Articles
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Health Care
Mourning Our Medicaid Malaise: Lawmakers Reject Free-Market Reforms
Dr. Doug Cox is no Dr. Tom Coburn. And the Oklahoma Hospital Association is no supporter of Medicaid reform.Patrick B. McGuigan | July 2, 2014
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Budget & Tax
It's Time to Phase Out Oklahoma's Personal Income Tax
But achieving the goal of phasing out Oklahoma’s personal income tax is the one economic policy change which will expand economic opportunity for the majority of Oklahomans.Jonathan Small | July 2, 2014
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Good Government
Free Market Friday: Bigger slice of pie
The campaign season is in full force. No doubt we have all heard candidates from both parties tout that they will do something to bring, create, grow or support jobs. There’s a reason: Candidates know that most people, especially Oklahomans, understand the importance of hard work and how a job can provide the pathway to meeting one’s needs, wants and even dreams.Mark Costello | June 27, 2014
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Budget & Tax
YOU GUEST IT: A review of Oklahoma’s 2014 legislative session
The Republican supermajorities which are in control at the Oklahoma state capitol produced a mix of policy victories and missed opportunities during the 2014 legislative session, which concluded on May 23.Dave Bond | June 25, 2014
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Education
Standing up for parents’ rights
Oklahoma’s newly enacted Parents’ Bill of Rights may be seen by some as duplicative, given that Oklahoma already has laws that firmly protect parents’ relationships with their children. However, given Washington’s desire to assert its preeminence over the states, Oklahoma policymakers must remain vigilant and active.Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | June 23, 2014
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Education
Yes, Oklahoma, There Is Bloat in Public Schools
In Oklahoma, defenders of the government school monopoly are trying out a new tactic in their never-ending struggle to convince you that the system isn’t wasting huge amounts of money. Don’t believe it. In Oklahoma, as in every other state, the government school system is chock full of wasteful bloat.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | June 3, 2014
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Law & Principles
Sparks Flying: Reflections on Party Purity and Discretionary Wisdom
In America at least, political parties exist to operate as grand coalitions, bringing together diverse interests in pursuit of broadly shared goals within a republican framework of separated powers.Patrick B. McGuigan | June 3, 2014
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Education
The Seen and the Unseen: Educational Revenues and Deadweight Loss
In two exhaustive studies (National Bureau of Economic Research working papers published in 1993 and 1995), Feldstein finds, based on actual taxpayer behavior derived from IRS data, that the TE is 1.28. That is, a 1 percent change in marginal tax rates yields a 1.28 percent change in taxable income.Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | June 3, 2014
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Education
At $12,206 Per Student, Oklahoma’s Total Education Revenues at an All-Time High
We believe that Oklahoma taxpayers cannot be faulted for asking the question: How is it that $12,206 in total available revenue is not enough to provide an education?Jonathan Small | June 3, 2014
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Education
Yes, Oklahoma, There Is Bloat in Public Schools
I think I know what the administrators will say to that deal—and that’s all you really need to know about whether it’s worth throwing more money at the government school monopoly.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | June 3, 2014