Commentary
Business & Economics
Congress will show economic leadership by extending tax cuts
In 2001 and 2003, under the administration of George W. Bush, Congress passed significant tax reductions. These will expire on December 31, if Congress does nothing. Instead, Congress should seize the opportunity to show economic leadership, by extending the cuts and cutting federal spending. The current debate in Washington centers ...
Commentary
Why the `Race to the Top’ will change nothing in state
CALIFORNIA is now a finalist in the federal “Race to the Top” education contest. Californians might want to hold off on the champagne because even if the state wins little change will be forthcoming. The contest is also misleading.
Commentary
How real reform is different from Obamacare
Part three in a three-part series To turn a phrase, there ought not to be a law; Obamacare should be booted from the U.S. Code and onto the ash heap of history. Think it can’t be done? Guess again — Congress has reversed course on health care reform before. On ...
Business & Economics
Gender Absurdity Lowers the Bar
Vol. 14 No. 08: August 3, 2010 Gender Absurdity Lowers the Bar By Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO, Pacific Research Institute Last month, we noted some good news for women, who now outpace men in higher education and are faring better economically during the recession. Women who go out ...
Commentary
Seniors will suffer under Obamacare
Part two in a three-part series According to the Congressional Budget Office, Obamacare will cost at least $938 billion over the next decade. So here’s the big question: Who is going to pay for it? The answer is … drum roll please … senior citizens. As it turns out, more ...
Business & Economics
Here’s One Way States Can Create Jobs
(Aug 2) — Politicians have spent billions on so-called stimulus and bailouts, yet today’s unemployment rate is two times greater than in January 2008. If states are looking for a way to boost employment, a good place to start would be reining in lawsuit abuse — commonly called tort reform. ...
Commentary
Obamacare Will Cost You Your Retirement
President Obama’s tax pledge, which he made as a candidate, couldn’t have been any clearer: “Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 will see their taxes increase — not your income taxes, not your payroll taxes, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” He even ...
Business & Economics
Drop the starfish, you criminal
SACRAMENTO – Advocates for big government can always be expected to stoke our fears to justify higher taxes, more regulations and the hiring of additional government workers. One of the most sensational examples of this phenomenon was provided last week as the Sacramento Bee published a front-page investigation warning about ...
Business & Economics
Dodgy days for business
The national unemployment rate remains stubbornly high – 9.5 percent in June – and the private sector simply isn’t willing yet to make a genuine effort to create jobs. Some contend that to stimulate the economy, the government should spend and borrow more. This argument ignores a central reason for ...
Commentary
States Are Right to Shun ObamaCare’s High-Risk Pools
States Are Right to Shun ObamaCare’s High-Risk Pools By John R. Graham, director of Health Care Studies One of ObamaCare’s first major cash flows was scheduled to start on July 1: $5 billion to bail out states’ so-called “high-risk pools” until January 1, 2014. A full 22 states want nothing ...
Congress will show economic leadership by extending tax cuts
In 2001 and 2003, under the administration of George W. Bush, Congress passed significant tax reductions. These will expire on December 31, if Congress does nothing. Instead, Congress should seize the opportunity to show economic leadership, by extending the cuts and cutting federal spending. The current debate in Washington centers ...
Why the `Race to the Top’ will change nothing in state
CALIFORNIA is now a finalist in the federal “Race to the Top” education contest. Californians might want to hold off on the champagne because even if the state wins little change will be forthcoming. The contest is also misleading.
How real reform is different from Obamacare
Part three in a three-part series To turn a phrase, there ought not to be a law; Obamacare should be booted from the U.S. Code and onto the ash heap of history. Think it can’t be done? Guess again — Congress has reversed course on health care reform before. On ...
Gender Absurdity Lowers the Bar
Vol. 14 No. 08: August 3, 2010 Gender Absurdity Lowers the Bar By Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO, Pacific Research Institute Last month, we noted some good news for women, who now outpace men in higher education and are faring better economically during the recession. Women who go out ...
Seniors will suffer under Obamacare
Part two in a three-part series According to the Congressional Budget Office, Obamacare will cost at least $938 billion over the next decade. So here’s the big question: Who is going to pay for it? The answer is … drum roll please … senior citizens. As it turns out, more ...
Here’s One Way States Can Create Jobs
(Aug 2) — Politicians have spent billions on so-called stimulus and bailouts, yet today’s unemployment rate is two times greater than in January 2008. If states are looking for a way to boost employment, a good place to start would be reining in lawsuit abuse — commonly called tort reform. ...
Obamacare Will Cost You Your Retirement
President Obama’s tax pledge, which he made as a candidate, couldn’t have been any clearer: “Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 will see their taxes increase — not your income taxes, not your payroll taxes, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” He even ...
Drop the starfish, you criminal
SACRAMENTO – Advocates for big government can always be expected to stoke our fears to justify higher taxes, more regulations and the hiring of additional government workers. One of the most sensational examples of this phenomenon was provided last week as the Sacramento Bee published a front-page investigation warning about ...
Dodgy days for business
The national unemployment rate remains stubbornly high – 9.5 percent in June – and the private sector simply isn’t willing yet to make a genuine effort to create jobs. Some contend that to stimulate the economy, the government should spend and borrow more. This argument ignores a central reason for ...
States Are Right to Shun ObamaCare’s High-Risk Pools
States Are Right to Shun ObamaCare’s High-Risk Pools By John R. Graham, director of Health Care Studies One of ObamaCare’s first major cash flows was scheduled to start on July 1: $5 billion to bail out states’ so-called “high-risk pools” until January 1, 2014. A full 22 states want nothing ...
