends in the United States. These graphs do a fantastic job of visualizing these trends. You could draw a lot of questions from this data...
We asked a question about how Kentuckians feel about the recent General Assembly budget process. Feel free to visit our Facebook page and weigh in on the discussion.
A recent op-ed in the Lexington Herald-Leader takes aim at an editorial attacking the tobacco industry. I also recently submitted a letter to the editor after that editorial was published expressing my disbelief in the lack of professionalism displayed by the newspaper.