Articles
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Education
Free Market Friday: Give them what they want
When it comes to improving education, what can Oklahoma learn from other countries?Michael Carnuccio | September 26, 2014
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Health Care
Medicaid expansion bad for states
So, kudos to policymakers for choosing to avoid the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, in any form. Oklahoma lawmakers should be commended for evaluating Medicaid reform possibilities and protecting taxpayers and funding for core government services, as well as a safety net for the truly needy.Lauren Aragon | September 19, 2014
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Energy
Free Market Friday: Fuel for employment
The exhaustive amounts of data analyzed in the book reveal that a state’s public policies on taxes, energy and worker freedom have a huge effect on its growth and the opportunity afforded its residents.Michael Carnuccio | September 19, 2014
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Good Government
Optimism or liberalism: Grow the pie or fight over the pieces?
The left will win if Americans believe the best they can do is fight for economic scraps. Those who believe in the possibility of a brighter economic future, on the other hand, are likely to want that economy to be free.Trent England | September 19, 2014
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Budget & Tax, Education
A Textbook Case of Misplaced Priorities
Yes, it may present a management challenge, but this is the sort of problem the Heavener superintendent is paid $98,022 annually to solve.Brandon Dutcher | September 19, 2014
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Education
Statewide School Choice Program Would Benefit Wage-Earners
Every child in America should have the same educational opportunity as do President Obama’s children. They enjoy school choice.Mark Costello | September 19, 2014
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Education
Policy Ideas for Safeguarding Our Children's Futures
Given that children are the key to a prosperous economy, what lessons should our political leaders always keep in mind when crafting public policy? Allow me to suggest three.Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | September 19, 2014
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Education
The Future of School Choice
Nonetheless, I still think it’s our battle to lose. Martin Luther King, sitting in that Birmingham jail, didn’t think he was losing. He knew he was winning. Never mind that the segregationists had all the money, all the laws, all the hoses, all the dogs, and all the guns. King had a just cause and an entrepreneurial spirit.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | September 19, 2014
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Education
The soul of moderation? Black Oklahomans for school choice
Now that I have your attention: Do black children and all children in American schools deserve choices?Patrick B. McGuigan | September 19, 2014
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Law & Principles
Scripture and the state: Maximal or minimal government?
Through the years in the pages of Perspective, various economists, political scientists, accountants, and others have made the case for low taxation and limited government. We’ve never had a theologian weigh in on the issue, but with certain voices on the religious left calling for high taxes and big government, we are pleased to publish this article by pastor and author David W. Hall.David W. Hall | September 19, 2014