Opinion
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High Court to Decide Clean Air Authority
Opinion -The Clean Air Act (CAA) provides that “air pollution control at its source is the primary responsibility of states and local governments. -
IRS to Audit NEA
Opinion -According to a November 24 news release from the Landmark Legal Foundation, “the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has launched an investigation into whether the National Education Association (NEA) has violated federal tax law by spending millions in -
It’s the Calories that Count
Opinion -Hardly a day passes without the constant media blitz on low carbs, no carbs, net carbs, good carbs, bad carbs, and protein diets. In the middle of all this hype we are forgetting a simple fact: It’s the calories that really matter. -
Kansas Struggles with Streamlined Tax
Opinion -In November 2003, a delegation of eight Kansas legislators attended the Streamlined Sales Tax System’s Scottsdale, Arizona meeting seeking help to correct the mess a new “streamlined” sales tax law and its destination sourcing provisions had created in -
Local Telephone Competition: Unbundling the FCC’s Rules
Opinion -Rules that force firms to share every resource or element of a business would create, not competition, but pervasive regulation, for the regulators, not the marketplace, would set the relevant terms. Justice Stephen Breyer AT&T v. -
Looks Can Be Deceiving
Opinion -If you buy foreign medicine from an Internet site, a storefront business that orders foreign medicine, or during visits outside the U.S., you are taking a risk. There is no guarantee the medicine is safe. -
Michigan Poll Finds Support for Smaller Government
Opinion -With their state government facing a potential $1 billion deficit, Michigan taxpayers want lawmakers to balance the budget with spending cuts rather than tax increases, according to a recent poll. -
One for the Gipper
Opinion -In life, President Ronald Reagan rose to the challenge of restoring economic freedom and hope at a time when the Cold War held a nation in fear of extinction and citizens in the grip of heavy taxation. -
One in Three Have it
Opinion -Arthritis affects one in three adults in the United States. The fact that our population is increasingly overweight, inactive, and aging is contributing to the rapid increase in arthritis. -
President Signs ‘Budget-Busting’ Medicare Reform
Opinion -After months of Congressional debate, President George W. Bush on December 8 signed a Medicare reform measure expected to increase spending on the program by $400 billion over the next 10 years. -
Recycling ‘Like Throwing Money Away’
Opinion -Curbside recycling is one of the most wasteful endeavors practiced by local governments, concluded an investigation by an Orlando, Florida television news station. -
Rx Discount Card
Opinion -Seniors and the disabled enrolled in the Medicare Drug Discount Card Program should save about 17.4 percent on average. This is according to new research from Harvard University. -
Santorum Fair Care Measure Awaits Action
Opinion -With attention focused on Medicare reform and prescription drug benefits for seniors and the disabled, legislation that would directly benefit the nation’s uninsured was left unaddressed before the year-end break. -
Schwarzenegger Recovery Plan on March Ballot
Opinion -On December 12, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation, passed by the state senate earlier that day, putting his economic recovery plan before the people of California in a March 2004 ballot referendum. -
Senior Moments
Opinion -Some mistakes involving health care are unique to senior citizens. Here are five errors seniors make in caring for themselves, recently discovered by the Institute for Healthcare Advancement from an interview with 500 seniors. 1. -
SSA Admits Private Plans Will Work
Opinion -A December 1 memorandum from the Social Security Administration (SSA) to a renowned policy analyst marked the first time SSA has officially admitted private retirement plans will work. -
Survey: Government-Owned Telecom Up 54 Percent
Opinion -A report released by the Progress & Freedom Foundation (PFF), titled “A Survey of Government-Provided Telecommunications: Disturbing Growth Continues Unabated,” reports a nearly 54 percent increase in the number of states and municipalities entering -
Taxpayer Group Blasts Effort to Kill Internet Tax Moratorium
Opinion -The U.S. Senate adjourned for the year without voting on S. 150, the Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act. -
Telecoms and Standard Oil: Unexpected Lessons
Opinion -In November, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals voided a law passed by the Illinois General Assembly that would have reformed the rules under which SBC leased its lines and equipment to competitors. -
The FCC’s ‘Industrial Policy’ Approach to HDTV
Opinion -Just how far will policymakers go to protect “free, over-the-air” television and our ongoing industrial policy experiment with high-definition television (HDTV)? -
The Flat Tax
Opinion -Current plans for a flat tax are usually based on a plan introduced in 1981 by economists Robert E. Hall and Alvin Rabushka of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. -
The Real Solution to Illinois’ Telecom Woes
Opinion -For all the headlines and editorials it generated this summer, few consumers understand what is at the heart of the battle between SBC and its competitors over the wholesale pricing of telephone lines. -
What Dangerous Schools?
Opinion -Under the No Child Left Behind Act, parents whose children are in “persistently dangerous” public schools are allowed to transfer their children to a safer learning environment at the district’s expense. -
What’s in Your Medicine Cabinet?
Opinion -The foreign prescription drugs in your medicine cabinet may not be safe.