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Monday, July 21, 2008A Passing of the Guard in MichiganBy John LaPlanteFiled As: GeneralThe movement of state-based think tanks is relatively young; some groups are still led by their founders. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is undergoing a significant change as founding president more »»
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Sunday, July 20, 2008Resisting Tax IncreasesBusiness in Maine and Mass. Get Some Backbone By Greg ScandlenFiled As: Budget and Tax, Health CareHere’s a news flash for you – UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COSTS MORE THAN PROPONENTS CLAIM! Yes, indeedy! Folks get these sweeping bills enacted by promising they won’t cost the taxpayers much. And a year or two later they ALWAYS come back for a tax increase to “complete the ... more »»
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Friday, July 18, 2008As Arizona Goes, So Goes the NationMedicaid ruining state fiscal health By Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: GeneralThe fiscal balances of state and local governments will rapidly deteriorate in less than a decade and Medicaid spending is the principal culprit, according to a new American Enterprise Institute report based upon a Government ... more »»
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Friday, July 18, 2008AEI: As Arizona Goes, So Goes the NationHow Medicaid Ruins the States' Fiscal Health By Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: GeneralThe fiscal balances of state and local governments will rapidly deteriorate in less than a decade and Medicaid spending is the principal culprit, according to a new American Enterprise Institute report based upon a Government ... more »»
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Friday, July 18, 2008Taxpayers Pay TwiceBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)With per-pupil spending soaring north of $10,000 per year in many states, you'd think that paying once for public education is expensive enough. But too often, we end up paying twice. Vicki E. Murray, a senior policy fellow for the Pacific Research Institute, says that in California, taxpayers ... more »»
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Friday, July 18, 2008Sunshine in MississippiBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxLet's hear it for the Mississippi Policy Council. According to OpenRecords, the organization is helping Madison County, Mississippi, put more of its records online for the world to see.
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Friday, July 18, 2008Preventive Care Still Expensive PolicyBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareIt's always nice to have new research back you up.
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Friday, July 18, 2008Let's Hear it for GridlockBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxIllinois is a one-party state. Yet gridlock rules. Greg Blankenship, president of the Illinois Policy Institute, thinks that's a good thing. Here's what he said about it in a recent newsletter: The Democrats have a 67-51 majority in the House and a veto-proof, 37-22 majority in the ... more »»
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Friday, July 18, 2008State Health Plan BailoutBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Budget and Tax, Health CareThe State Health Plan for teachers and state employees in North Carolina has gone from an expected $50 million surplus this year to a $200 million deficit in the last couple weeks. Legislators, on a bipartisan basis, are trying to salvage it by jeopardizing the last fig leaf of fiscal responsiblity in the ... more »»
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Friday, July 18, 2008Ambulance-chasing for OrgansBy Joseph D. ColettiFiled As: Health CareI go rounds with my colleague Donna Martinez on the value of creating a market for organs. She likes presumed consent - opting out of donations instead of opting in - which strikes me as coercive. I favor allowing people to sell ... more »»
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