No, Mayor Ballard, There Is No Such Thing as Mass Transit
This time of year, with children all over Indiana asking pointed questions about a man in a red suit and white beard, might be a good time to ask whether a beloved figment of our imagination is real — No, Mayor Ballard, there is no such thing as mass transit. A stack of independent research Read the full article…
Indy Transit Task Force Misses the Mark
The Central Indiana Transit Task Force has identified several problems in the Indianapolis region, including a weakening regional center, congestion and air pollution. But the Task Force’s proposal to spend $1.3 billion improving transit, nearly half of which would go to a commuter-rail line from Noblesville to downtown Indianapolis, is the wrong solution to these Read the full article…
Daniels’ Anti-Legacy
For the use of the membership only) Napoleon had journalists pegged: They’re the ones who ride down from the hills after the battle to shoot the wounded. This journalist accepts that characterization. Indeed, it should be applied to this critical assessment of the battle that has been the Daniels administration. First, there is no argument Read the full article…
The Occupiers, the Tea Party Both Have a Point About the Fed
For release Dec. 14 and thereafter (554 words) On Monday Dec. 5, Charles Evans, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, was the keynote speaker at the annual Indiana Economic Outlook sponsored by the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University at the Horizon Convention Center in Muncie. Rumor Read the full article…
Crony Capitalism: Tax Beak Redux?
Editors: The following column was first published on May 16, 2005. It is being reposted because of pertinence to economic-development proposals before this General Assembly (266 words). “Lilly Seeks Tax Breaks on Cascade of Projects.” — the Indianapolis Star, May 16, 2005 At first glance, the headline prompts the thought that if a company the Read the full article…
When Feds Spend Highway Money, Taxpayers Get Fleeced
When Feds Spend Highway Money, Taxpayers Get Fleeced For release Dec. 7 and thereafter (680 words) Right before his inauguration in 2009, Barack Obama invited the nation’s governors to meet with him in Philadelphia to discuss the nation’s economic problems. Gov. Mitch Daniels teamed up with his buddy, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, to start a Read the full article…
