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Let Us Work! The Futility of “Stimulus” to Counteract Foolish Covid-19 Shutdown Orders
September 23, 2020 at 09:17AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
When was the last time you ate money? When did you last wear it? Ever shelter under it during a storm? Fact is, money is only useful for purchasing the things we need. That’s the problem with yet more talk of a federal government “stimulus” in the face of state and local government-imposed economic disruption in response to Covid-19. Government stimulus simply means government is putting money in...
...Continued. Let Us Work! The Futility of “Stimulus” to Counteract Foolish Covid-19 Shutdown Orders September 23, 2020 at 09:17AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
Oklahoma can make a game-changing improvement in the quality of its roads, highways, and other transportation infrastructure, and in short order. Here’s how.Back in January, I proposed monetizing large state-owned assets and using the proceeds to fund long-term budgetary needs, like underfunded pensions and transportation infrastructure. A prime candidate for monetization is the turnpike system,...
...Continued. Lease the Turnpikes to Transform Oklahoma’s Road Infrastructure September 21, 2020 at 09:45AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
To put it mildly, 2020 has not been the year everyone hoped for. Between the “mostly peaceful” riots, calls for the reduction or abolition of police departments, and the discord over how to handle Covid-19, our institutions are in disarray. Most school districts are a mess. Many were caught with no plan for the fall semester, while others lacked a good plan. For example, Stillwater Public Schools...
...Continued. Educational Choice: A Simple Solution to School Inadequacy September 16, 2020 at 09:15AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
"Why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away?" — Mel Gibson, The Patriot There is a common sentiment, especially prevalent among those who lean to the right, that local control is preferable to state control. Perhaps it comes from the Jeffersonian proposition that, “The government closest to the people serves the...
...Continued. Covid-19 Response Casts Doubts on the Value of Local Control September 14, 2020 at 09:35AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
With characterizations of protests and riots that have occurred over the last several months as “mostly peaceful” and headlines that include “peaceful demonstration intensified,” and “Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Protests,” it’s clear many in the press do not consider property destruction to be violent. Most likely, they mean most of the protesters haven’t physically harmed anyone. Still, during the...
...Continued. Destroying Others’ Property Is Violence, No Matter How It’s Done September 08, 2020 at 09:17AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
Are Oklahoma’s children underprivileged? According to a recently published list by Wallethub, which attempted to rank states with the most underprivileged children, Oklahoma is the 7th worst. However, if the goal was to help states improve their policies, or to show parents what states to avoid, the authors might have done better to provide sources for their data (outside the lists Wallethub had...
...Continued. Welfare of Oklahoma’s Children Panned In Recent “Study” September 02, 2020 at 10:02AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
The hypocrisy of the Soviet Union’s pretense of egalitarianism was well known enough to be the subject of mockery and parody. Ronald Reagan never tired of the jokes. Soviet communism espoused equality, but the reality is that party apparatchiks and government officials enjoyed special perks that no one else had access to. This special class wasn’t officially paid much more than the average...
...Continued. OKC Public Schools Elevating a Privileged Elite over Oklahoma Taxpayers August 31, 2020 at 09:03AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
Cheered on by teachers’ unions, State Secretary of Education Joy Hoffmeister recently proposed a statewide Covid plan that would have seen schools in 39 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties stop in-person instruction if those counties experienced just 3 Covid diagnoses. Only 3 positive tests in the entire county, and every school district therein would send kids home. Unbelievable. Fortunately, 4 members of...
...Continued. The Oklahoma Legislature Should Shield Kids from Teachers' Union Strikes August 26, 2020 at 09:24AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
In plain English this time. What is the right way to think about the risk of Covid? About three percent of people who get Covid are dying from it. That number drops precipitously for those outside a few well-defined risk groups (namely older adults and those with certain preexisting conditions). People do risky things every day. We all get in cars, some smoke cigarettes, and most of us eat things...
...Continued. Government at Any Level is Unfit to Run Your Life August 24, 2020 at 10:23AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org
I know. Sometimes we sound like a broken record. ANOTHER blog about licensing? Long-term care administration licensing? Seriously? Does this theme not get old? Well, yeah, it’s old. We wish we could stop writing about what may very well be the stupidest, most onerous, and most disgusting type of regulation on the books. Frankly, until something is done about it, we don’t believe we have a choice....
...Continued. Same Ol’ Story: Blocking Opportunity, Freedom, Prosperity August 19, 2020 at 09:01AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org |
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