Opinion
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Prevailing-Wage Rules Cost Taxpayers $8.6 Billion Annually: Study
Opinion -Biases in the measurement of the federal "prevailing wage" force U.S. taxpayers to spend $8. -
Iowa GOP Defeats Pro-Union Amendment
Opinion -House Democrats in Iowa tried to undermine the state's Right to Work law in March. Democrats disguised House File 2645 as an uncontroversial set of amendments to Iowa's collective bargaining law. -
California Cities Keep Collecting Phone Tax, Ignoring Federal Law
Opinion -Many city attorneys in California know that the past and present collection of their city's utility tax on cell phone bills is illegal without voter approval, but they and the politicians they represent are trying to bluff their way out of holding a vote. -
Michigan’s Economic Development Corporation Favors Perception, Bluster Over Real-World Needs
Opinion -Since 1999 Michigan has operated its Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and a variety of other expensive programs designed to create or keep jobs in the state. According to Gov. -
New Job Loss Figures for Michigan Confirm the Need for Policy Reforms
Opinion -Figures recently released by the national Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show Michigan is in dire need of transformational policy reform. -
Tolls and Private Capital May Drive New Investment
Opinion -Could highways become more like freight railroads? Could future highway infrastructure be financed with user fees and private capital, just like rail infrastructure? -
Md. Tax Records Are Scoured for SCHIP-Eligibles
Opinion -Health officials in Maryland are working with state Comptroller Peter Franchot to identify children eligible for, but not enrolled in, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). -
Mass. ‘Universal’ Insurance Plan Proving Expensive and Ineffective
Opinion -Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has been boasting his state's health reform initiative has reduced the number of uninsured by half, with nearly 300,000 more people added to the state's health insurance rolls. -
Unions Retooling Message in Effort to Organize Nurses
Opinion -Employers in health care have seen a significant increase in union efforts to organize nurses during the past few years. The national rate of unionization among nurses now exceeds 23 percent, whereas in 1998 it was less than 17 percent. -
Russia’s Failed Universal Health Care Program Exposes the Perils of Single-Payer Systems
Opinion -Despite outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin's doubling of state spending on health care over the past two years, complaints about crumbling infrastructure, poor quality of medical services, and overall mismanagement of the government's so-called -
Long Waits for Health Care Are Costing Canadians Billions of Dollars
Opinion -Excessive waits for health care services endured by Canadian patients have imposed huge costs on the nation's citizens. That's the conclusion of a study conducted for the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) by the Centre for Spatial Economics. -
Ten Big Problems with Hillary Clinton’s Health Care Plan
Opinion -Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) had it right from the beginning: The health plan touted by his opponent, Sen. -
Innovation Incentives in Danger from Congress
Opinion -U.S. patents have fostered American innovation ever since George Washington signed the first one in 1790. By protecting the rights of inventors, the patent system has spurred the development of everything from the light bulb to lifesaving medicines. -
Study Doubts Benefits of Insurance Regulation
Opinion -Although the number of state initiatives intended to improve access to affordable health care has been rising, it is not clear what effect the proposed programs will have on the health status of the newly insured population or the population in general, -
Online Health Info System Is Unveiled by Microsoft
Opinion -Microsoft Corporation has released a new software product and free Web-based platform that allows individuals to collect, store, and share their electronic medical records. -
Opening Health Care Market Will Lower Costs
Opinion -New Jersey Democrats recently unveiled the latest in a long line of big-ticket spending items: A universal health insurance mandate for New Jersey. -
Child Abuse Is Erroneously Over-Diagnosed
Opinion -The loss of a child is one of life's most painful experiences regardless of the cause, whether illness, accident, or injury. Parents describe it as unbearable, never-ending pain. -
U.S. Senate Committee Debates Proposed Internet Regulations
Opinion -The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has held a full hearing on "The Future of the Internet," in consideration of proposed legislation to regulate network management activities by cable providers. -
Ohio Wireless Company Takes Over Colorado Town’s Wi-Fi System
Opinion -The Longmont, Colorado City Council has approved the sale of the city's wireless network to Ohio-based DHB Networks. Previously operated by Kite Networks, the wireless network had a variety of problems since its launch last year. -
Internet Tax Threats Loom in Calif.
Opinion -As Americans stretched to pay the taxman this year, California Assemblyman Charles Calderon (D-Montebello) was working on the sly to institute a new digital tax. -
Google Sued over Street View Imaging Program
Opinion -A Franklin Park, Pennsylvania couple is suing Google, Inc., for violating their right to privacy with the company's Street View program. -
Tallahassee Presses Ahead with City Bus Wi-Fi
Opinion -The city-owned transportation service in Tallahassee, Florida has installed wi-fi on 10 buses on six of its city routes that serve riders with long commutes. -
Wi-Fi Comes to State Parks Across the Country
Opinion -State parks are turning high-tech, with many local governments and parks authorities offering wireless Internet "hotspots." At least one state parks official admits there is no meaningful monetary return on this infrastructure investment. -
Fiber to the Golf Course–At Taxpayers’ Expense
Opinion -If you live in Brunswick County, North Carolina, you just might get fiber-to-the-home courtesy of the U.S. government--provided your home is in a pricey development beside a golf course. Like many rural telephone cooperatives, ATMC, Inc.