November 2004 Volume 11 Number 11

Finally, A Chance for Real Income Tax Relief

November 01, 2004

The State Chamber, Oklahoma's association of business and industry, recently outlined a pro-growth agenda called "Oklahoma's Prosperity Agenda." One of the Chamber's key goals is to "increase individual income by controlling taxes," specifically, the state income tax. Many Oklahomans - business leaders, economic developers, economists, policy experts, and elected o... Read More >

Educational Freedom is Catching On

November 01, 2004

According to The Heritage Foundation's Krista Kafer, educational freedom is on the move. Read More >

Top Ten Teacher-Policy Mistakes

November 01, 2004

Every person in America wants every child in America to have a terrific teacher every year. That much we can assume. Why, then, is it so hard to craft sound policies yielding that universally sought result? Excellent question. My answer is that we've made ten basic mistakes: First, out of deference to adult preferences rather than what's best for children, we've o... Read More >

Government Exacerbates Flu-Vaccine Problem

November 01, 2004

Your flu shots are canceled because this administration was unwilling to play straight with the American people." So said Sen. John Kerry. Overblown rhetoric aside, Sen. Kerry is right to fault the government for creating this problem. But the lesson that policymakers should take from the flu fiasco also argues against Kerry's own approach to prescription-drug covera... Read More >

The Conservative Case Against Drug Reimportation

November 01, 2004

There are some issues for which the conservative position is fairly obvious to discern. Drug reimportation is not one of those issues. For example, some argue that conservatives should be in favor of drug reimportation because they are in favor of free trade and individual liberty. Thus, the conservative position should be one of allowing citizens the freedom of c... Read More >

State's Budget Growing Faster Than Yours

November 01, 2004

Most people would agree that Oklahoma's state government growth should keep up with population growth and inflation. That is a reasonable benchmark. But looking back over the last 15 years, we see that state government growth has exceeded that benchmark. Regardless of which measuring device we use - appropriations, total state tax collections, or total government col... Read More >

Ideas Have Consequences: Chambers Book Influenced Reagan

November 01, 2004

[This piece is excerpted from "The Intellectual Origins of Reagan's Faith," a lecture given April 30 at the Heritage Foundation.] History has aptly acknowledged Reagan's legendary sense of conviction. Americans never had to struggle to figure out where this man stood on any particular issue. And yet, while Reagan's key political beliefs remained consistent from th... Read More >

Progression

November 01, 2004

The way OCPA continues to advance the free-market perspective is through the passionate support of our donors. They believe that the ideas OCPA is bringing to the policy arena are so vital to our state's future that these donors increase their giving year after year. They see it as an investment in changing the status quo - breaking years of good ol' boy dealings and... Read More >

Quote Unquote

November 01, 2004

?Get back to work building. ... Start up think tanks and media and Internet networks.? --Todd Gitlin, former leader of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), urging the left to avoid things like disruptive demonstrations and instead emulate conservatives We couldn?t in ;od conscience take the money. It?s the less fortunate and the poor in the communities who are buying... Read More >

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