Articles
-
Culture & the Family
Free Market Friday: Fostering stability
Right now, some 400,000 American children are in foster care, as well as uncounted thousands more in other nations who are eligible for adoption. Americans have always been among the most generous on earth in opening their homes to adoptees, and the benefits of adoption are obvious.Michael Carnuccio | August 22, 2014
-
Budget & Tax
Free Market Friday: HB 2562 is constitutional
No question, HB 2562 is a tax cut because the effective date of the new 2-percent rate doesn’t take place until the rate would have reverted to 7 percent. Those opposed to SQ 640 will have to find another angle to attack.Michael Carnuccio | August 15, 2014
-
Education
A textbook case of misplaced priorities
One can’t help but recall the federal government shutdown last year, when President Obama selectively closed some national monuments. Sorry, veterans, we have to lock you out of the World War II memorial — the federal government doesn’t have two nickels to rub together.Brandon Dutcher | August 14, 2014
-
Budget & Tax, Law & Principles
HB 2562 lawsuit: Is a tax cut the same as a tax hike?
In 1992, Oklahoma voters approved State Question 640 to add a taxpayer-protection provision to the State Constitution. Everyone — supporters and opponents alike — understood the provision would make it harder to raise taxes.Jonathan Small & Trent England | August 12, 2014
-
Budget & Tax
Free Market Friday: A lesson for lawmakers
Recall the saying: “Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Such wisdom is particularly true regarding the doom and gloom often predicted by those fixated on raising taxes and fees in order to increase revenue for government.Michael Carnuccio | August 8, 2014
-
Education
Conflicts in Moore school district show need for more choices for families
Superintendant Robert Romines of the Moore School District today threatened to have Fox 25 reporter Phil Cross and his crew arrested if they attempted to cover a school district event.Trent England | August 8, 2014
-
Budget & Tax
The rich are already paying their ‘fair share’ — and then some
President Obama has repeatedly called for the so-called rich to pay their “fair share” as he strives to attain his stated goal of tax fairness. He defines as wealthy those individuals making $200k or married couples making more than $250k. But these earners are far from the millionaires that most would envision as America’s elite.Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | July 29, 2014
-
Good Government
Free Market Friday: Ditch the EPA rule
In April of this year, the EPA and the Corps announced they would be expanding the definition of so-called waters of the United States to include nearly any body of water – even a temporary one – that would or could flow into those previously protected waterways.Michael Carnuccio | July 25, 2014
-
Health Care
Medicaid expansion advocate relies on false choice
The most comprehensive study of Medicaid found that simply extending coverage did little to improve health outcomes. It also found that emergency room visits went up. Here in Oklahoma, emergency room visits are also up among Medicaid patients.Trent England | July 24, 2014
-
Agriculture
Latest federal overreach could harm farmers, ranchers
In a move that could have a major impact on Oklahoma farmers and ranchers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a new “waters of the United States” rule under the Clean Water Act.Jayson Lusk | July 23, 2014