John LaPlante
Monday, April 23, 2007Going Back to First PrinciplesWhat should we expect of government? Filed As: GeneralCost-benefit analysis is a useful tool in constructing public policy. But some even more fundamental points need to be kept in mind. The Mississippi Center for Public Policy has started an educational campaign that talks about this idea. The campaign is called more »»
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007One Step Towards HillaryCareFiled As: Health CareIt's a common theme among conservatives to mock liberal plans for government by saying "It's for the children." The inside joke is that an expansion of government can be rationalized, in the liberal mind, by an appeal to children. But sometimes the joke is close to the truth. An ... more »»
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Monday, April 23, 2007Use of HSAs is GrowingEnrollment in consumer-directed accounts up 40 percent Filed As: Health CareThough HSAs still represent a small part of the market, they are growing substantially. In January of 2007, 4.5 million Americans were enrolled in an HSA. That's up 1.3 million (or 40 percent) from the year before. This information comes from a survey conducted by more »»
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Monday, April 23, 2007Where Does Your Tax Money Go?Transparency databases moving forward Filed As: Budget and TaxThe idea of an online, searchable database ("Google Government") is catching on. The Georgia Public Policy Foundation notes that one ... more »»
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Friday, April 20, 2007Legislative Honesty? "When We Win, We Take Your Money"Filed As: Budget and TaxEfforts to raise the taxing power of government are usually rationalized by some high-minded rhetoric. But once in a while, the pretty language is discarded, and in its place comes the admission that raw political power will be used for self-enrichment. Such is reported to be the case in Minnesota, ... more »»
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Thursday, April 19, 2007You Say You Want a Revolution?AOL Founder Launches Health Care Site Filed As: Health CareIf we are ever to move from a bureaucratic, third-payer managed approach to health care, consumers are going to have to take more initiative--and become more informed. Steve Case, the founder of AOL, a service which brought Internet service to the masses, has entered the health care information ... more »»
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Thursday, April 19, 2007Moving Beyond CongestionWhat can state and cities do? Plenty Filed As: TransportationWhen you get on the road, are you going nowhere fast? Sam Staley and Ted Balaker offer 10 Steps to Congestion Reliefmore »»
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007Does Fee-for-Service Breed Medical Inflation?Filed As: Health CareThe Commonwealth Foundation, not exactly an advocate of free-market approaches to health care policy, has a new report on health care financing. I haven't read through the report, but was stopped in my tracks at this snippet from an e-mail the Foundation sent: "more »»
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007Do You Now or Have You Ever Owned a Chinese-Made Teddy Bear?Filed As: Economic principlesFoolish thinking about international trade is certainly not limited to the federal level. State politicians can get caught up in it too, as Richard Burr notes for the Detroit News. Michigan, with its ongoing more »»
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007Dependency on Government GrowsMajority of U.S. population receives "signficant income" from government Filed As: Budget and Tax, GeneralIf you're among those of us who still pay income taxes, you may wonder why the burden keeps going up, even if "the era of big government is over." Here's one reason: a majority of Americans receive "significant income" from government programs. The more »»
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