Progress Requires Freedom

Those who subscribe to the principles of individual liberty, limited government and free markets call themselves by many names, including conservative, liberal and libertarian. Cascade combines an appreciation for private enterprise and the market process with a respect for civil liberties. In short, we believe that human happiness, prosperity and social harmony require a limited government that upholds property rights and leaves individuals free to pursue their dreams.

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Transit Hypocrisy

John Charles | May 21, 2012
Two years ago, the head of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Peter Rogoff, gave a speech to a room full of transit executives. His remarks were unusually blunt. Mr. Rogoff ...  read more

Bill Post interviews Sarah Ross on a need for competition in education

Cascade Policy Institute | May 19, 2012
KYKN radio host, Bill Post spoke with Cascade Communications Coordinator Sarah Ross on Thursday to discuss the evolution of technology and a need for competition in education.  read more

Bill Meyer talks with Steve Buckstein about right to work in education

Steve Buckstein | May 18, 2012
KMED host Bill Meyer spoke with Cascade Senior Policy Analyst Steve Buckstein about the philosophy of right to work, education unions, and the Eagle Point School District teacher strikes.  read more

The Cost of Cutting Online Learning

Cascade Policy Institute | May 17, 2012
By Diana Moore   This article by the Freedom Foundation’s Diana Moore was originally published on GettingSmart.com.   State budgets have been hurting in a bad way. Across the country, legislatures ...  read more

Insolvency, One Step at a Time

John Charles | May 16, 2012
The Oregonian on Sunday examined TriMet’s deteriorating finances and called attention to high-cost union contracts, first approved in 1994, as the starting point of the decline. Due to the compounding ...  read more
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Rural Freedom Project – Juniper Entrepreneur

Sarah Ross | May 18, 2012
Gerard Joseph Lebreque talks with Cascade Policy Institute about his struggles with regulations on juniper and his life in rural Oregon. SEE THE VIDEO.  read more

Predicting TriMet’s Death Spiral

John Charles | May 14, 2012
The Oregonian had a good page-one story on Sunday about the TriMet death spiral. The agency is steadily devolving from a transit district to a retirement and health-care center, with unsustainable fringe benefit costs that now far exceed the mere cost of wages. However, this ...  read more

Still, No Plan(ners) required

Steve Buckstein | May 8, 2012
In 2003 the Portland Business Journal editorialized about how Portland needed a grand economic plan – soon. I responded, arguing that, no, what we needed was freedom – and soon. Today, The Oregonian made a similar central planning case in its lead editorial, Greater Portland ...  read more
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