Thursday, September 4, 2008

Government Spending

Government Spending

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Confusing Income and Wealth

Income vs. Wealth
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Guest Commentary: Richard W. Rahn

Which of the following families is "richer"?

Friday, August 29, 2008

We Need a National Market for Health Insurance

Health Insurance
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Guest Commentary: Grace-Marie Turner

Much to our surprise, the Census Bureau reported yesterday that the number of people in the U.S. with health insurance actually increased by 3.6 million last year. That's the good news. The bad news is that nearly three million of them got their coverage through government programs.

The slide toward a government-dominated, taxpayer-supported health sector will continue unless the 45.7 million Americans who don't have insurance now are given more opportunities to buy private coverage.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Turnpike Family Tree

Turnpike Family Tree

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Income vs. Wealth

Income vs. Wealth

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Health Insurance

Health Insurance

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Toll Road Privatization

Toll Road Privatization

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Politicizing Privatization Isn't In Taxpayers' Best Interests

Toll Road Privatization
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Guest Commentary: Len Gilroy

Indiana has benefited from toll road lease and could gain from Gov. Daniels' lottery plan

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' has proposed leasing the Hoosier Lottery to fund college scholarships and various education programs. His opponent this November, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jill Long Thompson, recently announced that if elected, she would revisit and possibly reverse some of Daniels' privatization initiatives, including the $3.8 billion lease of the Indiana Toll Road (ITR) in 2006.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Fixing Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Problems

Medicaid
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Michael Bond

Medicaid, the joint federal/state program that was created to provide health care for the poor, is growing at an unsustainable rate and threatens both state and federal budgets. In 2000, Medicaid represented 2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and is projected to rise to 9% by 2075. This, combined with unfunded liabilities in Social Security and Medicare, will require a devastating doubling of federal taxes and enormous increases in state funding. In 1980, Medicaid represented around 12% of Pennsylvania’s state budget. As of 2007, that total had increased to almost 26%.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Medicaid

Medicaid