Government Accountability
What We Are Up Against
Paul Jacob’s Common Sense… New York State Senator John Marchi of Staten Island is an old hand at politics. And he doesn’t think much of any idea to oust…
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WSJ.com – Welfare for the Well-to-do
A Wall-Street Journal article detailing how many Medicaid recipients have worked the system to swindle taxpayers out of millions (and who is blocking reform):WSJ.com – Welfare for the Well-to-do.
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The public school monopoly hates competition
It was always only a matter of when, not if, the defenders of the status quo in public education would seek to hamstring their competition. First, no charter school…
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Say it isn’t so…our government is spying on us?
Are we really surprised that our government could possibly be monitoring us? After all, it is the natural course of governments that enjoy virtually unlimited power. (Need I even…
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Pension grab: Lawmakers at a loss
Editorial from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review warns of the looming crisis of public pensions. The Commonwealth Foundation will soon be releasing a report that shows just how out of…
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Privatizing Toll Roads
Good study on privatization of Toll Roads in USA Today, summarized by the National Center for Policy Analysis. It save taxpayers money and generates revenue for government. It will…
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Newspapers Expose “Hidden Costs of Teacher Tenure”
From Labor Reform News… Teachers’ unions top priority, preserving the tenure system and defeating reforms, damages education system, newspaper series finds A group of Illinois newspapers, the Small Newspaper Group,…
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Totalitarian Impulse
Paul Jacobs on the Oklahoma Education Association’s efforts to silence proponents of government spending limits. Sound familiar?…
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Privatization of Welfare Administration
An interesting study of how Texas is contracting out many technical aspects of their public assistance offices and streamlining the application process: NCPA Brief Analysis #539, A New Frontier…
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