|
|
News Archive |
|
|
|
|
Proposed State Tobacco Tax Increase
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
7.23.2002
In order to close the state’s massive budget deficit, Gov. Gray Davis proposes a slew of tax increases, including raising the state’s tobacco tax by 72 percent to a whopping $1.50 per pack of cigarettes. Davis estimates that the tobacco tax hike will bring in nearly half-a-billion dollars in additional revenues. Before he banks on these added tax dollars, however, Davis would be well advised to look at the problems currently being experienced by states and countries with high tobacco taxes.
Read more
|
|
|
Superfund Tramples Citizens in Misguided “Lead Scare”
Press Release
7.19.2002
San Francisco, CA — Superfund, a huge federal program costing taxpayers $1.26 billion per year, continues its “lead scare” campaign, wreaking havoc on the lives of affected citizens. According to Lead Astray: Inside an EPA Superfund Disaster, recently released by the Pacific Research Institute, Superfund employs junk science, wastes resources, and destroys the lives and property of citizens and communities nationwide in a war against lead poisoning that has already been won.
Read more
|
|
|
Technology Needs TPA
Techonology Op-Ed
7.18.2002
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are abuzz because there's finally hope that a bill to grant the President greater authority to negotiate international free-trade agreements might actually pass. Freer trade will stimulate the economy and help poorer countries, so it's shocking that "Trade Promotion Authority" has been so tough to deliver.
Read more
|
|
|
Dreaming by the Bay: Why local politicians should stay out of the health insurance business
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
7.14.2002
The push for mandate driven universal health insurance has taken center stage in the policy arena. Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has achieved near celebrity status with his plan to require individuals to purchase insurance or face fines. The American Medical Association voted at its June meeting to endorse a nationwide mandate on individuals to purchase health insurance. And my city may soon make national news if its mayor is successful in implementing a plan promising to provide universal coverage for San Francisco residents.
Read more
|
|
|
'I Don't Want Any Spam'
Technology Op-Ed
7.11.2002
Many Internet users, especially parents, are concerned about the growing problem of unsolicited commercial e-mail, otherwise known as spam. Legislation and technology are proposed solutions, but they won't be successful. Happily, the problem is easier than it looks when one thinks outside the box.
Read more
|
|
|
Just send scoundrels to jail
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D
7.10.2002
With each new corporate accounting confession, the response from politicians has been predictable: Blame the other political party for creating a “climate of abuse” and advance regulations to “fix the problem.”
Read more
|
|
|
Lay Down the Cornerstone: Give Parents School Choice
Investor's Business Daily - Education Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
7.1.2002
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that a school-choice plan in Cleveland constitutes true private choice, not state furtherance of religion and is, therefore, constitutional. Thursday’s 5–4 ruling is a victory for all Americans, a blow against the failed government education monopoly, and a lesson for policymakers nationwide.
Read more
|
|
|
|
 |
