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Can the Queen of Sciences Dialogue with the Dismal Science?
The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty says indeed it can―and it should. Many people “with a heart” and a mission for serving the poor, leading congregations and faith-based charities, or running social service nonprofits don’t have … Continue reading
Posted in Asset Ownership, Cascade Website, Entitlement, Kathryn Hickok
Tagged Acton Institute, Acton University, charity, economics, faith, Lord Acton
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Debunking Tax Myths
Two of Oregon’s top private economists, and Cascade authors, have now produced a national publication which debunks seven popular tax myths commonly used by advocates of higher taxes. Dr. Randall Pozdena and Dr. Eric Fruits discuss the following seven myths … Continue reading
Cascade in the Capitol: Opposition to more subsidies of student higher education costs
State Treasurer Ted Wheeler has proposed that the state obligate its citizens to repaying hundreds of millions of dollars in General Obligation bonds to subsidies student higher education costs. Below is the prepared testimony that I gave to a House … Continue reading
Cascade in the Capitol: Columbia River Crossing Hearing Monday, Feb. 11
Governor John Kitzhaber’s proposed funding package for the Columbia River Crossing project (HB 2800) is up for a first hearing on Monday, February 11, at 3:00, in Hearing Room F at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. The hearing may … Continue reading
Exposing “The Machine”
Just months after the release of Cascade Policy Institute’s StatusQuoLobby.com webpage, the Moving Picture Institute and Reason.tv have created a video which vividly explains the relationship between teachers unions and politics. Illustrating how a great increase in per student spending … Continue reading
Posted in Cascade Website, School Choice Project, Tax and Budget, Video
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Reduce Capital Gains Taxes to Break the Beaver State’s Economic Log Jam
By Eric Revell As the state of Oregon struggles to turn the corner and put itself on a path to economic recovery, impediments to economic revitalization must be removed. Oregon’s overall tax burden is among the highest in the country, … Continue reading
Posted in Cascade Website, Tax and Budget
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Rural Freedom Project – Juniper Entrepreneur
Gerard Joseph Lebreque talks with Cascade Policy Institute about his struggles with regulations on juniper and his life in rural Oregon. SEE THE VIDEO. Continue reading
Posted in Cascade Website, Environment, Land Use, Rural Freedom, Video
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Predicting TriMet’s Death Spiral
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Cascade Website, John Charles, Transportation
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For Cirque du Soleil performance, cars prove more important than MAX
See my latest Letter to the Editor printed Thursday in the Oregonian about MAX use at the Expo Center’s Cirque du Soleil show, OVO. Mayoral candidate Charlie Hales asserted recently that the streetcar is a better transit option than bus service … Continue reading
Posted in John Charles, Transportation
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ObamaCare Gives Congress License to Micromanage Every Facet of Our Lives
Last week the United States Supreme Court heard an extraordinary three days of arguments concerning the constitutionality of the “individual mandate” provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly known as ObamaCare. Along with the plaintiffs in the … Continue reading