John LaPlante
Friday, September 5, 2008What To Do About WaterBy John LaPlanteFiled As: EnvironmentThe Georgia Public Policy Foundation has just released its latest chapter of Agenda 2009, a guide to public issues facing the state. This chapter has to do with the water supply (PDF). Your state may not be suffering from drought to the same ... more »»
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008Waiting for a Charter School in TexasBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)Is school choice popular? Here's one way to answer that question: In Texas, over 16,000 students were on a waiting list for a public charter school. The Texas Public Policy Foundation ... more »»
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Monday, September 8, 2008The Difference Between Government and BusinessBy John LaPlanteFiled As: General"For the most part, government and business are perceived as being in direct conflict with one another. Yet both generally have the same goal - maximizing their revenue. If you’re a business, this is known as 'greed.' If you’re a government looking to pad salaries and benefits of ... more »»
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Saturday, September 6, 2008When Government Requires Price IncreasesBy John LaPlanteFiled As: GeneralOil prices have come down from their highs, but if you're still unhappy with the price that you're paying for gasoline, blame government. Here's one way way that bad policy artificially increases the price of gasoline: minimum markup laws in 18 states prohibit retailers from selling gas ... more »»
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008Three Steps for ConservativesBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareSo how do conservatives respond to widespread public disatisfaction with the state of health care today? As a follow-up to yesterday's post about Philip Klein's essay on health care policy, here are three steps that he says Klein conservatives must take. ... more »»
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008Why Health Care Policy Matters to ConservativesBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareGreg Scandlen has already noted an important essay on health care, but I'd like to point out a few more details. Philip Klein offers a warning to conservatives: "the persistent ... more »»
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008Tennessee Pre-K Program: No Measurable BenefitBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)The Tennessee Center for Policy Research can be justified in saying "I told you so," though that won't do much good for taxpayers, who have had hundreds of millions of their hard-earned dollars wasted. In 2005, the center warned that a plan for taxpayer-funded pre-K programs was of ... more »»
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Friday, September 5, 2008Don't LaughDoes a law pass the silly test? By John LaPlanteFiled As: Employment, GeneralGov. Mark Sanford (R-South Carolina) has proposed a new test for whether or not "there ought to be a law." From the state's largest newspaper:
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Thursday, September 4, 2008Floridians Say "Let's Drill"By John LaPlanteFiled As: EnvironmentGood news for motorists--or for that matter, anyone who lives in the modern economy. A new public opinion poll says that a majority in Florida want to ... more »»
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Thursday, September 4, 2008Kentucky Ed Reforms Fail to Help Blacks Prepare for CollegeOnly 3 of 100 who take ACT are college-ready By John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)What has Kentucky to show for its last decade of ramping up school spending and fiddling with its school systems? For one thing, an approach that fails to prepare black students for college. The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions says "more »»
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