Kurt Weber
For more than 24 years Kurt T. Weber has been an activist for liberty. During his undergraduate and graduate school years he organized student groups, ran an active campaign for the Kalamazoo City Council in Michigan, spent a summer petitioning in several states to get a third party on the ballot and was a regular columnist for college newspapers.
Mr. Weber spent a decade of service with Cascade Policy Institute in Portland, Oregon. He joined the Institute in 1993 as its program director and was eventually promoted to vice president. Among his responsibilities as vice president were budget and strategic planning and staff management.
Mr. Weber has worked with a number of state, national and international classical liberal organizations, including the Institute for Humane Studies, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty. In 1992 he traveled throughout Latin America, consulting with think tanks in six countries. Mr. Weber also helped organize an institute in Ecuador and worked with Junior Achievement Argentina in Buenos Aires.
Mr. Weber has over 80 published newspaper commentaries, which have appeared in The Oregonian and numerous other Oregon publications, as well as The Orange County Register (California) and The Houston Post. He also has 150 radio commentaries to his credit.
Mr. Weber was graduated from Western Michigan University with dual degrees and honors in finance and public administration. He holds a masters degree in international relations from the University of Virginia.
Friday, April 13, 2007Government Employees Don’t Pay TaxesFiled As: Budget and Tax, Economic principlesAs the April 15 tax filing deadline looms, I ask: Do government employees pay taxes? My answer: No. As a rule, their paychecks come from money taken from private sector individuals and organizations through taxation. Thus, when a public servant "pays" taxes, they are merely passing along taxes ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007Private Sponsorships of Parks Grow in PortlandFiled As: Budget and Tax, Municipal Services, PrivatizationIn the City of Roses, “Keep Portland Weird” bumperstickers abound -- and so do private sponsorships of parks. Recently, Columbia Sportswear agreed to spend $1 million to maintain and improve Sellwood Park over 10 years. An April 10 Oregonian more »»
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007“Convenient Fiction” to Premier in SF, DC and NYFiled As: EventsThe new film, "An Inconvenient Truth ... Or Convenient Fiction?" will premiere this month (April 2007) in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and New York City. Below are the dates and informational links:
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Monday, April 9, 2007Tell Target: Eminent Domain is WrongFiled As: GeneralThe Sam Adams Alliance folks have a favor to ask: Print out this flier and give it to your local Target store manager. Let him or her know that eminent domain is wrong. I’ve printed mine and will do my part to send a ... more »»
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Tuesday, April 3, 2007What Next? A Trademark for the Jefferson Memorial?Filed As: Education (higher), General, PrivatizationThe trademark “rights” held by government universities is exemplar of Orwell’s some animals being more equal than others, and makes a case for their outright privatization. The March 23-25, 2007 USA Today published “more »»
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Sunday, April 1, 2007Competition and Choice for Medical Lab TestsDriving down healthcare costs for all Filed As: Health CareWhile driving around Portland, Oregon last week, I saw a billboard advertising LabCorp, a medical laboratory testing company. As a proponent of choice and competition in making quality healthcare more affordable for all, I was happy to see this mass consumer advertisement. You can bet there will be more ... more »»
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Sunday, April 1, 2007Unleashing Capitalism in West VirginiaNew WV think tank publishes 237-page roadmap for prosperity Filed As: Budget and Tax, Economic principles, Employment, GeneralIn March, the Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia published its first book, Unleashing Capitalism: Why Prosperity Stops at the West Virginia Border and How to Fix It. This 14 chapter, 237-page roadmap suggests specific free market policy reforms that would promote long-run economic growth ... more »»
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Sunday, April 1, 2007Largest Tax Cut in Arkansas HistoryDemocratic governor sets example for the GOP Filed As: Budget and TaxRecently, freshman Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe signed into law the largest tax cut in that state’s history: a 50 percent reduction in the state grocery tax. The Arkansas Policy Foundation has helped to move that idea along, publishing on the topic since ... more »»
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Sunday, April 1, 2007Swiss Reject Single-payer HealthcareFiled As: Health CareRecently, Swiss voters resoundingly said “nein” to a single-payer health care system. On Sunday, March 11, “The vote was on whether to replace Switzerland’s current system of mandatory health insurance coverage provided by 87 private health plans with a single payer system based on ... more »»
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Sunday, April 1, 2007Wanted: Revolutionaries for LibertyFiled As: GeneralCountless opportunities exist for newly graduated students, as well as young and well-experienced professionals to work at free market think tanks and related organizations across the country. Like the sun? Review the Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute's several more »»
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