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The Government's Scapegoats
Submitted on 5.31.2008
With food and energy prices soaring, housing prices collapsing, and the economy sinking into what could be a deep recession, the government has been searching around for villains. The latest scapegoats are speculators, OPEC, and of course, the big bad oil companies. As usual, our government ignores its own role in our current economic mess. To add insult to injury, most of the politicians’ proposed “solutions” would only make things worse.
Cleaner Environment Not Necessarily in the Bag
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 5.27.2008
Yesterday the Assembly Appropriations Committee was scheduled to consider AB 2058, “Reducing Plastic Bags,” by Lloyd E. Levine, a Sherman Oaks Democrat, which imposes on consumers a recycling “fee” of $.25 per bag. The committee, and all Californians, should also consider some facts about plastic bags and their alternatives.
Don't make me pay for others' frivolous lawsuits
Submitted by Holly Foxen Wells on 5.27.2008
Most people would rather listen to the buzzing of their alarm clocks than talk about tort reform. The tort system refers to the overall legal system for compensating victims who suffer from accidental injuries. Lawsuits are filed most often for personal injury through class action lawsuits and personal claims.
Why rob consumers to reward retailers?
Submitted by Daniel R. Ballon, Ph.D, Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D on 5.27.2008
WASHINGTON - A recent survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation found Americans rank the skyrocketing cost of gasoline as their most serious economic concern.
How a flat income tax can help California
Submitted on 5.22.2008
Californians may have paid their federal and state taxes last month, but the Golden State remains in a fiscal crisis, with a projected 2008-2009 fiscal year budget deficit as high as $20.2 billion, according to the governor’s estimate on April 29. Such budget crunches hit California because of its highly punitive tax code. A flat income tax would free California from this revenue roller coaster and spur both economic growth and job creation.
How Misguided Energy Policy Eats Up the Economic Stimulus
Submitted by Thomas Tanton on 5.22.2008
This month, checks are going out to federal taxpayers in the form of an “economic stimulus” package. Economists are divided over how those dollars will be spent—new spending, paying off bills, savings? Unfortunately, other federal and state policies, including energy policy, will eliminate any stimulation.
Health Care Reform Begins With Tort Reform
Submitted by Kate Whitman on 5.21.2008
(Peapack, NJ)… Fiscal Conservative Kate Whitman, Republican for Congress today shared details of her plan to reform our nation’s broken health care system in an effort to make health insurance affordable for all families. Whitman stated, “The unfortunate and unnecessary rapid rise in healthcare costs to individuals and employers is due to an unchecked medical tort system.”
Fitzgerald to become Illinois chief justice
Submitted by Chris Rizo on 5.19.2008
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-Thomas Fitzgerald will serve as the next chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, but will have little effect on the state's so-called judicial hellholes, a leading tort reformer told Legal Newsline.
Limiting lawsuit abuses lowers costs from litigation, creates jobs in long run
Submitted by Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D, John Engler on 5.14.2008
The nation is going through difficult economic times, which will prompt calls to "bolster jobs" with "temporary" government spending programs. The best long-term jobs program for America, however, is not more spending we can't afford. If we want results, we need meaningful legal reform.
Lotto i rettssalen - Jackpot Justice
Submitted by Ragnar Askeland on 5.14.2008
Det amerikanske rettssystemet har spilt fallitt, hevder professor Lawrance McQuillan fra Pacific Research Institute, og forfatter av boken ”Jackpot Justice: The True Cost of America’s Tort System”.
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