Bohanon: Now to Tax You ‘Rich’ With Minimal Hissing
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. The 17-century French finance minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert is reported to have said “the art of taxation is plucking the feathers from the goose with as little hissing as possible.” With this in mind consider a “rich” taxpayer that we’d like to pluck “just a little bit more.” Let’s set up a shill Read the full article…
Neal: Voters Didn’t Renounce Education Reform
For release Nov. 21 and thereafter (668 words) by Andrea Neal It’s ludicrous to equate Tony Bennett’s defeat in the school superintendent’s race with public rejection of a school reform agenda, as many in the education bureaucracy are trying to do. The public wants better schools, which is why Glenda Ritz, the teacher-Democrat who upset Mr. Read the full article…
Bohanon: A Drive Down the Center of the Road
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. The 2012 election is history. At both a national and state level neither party had a clean-sweep. In Washington, the Democrats retained the White House and expanded their Senate majority but failed to take the House from Republican control. In Indianapolis, the GOP got the governor’s mansion and a veto-proof House Read the full article…
Watts: A Bad Example for the New Governor
by Tyler Watts, Ph.D. Every scientific field has its annals of ancient, failed ideas. In medicine, there’s blood-letting with leeches. In geology there’s the flat-earth model and astronomy has its geocentric theory. And in economics, there’s mercantilism, which oddly enough had a lot in common with one candidate’s plan for job creation in the recent Read the full article…
Seminar This Friday
Nov. 9, 2012 If you haven’t ordered your ticket, click here to join us this Friday Nov. 16 (ticket sales close at 4 p.m. Nov. 12) at the Charlie Creek Inn for a seminar on how the citizens of Indiana can get their economies running again. The all-day format provides time for discussion of side issues, participation Read the full article…
What’s it Going to Be: Community or Government?
by Jeff Abbott, Ph.D., J.D. There has been an ominous tone developing in this year’s presidential election. No, it is not the ugly personal attacks, negative ads by special interest groups or promises that pander to special interest groups. Those have been part of the fabric of America’s elections for far too long. There is Read the full article…
