John LaPlante
Tuesday, April 10, 2007Arkansas Enacts Market-Oriented ReformsMurphy Commission recommendations approved Filed As: Education (k-12), GeneralAre policy shops such as the members of State Policy Network merely places for people to talk to each other? Thankfully, no; ideas do have a way of making their way into law. The Arkansas Policy Foundation reports that in April, two policy recommendations of the ... more »»
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Monday, April 9, 2007"Pay or Play" Not Going AwayFiled As: Health CareThe foolish policy of "Pay or Play" is still in play in several state legislatures, according to the Wall Street Journal (link for subscribers). Says the Journal's Kelly K. Spors, ... more »»
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Friday, April 6, 2007"Smarter Babies" Plans Based on Faulty ScienceFiled As: Education (k-12)Since the K-12 system isn't working all that well in many places, the latest idea in education is to ... start the children learning even earlier. From USA Today comes the idea that maybe we haven't gotten this whole process of human development figured out just yet. The efforts to build ... more »»
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Thursday, April 5, 2007Bringing the Supply Side Revolution to Health CareFiled As: Health CareSupply side economics revolutionized thinking about tax policy. John Goodman says that what we need now is to apply supply-side thinking to health care policy. Goodman's latest op-ed appears in today's Wall Street Journal (here's a link more »»
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Friday, March 30, 2007A Real Investment in Education: Tax CreditsFiled As: Education (k-12)Families want options in schooling, businesses want a well-educated workforce. A tax credit proposal in Maryland nicely ties those two concerns together. According to the Maryland Public Policy Institute, “The BOAST tax credit proposal would provide up to $25 million in partial tax ... more »»
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007Cars Make America "Not Worth Defending?"Filed As: TransportationIf you consider simply what is best at getting people from point A to point B, a road system and the personal automobile work pretty well. But if you’re interested in social engineering, perhaps not.
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Monday, March 26, 2007Shining the Light of Public Scrutiny on SpendingFiled As: Budget and TaxTransparency is in. National Review Online offers a short write-up of the ways that organizations belonging to State Policy Network are exposing wasteful government spending. High on the list: promoting ... more »»
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Friday, March 23, 2007It's Good to Be ConnectedLocal "Development" Projects Benefit Private Parties at Public Expense Filed As: Budget and TaxHigh are the list of attitudes that lead to bad government is the desire to "do something." At the local level, this sometimes works itself out in economic development projects. There's nothing wrong and plenty right with new jobs, new businesses, and new options for buying and selling ... more »»
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007What Should be Transportation Policy's Priority?Filed As: TransportationBus systems, rail transit, or roads? Last week the Los Angeles Times hosted a debate on transportation between Bart Reed, executive director of The Transit Coalition, and Ted Balaker, policy analyst at the Reason Foundation. On more »»
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Thursday, March 22, 2007Savings from School District Consolidation Don't Add UpFiled As: Education (k-12)Is bigger better? Not when it comes to schools. Does district consolidation save money? You might think so if you focus on the job of superintendent, a high-dollar job. But consolidation won’t necessarily reduce head count, or even salaries. The more »»
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