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Getting Serious About Ron Paul
By: Steven Greenhut on 11.28.2011
I can't forgive myself for voting for Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor during the 2003 recall. I selected a "winnable" loser rather than Tom McClintock, a principled conservative who knew what policies to pursue to right California's sinking fiscal ship.
The Best States For Jobs
11.28.2011
Economist Arthur Laffer pulled together economic data on states as part of a new book, Eureka! How to Fix California, being published in February by California think tank Pacific Research Institute.
Honesty, No More Subsidies
By: Steven Greenhut on 10.26.2011
President Obama’s plan to change federal lending rules so people who are under water in their mortgages can refinance will make a political point about Republican intransigence on his jobs package but won’t sway many voters.
Governor should ground tax proposal
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D on 10.17.2011
Gov. Jerry Brown wants to increase sales and income taxes in a quest to “find another $10 billion” in revenue. He will have to craft a plan soon to get it on the 2012 ballot.
Our federal financial nightmares revealed ... and how to fix them
By: Jeffrey H. Anderson, Ph.D on 10.14.2011
During this week’s GOP presidential debate, Michele Bachmann twice said the federal government is spending about “40 percent more” than what it takes in. If only we were in such good shape. The federal government has actually been spending about 75 percent more than what it takes in.
Comparative effectiveness reviews mean fewer cures
By: Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D on 10.10.2011
Elected officials have powerful incentives to spend, and the administrators of government agencies -- always seeking to increase their budgets -- are happy to oblige. But the federal budget is finite. There are equally-powerful incentives to create more programs, as politicians are driven to make more citizens dependent upon government.
Hypocritical pension funds lecture others
By: Steven Greenhut on 10.10.2011
The nation’s two largest pension funds, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, have been plagued by myriad fiscal problems, and even a corruption scandal in the case of CalPERS, and yet these systems continue to lecture the private sector on ethical corporate governance. The latest hypocrisy, released last week, is a project funded by the two systems to promote “diversity” in board rooms.
Solyndra crash shows shakiness of market subsidies
By: Joseph Perkins on 9.19.2011
Solyndra, the Fremont solar-panel manufacturer that went belly up last week, was the subject of a hearing Wednesday all the way in the nation’s capital. Lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Committee on Oversight and Investigations wanted to get to the bottom of how the much-hyped “green” company scored a half-billion-dollar federal loan guarantee two years ago this month.
Your Government Still the Main Threat to Your Freedoms
By: Steven Greenhut on 9.12.2011
In my years writing for newspapers, I’ve always hated the commemoration ritual. What new insight can we offer about Thanksgiving? What words can still capture the essence of D-Day? And, this weekend, what can we really say that ameliorates the horror of 9/11?
Defensive Medicine
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D on 9.7.2011
The article “Study: Only 1 in 5 medical malpractice cases pay” (Tribune, Aug. 17) reported that “most physicians and virtually every surgeon will face at least one malpractice lawsuit in their careers.” This alarming statistic is an important driver of rising U.S. health care costs.
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