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Is Increased Spending Oklahoma’s Default Setting?
With credit to Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole, who recently compared the current struggle over the federal budget to a five-act drama, it...
Oklahoma Government Spending at an All-Time High (Again)
The Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services recently released the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the sta...
Oklahoma Medicaid costs growing
This legislative session, policymakers are focused on a number of government functions, including a major focus on spending, as usual. ...
OCPA in The Oklahoman: Government spending continues to climb in Ok...
In a column published on Sunday in The Oklahoman, I discussed the continued growth in state spending (in particular, the skyroc...
Rising income tax revenues yield FY 2013’s biggest general revenue ...
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Finance Secretary Preston L. Doerflinger announced this week that rising income tax receipts lifted collections to...
It’s Time to Stop Taxpayer Funding of the Indian Museum
Findings in the recent performance audit of the Native American Cultural and Education Authority (NACEA) leave no doubt that it’s time t...
States have a choice on membership in organizations
Recent news that Maine Governor Paul LePage has chosen to discontinue Maine’s membership in the National Governors Association (NGA) sho...
Incoming House Speaker Says Oklahoma Is ‘Addicted to Federal Spending’
Cato Institute analyst Tad DeHaven, a former budget policy adviser to Sen. Tom Coburn, recently pointed out that state policymakers have...
Maintaining Medicaid Could Require States to Cut School Funding or ...
Even if state legislators across the country choose not to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, they might still have to cut school funding ...
Lower Tax Rates, Higher Tax Revenues
The recent news that state tax revenues grew from Fiscal Year 2011 to Fiscal Year 2012 is indicative of the hard work of Oklahoma’s citi...
Why Spending Restraint Matters
It’s time to roll back Oklahoma government spending to a more reasonable level, and to put in place safeguards against future explosions...
Taxpayers Don’t Stand a Chance
I recently released a book, Taxpayers Don’t Stand a Chance: Why Battleground Ohio Loses No Matter Who Wins (and What to Do About It)...
Fly me to the moon? Not with taxpayer dollars!
At an OCPA speech in Tulsa and in other venues, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has said: "Never take a dollar from a free citizen through...
Pork in the agriculture budget? (Part One)
At an OCPA speech in Tulsa and in other venues, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has said: "Never take a dollar from a free citizen through...
FY 2013 budget: ‘There’s no cuts!’
At an OCPA speech in Tulsa last year and in other public forums, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has said: “Never take a dollar from a fre...
Increased Government Spending Is Our Default Setting
A learning experience about government and policy came in the 1980s, while I worked in the nation’s capital for Paul Weyrich. A founder...
Raising Revenue Not as Hard as We’re Told
On March 10, 1992, a majority of Oklahoma voters approved State Question 640 (SQ 640). The state question amended the state constitution...
Oklahoma’s big spenders are leading the nation
Over at Forbes.com, Peter Ferrara (who spoke at OCPA earlier this year) says President Obama is the biggest government spender in world ...
Raising revenue not as hard as we’re told
On March 10, 1992, a majority of Oklahoma voters approved State Question 640 (SQ640). The state question amended the state constitution ...
Don’t Read Their Lips—Read Their Budgets
Actions speak louder than words. After the 2012 legislative session, Oklahoma voters have a right to ask politicians: Is fiscal conserva...
