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December 9, 2008
Barack Obama’s Hidden Tax Increase
During the presidential campaign Barack Obama claimed that under his tax plan 95 percent of working Americans would get a tax cut.
December 4, 2008
Government: Deploy Technology, Don’t Manage the Industry
We’re bracing ourselves for an effort by a newly-activist federal government to start playing again at central planning for industry—particularly the technology industry.
November 25, 2008
The Silver Lining in the State Fiscal Crisis
Many people are bemoaning the current financial crisis facing most states.
November 20, 2008
Needed: A Real Government CTO
Amid all the current concern over our economic downturn, it's important to remember that in the most recent decade the U.
November 18, 2008
Too Big NOT to Fail
While the conventional wisdom among most Democrats and many pundits is that the Big Three auto manufacturers are too big to fail, we wonder if they are too big not to fail.
November 13, 2008
What Price ‘Fairness’?
“The State Video Tax Fairness Act” was introduced in Congress with underlying goals which are laudable—ending discriminatory tax treatment, creating a competitive level playing field for all video providers, and increasing consumer benefit.
November 11, 2008
A New Vision for Entitlements
Simply trying to cut promised entitlement benefits is not a promising reform strategy. The solution lies in fundamental structural reforms to create new safety net programs that would be far more effective in achieving social goals, with only a fraction of the spending of current programs. This is the key to making entitlement reforms politically feasible.
November 6, 2008
The Pro-Tech President?
President-elect Barack Obama could do a great deal of good when it comes to emphasizing the important role that technological advances play in our economy.


