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See-saw City on ‘green' list; state ‘freedom' up
Submitted on 9.30.2008
In the teeter-totter of city and state rankings, what goes up must see-saw something else down. Case in point: Rankings for personal freedom versus rankings for greenhood.
Alaska ranks near bottom of economic freedom index
Submitted by Rena Delbridge on 9.29.2008
FAIRBANKS — High levels of welfare spending per capita and a large number of people receiving help are keeping Alaska near the bottom of an index measuring economic freedom in each of the 50 states.
The Great Bank Robbery of 2008
Submitted on 9.29.2008
The Paulson bailout failed in the House. If it isn’t a death blow to the plan, it should be. This is not an economic plan: it is a heist.
Conservatives Should Oppose Corporate Welfare
Submitted on 9.27.2008
Although they are just playing the hand that Alan Greenspan dealt them, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson have been working overtime to discredit the capitalist economy. The $700 billion bailout of Wall Street, as well as other measures such as a ban on short-selling financial stocks, are a repudiation of the free market principles which the Bush Administration claims to champion. Besides forcing taxpayers to fund a massive dose of corporate welfare, the latest measures will make the financial crisis worse.
Despite critics, consumers laud state's trial lawyers
Submitted by Melody Finnemore on 9.26.2008
Lake Oswego elementary school teacher Kellie La Follette never imagined she would need to hire an attorney. But, after she and several of her colleagues received radiation burns from broken metal halide bulbs during an in-service training in November 2004, they got a crash course in how the state’s legal and political system works.
My View: State budget mess: We can learn from Canada
Submitted by Jason Clemens on 9.25.2008
California's new budget deal is a short-term fix that leaves the Golden State without a long-term solution to its financial woes. More often than not, lessons from our neighbors to the north concern what not to do. However, in the case of budgets, there is much to gain by replicating the Canadian experience post-1994.
Northeast deemed most economically oppressed
Submitted on 9.25.2008
The Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think tank based in California, has released the ‘U.S. Economic Freedom Index 2008 Report,’ a ranking of economic freedom in the 50 states.
San Diego Union Tribune Radio Interview with Robert Murphy
Submitted on 9.25.2008
Robert Murphy, senior fellow in business and economic studies at PRI, discussed the Wall Street bailout and the U.S. economy on the Bernie Jones show "Op-Ed Talk" on Sign On Radio in San Diego.
Wall Street plan won't aid recovery
Submitted on 9.25.2008
Last week the government took extraordinary measures to restore calm to the financial markets. Besides the takeover of insurer American International Group, the government banned short-selling of 799 financial stocks and floated a plan to buy up risky mortgage-backed assets. These actions, unfortunately, may prove incredibly costly to the taxpayer, and delay recovery of the credit markets.
News-Talk 1110 WBT (NC): Economic Freedom Index Radio Interview with Tara Servatius
Submitted by Tara Servatius on 9.24.2008
Lawrence J. McQuillan was interviewed by radio talk show host Tara Servatius on News-Talk 1110 WBT in Charlotte, North Carolina. He discussed North Carolina's rankings in the Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report.
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