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Friday, September 12, 2008Making TIFs Less TaxingBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and TaxTax Increment Financing (TIF) is one of those concepts that sounds like good government, but which can lead to trouble. The Public Interest Institute offers a review (PDF) of Iowa's law on the subject, and says that ... more »»
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Thursday, September 11, 2008Bush Administration Threatens to Cut Low-income Parents from SCHIP in MinnesotaBy Peter NelsonFiled As: Health CareMore news on the Bush administration’s efforts to crack down on SCHIP is coming out of Minnesota. John Graham of the Pacific Research ... more »»
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Thursday, September 11, 2008Insuring the UninsuredBy Kalese HammondsFiled As: Health CareThere is a lot of talk these days about expanding government programs to eliminate the uninsured population, but research from the Texas Public Policy Foundation indicates that state-provided health insurance can only make a ... more »»
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Thursday, September 11, 2008Why Are Clinical Trials Few in the UK?By Grace-Marie TurnerFiled As: Health CarePharmaceutical companies from around the world have been scaling back clinical research in the United Kingdom, largely because of government parsimony, says Peter Pitts. The main ... more »»
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Thursday, September 11, 2008More Fat with Fries, PleaseBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareHere's an interesting downside to the move to ban trans fats: Some school districts in Texas, ordered to replace deep fryers with ovens, are balking. They cite two factors: One, it costs a lot of money to ... more »»
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Thursday, September 11, 2008Why No SCHIP Vote This Fall? Because It's Expanding Without ItPresident Bush Blinks; And States Keep Spending By John R. GrahamFiled As: Health CareBetween last September and December, State Policy Network bloggers invested a lot fighting Congress' irresponsible effort to drive more kids out of health plans that their parents (or at least their parent's employers) choose, and into ... more »»
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Thursday, September 11, 2008Should Citizens Pay for Other's Play?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and Tax, PrivatizationSome of the least essential of government services involve recreational services such as golf courses and ski areas. While golf and skiing can be healthy and enjoyable pursuits, ... more »»
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Thursday, September 11, 2008The Infantile WorldBy John LaPlanteFiled As: GeneralWhat would you say about a mother who let her nine-year old son find his way home via the New York City subway system? I read Lenore Skenazy's story in the current issue of Reader's Digest (story not online), wherein she talked about the more »»
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Thursday, September 11, 2008Opportunities through CompetitionBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Budget and Tax, PrivatizationLook at the web site for just about any organization dedicated to government finance and officials, and you'll see story after sad story about how public budgets are under a squeeze from rising demands and falling revenues. In these times, public leaders ought to take advantage of the tools that ... 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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