Indiana Election Fraud: Is Corruption Contagious?
For release Nov. 2 and thereafter (680 words) In St. Joseph County, the prosecutor is investigating claims that hundreds of signatures were forged on petitions to qualify Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the state presidential primary ballot in 2008. In Jennings County, a grand jury last month indicted three Democratic Party campaign workers on Read the full article…
Teaching Cats to Bark: A Do-Nothing Legislature
For immediate release (751 words) Of all the things you have to worry about in these serious times, don’t worry about the Indiana Legislature, GOP majority or not, doing anything substantive to improve Indiana’s budgetary, fiscal or economic position. With Organization Day around the corner, Nov. 22, and a governing class marking time until the Read the full article…
Do We Need the Post Office?
For immediate release (692 words) What should we do with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)? The answer is obvious if you’re a fan of natural selection, economic markets or competition — or if you agree with the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street about monopolies and corporate subsidies. But if you’re someone who benefits from Read the full article…
Designing a ‘Fair’ Tax (2 of 2)
Second of two parts; for release Oct. 27 (762 words) Commentators from the left often refer to the “Bush tax cuts for the rich.” A 5.6-percent surtax on incomes above $1,000,000 has been proposed. The clear implication of the rhetoric is that the rich are under-taxed, are not paying their fair share and that the progressiveness Read the full article…
On Tax Fairness (1 of 2)
First of two parts; for release Oct. 26 (482 words) by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. If Ms. Jones has 100 times the income of Mr. Smith how much more tax liability should Ms. Jones incur? Fifty times? One hundred times? One hundred and fifty times? Is there some ratio consistent with so-called “social” justice? Public-choice economists ask a somewhat different Read the full article…
Indiana Is the Land of the Free — If Your Neighbor Approves
For immediate release (624 words) “Hell is other people,” quipped Jean Paul Sartre. Perhaps no one knows this better than the homeowner. If you live near fraternity row in a college town, you must endure bouts of drunken revelry in the wee hours. If you live near a hog farm, you must live with harsh Read the full article…
