Tax Policy and the Oregon Economy:The Effects of Measures 66 and 67
by Eric Fruits, Ph.D. and Randall Pozdena, Ph.D. Click here to read the…
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Cell Phone Mismanagement Costs Oregon Taxpayers at Least $588,000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jacob Szeto T: 503.242.0900 F: 503.242.3822 A recent report…
Read Blog DetailPaying a “Climate Debt”? Plans for Global Wealth Redistribution
[audio:QuickPoint 12-23-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary This month,…
Read Blog DetailClimate Change Alarmists in Hot Water
Summary: We are told that the earth is the hottest it has been…
Read Blog DetailWater Storage Can Provide Many Benefits
[audio:QuickPoint 12-16-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Water is…
Read Blog DetailTestimony of John A. Charles, Jr.Before the Oregon State Land BoardRegarding The Elliott State ForestDecember 8, 2009
My name is John Charles, and I am President of Cascade Policy Institute….
Read Blog DetailTaking the Wider View on Tax Increases
Beware the common wisdom about who might support and who might oppose the…
Read Blog DetailCounties Should Rezone Rural Land
Summary: HB 2229 will allow counties throughout the state to take a fresh…
Read Blog DetailTaxing Work
[audio:QuickPoint 12-2-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary This January,…
Read Blog DetailGovernment Health Care “Reform:” The Culmination of Incrementalism
The opening words of HR 3200, the initial solution to the health care…
Read Blog DetailCascade Policy Institute Stands by Economic Analysisof Job Losses due to Measures 66 and 67
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Steve Buckstein T: 503.242.0900 F: 503.242.3822 Supporters of higher…
Read Blog DetailFalse Claims “Stimulate” Investigation
[audio:QuickPoint 11-25-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary The White…
Read Blog DetailLearning from Others: Education Tax Credits are a Win-Win
Summary: Forty-four percent of Oregon parents would choose private school if they could…
Read Blog DetailOregon Has a 60th Congressional District!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jacob Szeto T: 503.242.0900 F: 503.242.3822 According to Recovery.gov,…
Read Blog Detail$80,000 to Live on Your Own Farm?
[audio:QuickPoint 11-18-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Oregon is…
Read Blog DetailMandates to Reduce Driving Will Kill Oregon’s Economy
By Todd Wynn and John A. Charles, Jr. Summary: Numerous federal, state and…
Read Blog DetailWhen Good Companies Go Alarmist
[audio:QuickPoint 11-11-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Several corporations…
Read Blog DetailKilling Jobs with Tax Increases
Summary: The looming campaign to approve or reject two new legislative tax increases…
Read Blog DetailDebunking Tax Increase Claims
[audio:QuickPoint 11-4-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary The campaign…
Read Blog DetailHazy Implications of Cap-and-Trade
[audio:QuickPoint 10-28-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Despite the…
Read Blog DetailStudy Finds that Driving has a Positive Effect on the EconomyEfforts to “Get People out of their Cars” Put Economy at Risk
For Immediate Release Contact: John A. Charles, Jr., 503/242-0900 Randall Pozdena, 503/368-4604 October…
Read Blog DetailDriving the Economy: Automotive Travel, Economic Growth, and the Risks of Global Warming Regulations
Introduction Concerns about climate change necessarily have focused attention on the energy and…
Read Blog DetailConcealed Handgun Case Should Be Decided by the Court, Not the Legislature
[audio:QuickPoint 10-21-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary The state…
Read Blog DetailRationing Political Discussion
[audio:QuickPoint 10-14-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Former governor…
Read Blog DetailCharter Schools Don’t Take the Cream, They Make More
[audio:QuickPoint 9-30-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Do charter…
Read Blog DetailIndividual Accounts Can Save Medicare
Summary:Medicare is a “pay-as-you-go” system in which today’s workers are taxed to pay…
Read Blog DetailVirtual Schools: A Study in Freedom
[audio:QuickPoint 10-6-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary The history…
Read Blog DetailAddressing some of the misinformationin the national health care debate
By Dan Lucas SummaryDan Lucas is an IT worker for a nonprofit health…
Read Blog DetailA Free Market Perspective on Electric Vehicles
By Todd Wynn and Steve Lafleur Summary:The first alternative fuel vehicle to hit…
Read Blog DetailEconomic Opportunity Grows with Woody Biomass
Summary: Woody biomass opportunities abound in rural southern Oregon. With more than 4.25 million…
Read Blog DetailDon’t just Blame the Politicians
[audio:QuickPoint 9-23-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary The…
Read Blog DetailCorbett: The Little District That Could
Summary: Corbett High School is one of the top 100 public…
Read Blog DetailWhere is Oregon among the 50 Bright Stars?
To celebrate Constitution Day, Cascade Policy Institute is posting the results of the…
Read Blog DetailWe Depend On Rural Oregon
[audio:QuickPoint 9-16-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Oregon’s rural…
Read Blog DetailAstoria Tea Party Hears from Cascade Policy Institute
On Saturday, September 12, Cascade Policy Institute founder and Senior Policy Analyst Steve…
Read Blog DetailEnergy Facility Siting Council (EFSC) HearingReport on Performance of the Oregon Climate TrustTestimony by Todd WynnSeptember 11, 2009
Regulatory Issues I. The purpose of HB 3283 is not being met and the…
Read Blog DetailTestimony of John A. Charles, Jr.Regarding the Portland Streetcar System Concept PlanBefore the Portland City CouncilSeptember 9, 2009
The Portland Streetcar System Concept Plan would have been considered cutting-edge in 1909….
Read Blog DetailWisdom in the Balance: Adaptive Management on State Forests
The Oregon State Board of Forestry recently reviewed and revised the 2001 management…
Read Blog DetailCorbett: The Little District That Could
[audio:QuickPoint 9-9-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Corbett’s K-12…
Read Blog DetailHealth Care Overhaul: Congress Can Learn From the Costly Mistakes of the States
While many members of Congress have been heading to their home districts to…
Read Blog DetailThe Glenn Beck Phenomenon
[audio:QuickPoint 9-2-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Talk radio…
Read Blog DetailWill Work for Human Capital
Summary: The teenage unemployment and underutilization rates are staggeringly high. This has a…
Read Blog DetailFree Markets, Not Free Electric Vehicles
By Steve La Fleur and Todd Wynn Summary:The first alternative fuel vehicle to…
Read Blog Detail“Undesignated” Lands Can Meet Unforeseen Needs
Metro, along with Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties, is nearing the end of…
Read Blog DetailCascade Economist Travels the Country Discussing Health Care Reform
Portland economic consultant and Cascade adjunct scholar Eric Fruits, Ph.D. joined other health…
Read Blog DetailCascade remembers Rose Director Friedman
Rose Director Friedman, wife of the late Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman,…
Read Blog DetailSchool Doors Open for Lower-Income Hoosier Children
[audio:QuickPoint 8-19-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary This summer…
Read Blog DetailEconomic Freedom for Rural Oregon
Click here to read the full report in PDF format Summary: Cascade Policy…
Read Blog DetailWhat’s the Big IDEA?Picking Winners and Losers in Education
Summary: A recent U.S. Supreme Court case requiring a school district to reimburse…
Read Blog DetailNot a Carbon-Free Breeze
[audio:QuickPoint 8-12-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Why are…
Read Blog DetailMoney Won’t Fix Schools
Oregon’s public schools are failing Oregon students. That became even clearer on August…
Read Blog DetailTwo Job-Killer bills threaten to destroy 100 TIMES more jobs than Oregon’s so-called “stimulus package” will create
CORRECTION of media release dated June 24, 2009 The state recently announced that…
Read Blog DetailThe Troubled Ambassador
[audio:QuickPoint 8-5-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary The city…
Read Blog DetailWind Farms Can’t Take the Heat
Temperatures soared in Oregon last week and, with the extreme temperatures, energy use…
Read Blog DetailTax Credits for Hybrids Don’t Significantly Increase Demand
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Read Blog DetailThe Fatal Conceit
Summary: Created nearly ten years ago, the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department’s…
Read Blog DetailJohn A. Charles, Jr. featured in KATU 2 story on the “cash for clunkers” program
The federal government’s ‘Cash for clunkers’ program aims to boost cars sales and…
Read Blog DetailIt’s Summertime, But These Students Can’t Wait to Go to School
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Read Blog DetailJohn A. Charles, Jr. featured in KGW-TV story on TriMet’s WES commuter trains
Watch this great KGW-TV exposé of TriMet’s commuter rail “financial train wreck” featuring…
Read Blog DetailJohn A. Charles, Jr. on KATU News (Channel 2) July 20 & 21
John A. Charles, Jr. will be intereviewed by KATU News (Channel 2) on…
Read Blog DetailOregon’s Energy-Inefficient “Green Revolution”
Summary: With huge subsidies coming from the federal and state governments to prop…
Read Blog DetailJohn A. Charles, Jr. featured on KATU 2story on TriMet’s gold-platedemployee benefits.
Watch this great KATU-TV exposé of TriMet’s “most generous in the country” benefits…
Read Blog DetailOregon could add 20,000 new jobs at no cost to taxpayers if Congress will end the federal estate tax
For Immediate Release Contact: Steve Buckstein (503) 242-0900 or [email protected] Portland, Oregon,…
Read Blog DetailThe City Council’s Expensive New Toys
[audio:QuickPoint 7-15-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Portland’s Rose…
Read Blog DetailFederal Climate Bill Will Intensify Oregon’s Recession
Summary: Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 2454, known as…
Read Blog DetailJohn A. Charles, Jr. responds to The Port of Portland unanimous vote to enter into an Air Service Development Agreement with Delta AirlinesJuly 8, 2009
Today the Port of Portland voted unanimously to enter into an Air Service…
Read Blog DetailThe Great Taxation of ’09
[audio:QuickPoint 7-8-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary With the…
Read Blog DetailThere’s No Such Thing as a Free Ride
[audio:QuickPoint 7-1-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio Quick Point. Why…
Read Blog DetailThe Power of Choice in Virtual Charter Schools
David struggled in public school. His individual learning needs were not being met….
Read Blog DetailWhat’s in a Name Change?
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Read Blog DetailNew Report Documents Massive Cost of Proposed High-Speed Rail Program
For Release June 24, 2009 For more information, contact: Randal O’Toole, 541-595-1460 or…
Read Blog DetailTwo Job-Killer bills threaten to destroy ten to twenty times more jobsthan Oregon’s so-called “stimulus package” has created
For immediate release Contact Steve Buckstein (503) 242-0900 [email protected] The state recently announced…
Read Blog DetailRaising Oregon’s Corporate Income Tax RateWill Cost 43,000 Oregon Jobs
Raising tax rates of any kind risks impairing the private sector’s motivation to…
Read Blog DetailDigging Holes in Oregon: The Governor’s Plan to Save the Unemployed Will Deepen the Pit
Governor Kulongoski has a plan to save Oregon’s sorry economy: raid the Unemployment…
Read Blog DetailGlobal Warming? No! It Is Now Called Climate Change
[audio:QuickPoint 6-17-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Global warming…
Read Blog DetailOregon’s Little Carbon FootprintBy Todd Wynn
[audio:QuickPoint 6-10-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary The…
Read Blog DetailTaxing the “Wealthy” More Will Cost 36,000 Oregon JobsBy Bill Conerly
I estimate that raising the maximum tax rates on personal income, including capital…
Read Blog DetailAn Economist’s Perspective on HB 3405 and HB 2649By Randall J. Pozdena, PhDPresident, QuantEcon Inc.June 9, 2009
The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and should not be…
Read Blog DetailUpdate on the status of SB80The Oregon version of a cap-and-trade program
Senate bill 80 has been referred to the Ways and Means committee and…
Read Blog DetailWhy taxing the rich may backfire
[audio:QuickPoint 6-3-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Oregon state…
Read Blog DetailTodd Wynn Testimony for House Joint Resolution 48, Committee on RevenueMay 28, 2009
Listen to Todd’s testimony on this audio file at 1:30:01-1:33:34 and response from…
Read Blog DetailTimber Jobs: Jeopardy or Opportunity?
[audio:QuickPoint 5-27-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary In today’s…
Read Blog DetailJohn A. Charles, Jr. Testimony supporting SB 36 Tolling Authority for Bridges
Listen to John’s testimony at 1:47:05 through 1:57:35 on this audio file, which…
Read Blog DetailRepresentative Matt Wingard Testimony opposing SB 34 on Video
Senate Bill 34 gives TriMet authority to increase payroll taxes. Watch Representative Wingard’s…
Read Blog DetailSB 767 Violates Oregon’s Education Reform Promise
[audio:QP 5-20-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Oregon received…
Read Blog DetailTestimony of John A. Charles, Jr. Regarding SB 34-A May 18, 2009
Listen to this testimony at 2:55:51-3:09:05 on this audio file. My name is…
Read Blog Detail“A Job in Every Home”
Just when federal and state legislators are passing economic stimulus packages to get…
Read Blog DetailDHS Transformation Initiative: Anything But Transparent
In a world full of names, acronyms and management change plans, taxpayers can…
Read Blog DetailJohn A. Charles, Jr. Testimony regarding HJM11 Carbon Sequestration on Federal Timberlands May 6, 2009
Listen to this testimony at 1:00:00-1:03:45 on this audio file. Mr. Chairman and…
Read Blog DetailJohn A. Charles, Jr.Testimony on HB3253subsidies for electric vechiclesHouse Revenue CommitteeMay 6, 2009
Listen to the testimony at 0:30-6:21 on this audio file. Mr. Chairman, although…
Read Blog DetailGovernment Grows,Even in Recession
Most Oregonians think that our state government is short of money, billions of…
Read Blog DetailLegislators Table Attemptto Steal the Kicker
Summary: SJR 29 is based on a fallacy. Its supporters assume that the…
Read Blog DetailTo Empower Families, Encourage Savings
Some activists are begging Oregon’s legislature to create yet another social safety net:…
Read Blog DetailSteve Buckstein Testimony in favor of HB 2817 before the Senate Business and Transportation CommitteeMay 4, 2009
Chair Metsger and members of the Committee, my name is Steve Buckstein. I’m…
Read Blog DetailGreen Jobs to the Rescue?
[audio:QP – 4-29-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Last…
Read Blog DetailKathryn Hickoktestimony on SB 767Senate Education CommitteeApril 22, 2009
Chair Hass and members of the committee, I am Kathryn Hickok from Cascade…
Read Blog DetailOREGON SCHOOL CHOICE VIDEO CONTESTWINNING FAMILY CLAIMS $10,000 GRAND PRIZE
A Hillsboro 8th grader will receive up to ten thousand dollars to help…
Read Blog DetailWho Represents the Children?
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Read Blog DetailMy Two Cents and My Freedom:The Cost of Paid Family Leave
Some Oregon activists are begging the state legislature to create yet another social…
Read Blog DetailTestimony from John A. Charles, Jr. on HB 3253House Transportation CommitteeApril 8, 2009
HB 3253 would create a tax credit for plug-in electric drive motor vehicles…
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