May 2006 Volume 13 Number 5

Medicine for Medicaid

May 01, 2006

Government isn't very business-like. That's especially true when it comes to accountability. If a private business discovered it was being defrauded to the tune of billions of dollars every year, it would find out exactly where that money was going - and plug the holes. But in government, waste is often business as usual. Consider Medicaid. The state of New York... Read More >

Is Oklahoma Spending Enough on Higher Education?

May 01, 2006

The State of Oklahoma currently devotes 14.7 percent of its state budget1 to higher education, and appropriations have risen significantly in the last decade - increasing from $636 million in fiscal year 1997 to $889 million in fiscal year 2006.2 The importance that Governor Henry places on higher education can be seen in the fact that higher education appropriations ... Read More >

Oklahoma Has Right Future

May 01, 2006

If Hillary is correct, if in fact there is a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, then the thing was officially in session last month at the Broadmoor. Last month in Colorado Springs OCPA president Mark Nichols and I slipped on our secret decoder rings and met with about 500 of our co-conspirators at an annual assemblage sponsored by the Heritage Foundation, the nation's l... Read More >

How (and Why) to Shrink State Government's Share of the Economy

May 01, 2006

In debates over state government fiscal policy, most of the attention is usually focused on the absolute revenue and expenditure levels that taxpayers are compelled to support each year. Less notice, however, is often given to another important measurement of state government's size and scope - the portion of a state's economic output that it consumes. After all, eve... Read More >

Gingrich Dinner Is Sell-Out Event

May 01, 2006

The Sam Noble Special Events Center at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City was filled to capacity as the 2006 Citizenship Award Dinner commenced on Wednesday evening, March 29. Citizens came to hear Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, discuss many different current events and the implications for Americans i... Read More >

Quote Unquote

May 01, 2006

?Do you realize that Americans are now doing the jobs that immigrants won?t do because they?re out protesting?? Jay Leno ?It will never be known what acts of cowardice have been motivated by the fear of not looking sufficiently progressive.? French poet Charles P Read More >

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