Opinion
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Largest Montana Health Insurer Raises ACA Premiums by 55 Percent
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Insurance premiums for Obamacare plans in Montana in 2017 are increasing above and beyond the national average. -
Tax Credit Scholarship Programs Save Taxpayers Billions, Report Finds
Opinion -school-reform-news -Publicly funded private school choice programs save taxpayers billions of dollars when students leave government schools, a study reports. -
Trump’s Trade Tirades Won’t Benefit Consumers, Workers
Opinion -Editorial -By restricting trade and making it harder for goods to flow in and out of the country, Trump, who campaigned on promises to make government work for the working man, would actually be making government work for special-interest groups. -
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wants Elected Officials to Choose for Parents
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #163 -
Economic Ideas: Adam Smith on Free Trade, Crony Capitalism, and the Benefits from Commercial Society
Opinion -Editorial -Adam Smith’s central contribution to economic understanding was surely his demonstration that under an institutional arrangement of individual liberty and property rights. -
Trump Should Adopt These Climate-Related Reforms to Make America Great Again
Opinion -Editorial -Trump recognizes that to fully reverse Barack Obama’s harmful climate policies, the U.S. must withdraw from international climate agreements. -
‘Social and Emotional Learning’ and Other Nonsense Responsible for Dismal Test Scores
Opinion -Editorial -Whatever the SEL people’s motives, their agenda is a waste of time and money, and it obviously hasn’t helped improve academic outcomes. -
I Bet $1,000 the Air Will Be Cleaner in 2020 with Pruitt Running EPA
Opinion -Editorial -I am so sure that will be true that I offer the following wager to anyone associated with any of the big environmental groups: If the above statement turns out not to be true, I’ll personally donate $1,000 to your organization. -
The Importance of Free-Market Banking Reforms
Opinion -Editorial -Just how overregulated are America’s banks? -
WI Lawmakers Include Occupational Licensing Reform in 2017 To-Do List
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A group of Wisconsin state lawmakers is proposing to reform the state’s laws on occupational licensing when they return to work in 2017. -
Idaho Lawmakers Prepare Medicaid Expansion Proposal for 2017
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Medicaid expansion prospects remain in doubt in Idaho in light of President Elect Trump's campaign promise to repeal Obamacare. -
SCOTUS Rejects Property Cases
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Without comment, on October 3, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to take up two cases involving property rights and takings claims. -
Don’t Believe the Propaganda — ESAs in Nevada Are Far from Dead
Opinion -Contrary to the fulminations coming out of program opponents, ESAs are not dead and the law was actually found to be constitutionally solid on multiple critically important points. -
Ohio Lawmakers Approve Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Ohio lawmakers approved a bill restricting local and state government police agencies’ ability to take ownership of and profit from citizens’ property taken without a criminal conviction. -
NY Court Denies Tax Carve-Outs for Gentlemen’s Club
Opinion -budget-tax-news -New York State judges disagreed with the interpretation of state tax exemptions asserted by owners of an adult entertainment club, ordering the business to remit more than $2 million in overdue sales taxes. -
Trump’s Shopping Strategy Demonstrates Free-Trade Benefits
Opinion -budget-tax-news -According to interviews and media profiles of President-elect Donald Trump, when he goes shopping for large aircraft, there is one item at the top of his “nonnegotiable” list: Rolls-Royce engines. -
Mississippi Lawmakers Consider Tax Reform for 2017
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Mississippi State Legislature is debating how to deal with declining tax revenues, after meeting with government agency heads and soliciting suggestions for tax reforms. -
Virginia County Lawmakers Propose Taxpayer-Funded Internet Project
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Lawmakers in a Virginia county are considering spending up to $20 million in taxpayer money to build a government-owned internet network. -
EPA Approves New Herbicide for Cotton, Soybeans
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Despite objections from environmental organizations concerned about wildlife impacts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a new herbicide mix for use on cotton and soybeans. -
Former FL Gov. Bush Endorses Amendments Convention Movement
Opinion -budget-tax-news -In an opinion column in The Wall Street Journal in November, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) encouraged the Republican Party to endorse the constitutional amendment convention movement. -
Texas Lawmaker Proposes Re-Moo-Val of Raw Milk Restrictions
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Texas state Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Canton) is proposing a bill to remove market restrictions governing whether dairy farmers may sell unpasteurized milk, commonly referred to as raw milk. -
The Presidential Election Was Hacked, All Right – By the Truth
Opinion -Ultimately it was Mrs. Clinton, her advisors, and her supporters who generated those emails, not Vladimir Putin or even Julian Assange. -
CFPB Fights Federal Judges’ Order to Restructure Agency
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A federal agency tasked with enforcing financial industry restrictions is fighting a court order demanding it reorganize to comply with the Constitution. -
House Speaker Halts Lawmakers’ Pork Plan
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) stopped a recent effort by a group of Republican lawmakers to encourage spending taxpayers’ money on representatives’ pet projects.