John LaPlante
Friday, August 29, 2008When is a Tax Rebate Not a Tax Rebate?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxWhen is a tax rebate not a rebate? When it's more of a means of redistributing income. New Mexico offered a tax rebate, but put an income limit on the distribution of checks: Returns with an ... more »»
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Friday, August 29, 2008No More Income Tax?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxOf all the states, Michigan has the country's worst economy. Ohio is running a close second or third. The Buckeye Institute suggests that Ohio can improve its economy by phasing out the state income tax. Why? For one thing, Ohio has been ... more »»
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Friday, August 29, 2008New Hampshire to Residents: No Insurance for You!State voids insurance policies of 800 By John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareWe've spoken on this site about the mindset that says "If you can't afford a Lexus, you're walking," but the state of New Hampshire is actually putting that way of thinking into practice. It will void the insurance ... more »»
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Friday, August 29, 2008Even the Wealthy Are Fed UpBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)One argument in favor of high state taxes is that, "We have high incomes, so we can afford high taxes to buy the good stuff that government give us." (That's a loose paraphrase of the discourse where I live, at least.) But the appeal of that argument in Connecticut, one of the ... more »»
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Friday, August 29, 2008Sweet Deals for Hospitals, Thanks to GovernmentBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareOh to have a government-protected market share and, as a non-profit organization, pay no taxes. That's the status of many hospitals, which, as the Wall Street Journal noted in yesterday's edition, can soak ... more »»
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Thursday, August 28, 2008Medicaid and Separation of Powers in MississippiBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareIn Mississippi, Gov. Haley Barbour continues to tussle with the Legislature over his plan to fund Medicaid by raising taxes on hospitals. In a court document, one legislator invoked an argument based on the separation of powers:
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Thursday, August 28, 2008Single-Payer: The Rest of the StoryBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareOur current way of financing health care isn't perfect, and it could certainly use some fixes. But as we can learn from other nations, the solution isn't to go down the road of government control. Check out BigHealthGov.org. It has testimonials from ... more »»
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008California to Commuters: No Cars for YouBy John LaPlanteFiled As: EnvironmentIt's been said that if the opposite of "pro" is "con," then the opposite of "progress" must be "Congress." The California Senate is doing a fine job of emulating that dictum. The Reason Foundation looks at a piece of land-use legislation in California, ... more »»
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008Is College Worth the Cost?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (higher)Walter E. Williams asks whether college is worth the cost, given the unprepared nature of many of today's students. Close to half (45%) of college freshmen never graduate; only a quarter of students who took the ACT ... more »»
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008Pennsylvania Could be a TrendsetterBy John LaPlanteFiled As: TransportationPennsylvania, like most states, has a lot of roads and bridges in need of repair. One possible funding source is to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It might be done through a $12.8 billion deal, which the Wall Street Journal reported on yesterday. The Commonwealth Foundation has a write up of the ... more »»
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