Articles
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Education
By a margin of 5 to 1, Oklahomans say let teachers vote on unions
What do Oklahomans think of letting teachers vote on unions?Brandon Dutcher | June 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Statement on Legislature passing state budget
The Legislature deserves credit for passing a budget that minimizes damaging tax increases on Oklahomans compared to what was called for at the start of session.Jonathan Small | May 26, 2017
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Budget & Tax
A tribute to SQ 640
As the 2017 legislative session navigated through its final days with debates over budget gaps and proposed tax increases, some who love the idea of soaking the taxpayers for all they can get bemoaned the existence of one of the most important constitutional safeguards in state history – State Question 640, passed overwhelmingly by the voters in 1992.Jonathan Small | May 26, 2017
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Health Care
Statement regarding House Bill 2406
Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, issued the following statement today regarding House Bill 2406.Jonathan Small | May 24, 2017
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Budget & Tax
The veiled budget
To hear some at the state Capitol talk, every agency is on starvation rations due to the state budget shortfall.Jonathan Small | May 19, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Oklahoma state budget crisis? I should say so
When it comes to government spending in Oklahoma, the 800-pound gorilla in the room that everyone ignores is this simple question: Should government grow faster than the private sector’s ability to pay?J. Scott Moody & Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | May 19, 2017
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Higher Education
In higher education, tuition often does more than replace lost appropriations
No one disputes that the sticker price of college—what schools charge, not necessarily what students end up paying—has for decades been rising at a very fast clip. What analysts disagree about is why.Neal McCluskey | May 18, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Education
Will the IRS give us educational freedom?
As more people in Washington, D.C. have come to see that there are good reasons not to enact a national school voucher program, attention is turning to another proposal for federal school choice.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | May 15, 2017
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Education
Oklahoma politicians shouldn’t penalize parents
Parents, not government officials, have the moral right to raise their children according to their consciences. That, in a nutshell, is why school choice is so important.Brandon Dutcher | May 15, 2017
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Budget & Tax
Three cheers for 'cost avoidance'
Most Oklahomans know there are really only two ways to deal with the state’s budget shortfall. We can either trim expenses—especially those that can be reduced by some real reforms—or raise taxes.Jonathan Small | May 15, 2017