Opinion
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Illinois School Analysis Made Easy with NIU’s Interactive Report Card
Opinion -For nearly 30 years, U.S. consumer goods corporations have had online access to interactive sales and marketing databases for ad hoc data analysis and decision support. -
Illinois Study Questions SSTP
Opinion -Supporters of a plan to require out-of-state retailers to collect sales tax from Illinois customers to send back to Illinois say the state and local governments could gain $500 million of revenue, but a report by a Chicago-based government research group -
Montana Senators Named Porkers of the Month for Drought-Relief Votes
Opinion -The taxpayer group Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) named U.S. -
Outlawing Municipal Broadband
Opinion -Dear Editor: Although municipal broadband systems are a poor use of taxpayer money, the new Pennsylvania law all but banning municipal-owned systems, signed Tuesday by Gov. Edward G. Rendell, is the wrong response. -
Research and Innovation Can Address Health Care Challenges, Experts Say
Opinion -Medical research and innovative service ideas are already helping to alleviate health care problems caused by the aging of the American population and rising prices, according to a panel of experts who gathered in Washington just before the November -
Need for Long-Term Care Policies Grows Urgent
Opinion -Probably like many others in his age group, a 64-year-old professor at a small state university recently contemplated retirement, which would begin for him next year. -
Congress Rejects Efforts to Limit HSAs
Opinion -In the days preceding the current, lame duck session of Congress, two attempts to prohibit funding for or otherwise restrict Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP) failed in the U.S. -
Merck’s Vioxx Withdrawal Illustrates Power of Regulation by Trial Lawyers
Opinion -Merck & Co. withdrew the popular drug Vioxx from the market in September, after data from a clinical trial supported claims the medication was associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. -
Adult Stem Cells Producing Miracle Treatments
Opinion -Former President Bill Clinton may be looking at a 2005 calendar and breathing a sigh of relief that he'll be ringing in the new year with a healthy ticker. After all, he survived heart bypass surgery that now seems positively medieval. -
Dead Moose on the Table in Kentucky
Opinion -Tom Underwood of the National Federation of Independent Business argues "there's a dead moose on the table" that no one in Kentucky wants to deal with. -
School Crisis Management: What to Say When the Media Shows Up
Opinion -"What do you do when someone like me [the media] shows up at your door?" asked Chicago's NBC-5 News co-anchor Anna Davlantes at a recent sports education symposium in Chicago designed for school administrators and athletic directors. -
Chicagoland Chamber Files Legal Challenge to Assessment Cap
Opinion -The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and other groups recently filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court challenging the constitutionality of a state law that allows Illinois counties to impose a 7 percent cap on property tax assessment increases. -
New Senate Will Be More Taxpayer-Friendly, Study Finds
Opinion -The 2004 election brought significant turnover in the United States Senate and good news for taxpayers, as revealed in data compiled by the National Taxpayers Union (of which the author is president). -
A Brief History of Health Saving Accounts
Opinion -As of January 2004, 250 million non-elderly Americans have access to tax-deductible health savings accounts (HSAs). Individuals can now self-insure for some of their medical needs and manage more of their own health care dollars. -
Maine’s Religious Schools Still Excluded from Choice Program
Opinion -Despite the 2002 U.S. Supreme Court's Zelman decision, which approved the inclusion of religious schools in school choice programs, Maine Superior Court Justice Robert E. -
Sports Is Education, Too
Opinion -Is sports education? The newly formed Sports Is Education Foundation answered that question with a ringing "Yes!" at a recent one-day symposium, "Sports Is Education, Too," held at Loyola University's Water Tower Campus in Chicago. -
Bush Tax Reform Agenda Begins to Take Shape
Opinion -President George W. Bush has signaled a willingness to spend political capital to enact changes to U.S. tax policy during his second term in office, though what those changes might be remains to be seen, according to various analysts. -
Utah Voters Reject Tax Hike for Open Space
Opinion -Despite being outspent by a 40-1 margin, opponents of Utah's Initiative 1 carried the day November 2, as voters rejected tax and debt increases for the "open space" proposal. Initiative 1 lost by a 55 to 45 percent vote. -
U.S. Lags Behind Rest of World in Corporate Tax Reform
Opinion -Although many nations that compete economically with the United States have implemented important reforms in recent years to reduce corporate tax burdens, Congress, President George W. Bush, and Democratic standard-bearer Sen. -
Three NY Legislators Ace New ‘Vote for Jobs Index’
Opinion -Only three of New York's 210 state legislators received a grade of A on a new "Vote for Jobs Index" developed by The Business Council of New York State. Sixty-three legislators earned a B; 132 received a C; and 12 earned a D. -
New York Teacher Union Punishes Lawmakers Who Backed Budget Cuts
Opinion -Twenty-six Republican state lawmakers backed New York Governor George Pataki's (R) veto of $1 billion of education spending last year, and this year they paid for their support by losing the backing of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), the state's -
Investment Firm ‘Windfall’ from Social Security Privatization Won’t Happen
Opinion -Sometimes an academic study offers much less information than it claims. And sometimes what appears to be an academic study is not a study at all. -
New Report Highlights Continued Growth of Privatization
Opinion -18th Annual Privatization Report Covers Wide Range of Topics The Reason Foundation's recently released 18th Annual Privatization Report includes chapters on the following topics: Trends Federal Update State Privatization Update Public -
South Dakota, Florida Top Business Climate Study
Opinion -Citing U.S. Department of Labor statistics showing job relocation to other states is twice as common as "outsourcing" abroad, a new study by the Tax Foundation examines the role of business tax climates in the shifting of economic activity.