97%, 5.5%, What’s the Diff?
Walking through Portland airport recently, the Antiplanner noticed a sign from the Oregon Lottery claiming that 97 cents of every dollar paid for lottery tickets was “returned to Oregon.” As the Lottery’s web site says, “97 cents of every dollar played comes back to Oregon . . . money that goes to jobs, schools, parks […]
Associated Press & Denver Post reveal their statist bias for ObamaCare
According to the headline, opposing ObamaCare (HR 3590, 2010) is equivalent to opposing health care itself. Continue reading
Associated Press & Denver Post reveal their statist bias for ObamaCare
According to the headline, opposing ObamaCare (HR 3590, 2010) is equivalent to opposing health care itself. Continue reading
Quiet D.C. Scholarship Program Expansion Gives Me a Summertime Smile
Anyone who has followed my opinions here for awhile knows that I’m a big fan of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provides real choices to a small number of needy students in our nation’s capital. Well, I had to smile because the Washington Post reports this week that leaders from both parties in Congress […]
Gaylord-style corporate welfare is unconstitutional
By what authority can the state government take tax money out of your pocket and give it away to a private corporation? The answer is that corporate welfare schemes, such as so-called “public-private partnerships,” flagrantly violate the Colorado Constitution.
DeGrow Questions Proposed Denver Education Tax Hike on 9News
Denver 9News education reporter Nelson Garcia recorded comment from senior education policy analyst Ben DeGrow in a story about Denver Public Schools’ consideration of placing a combined $500 million property tax increase on this fall’s ballot for voters to decide.
Antiques or Obsolete?
Someone made a little poster designed to convey the value of high-speed rail. I made a couple of modifications that I think improve it quite a bit.
6/19/12
Newsletter June 19 2012
— Dougco School Board Nears Key Decision about Teachers Union Power
— Watch Devil’s Advocate Discussion of Digital Learning
— Case for Bold K-12 Funding Reforms Growing Strong
— Eddie Gets on School Choice Roll, Plus a Couple Odds & Ends
No More Middleman: Find Your Colorado School Bargaining Agreements
I am young and energetic, and have pretty keen eyes. But sometimes things slip past me. I admit it (or maybe I just could cast the blame on my Education Policy Center friends… they have pretty big shoulders). In this case, it slipped through during Colorado’s recent legislative session. House Bill 1240 was advertised as […]
Things You May Not Know About Government and Obesity
For example, “American taxpayers pay almost as much for government feeding programs as overweight and obesity generate in excess medical costs.” Continue reading
Back in the Air Again
The Antiplanner will present American Nightmare in Colorado Springs, Denver, and Bellevue this week. Tonight (Tuesday) at 5:30 pm, I’ll be at Liberty First in the Dublin House, 1850 Dominion Way, in Colorado Springs. On Wednesday, I’ll speak at the Independence Institute‘s new office, 727 E. 16th, in Denver, at 5:30 pm. If you are […]
Obamacare and “Commerce:” Does A Include Not-A?
On the eve of the Supreme Court’s decision over Obamacare’s individual mandate, attention is been focused on the challengers’ argument that the mandate is outside the Commerce Power because otherwise there would be no “limiting principle” to Congress’s authority. Certainly, the question of whether congressional authority is limited or unlimited is an important issue in […]
