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Privatization

  • More on ALEC

    The American Legislative Exchange Council is an organization that claims to provide model legislation for our state and national legislatures. Actually, is a secretive organization that lets corporate and special interests make laws at the state level which furthers their interests, often at the expense of ordinary citizens. Read more

  • Academic Freedom and Democracy – ALEC Style

    This article gives an example of how ALEC gets bills introduced into state law. Corporate members and legislative members meet to draft “model bills” that favors special interests more than that of the citizens of the respective states. ALEC has 501(C)(4)status as a charity, which makes it tax exempt and hides its motives and the… Read more

  • Should Entitlement Programs Be Reformed?

    Mr. John Brock lays out a plan to remove entitlement programs from government management and empower each person to manage their own safety nets. The article makes a number of bad assumptions to justify the reform – and implementing it might leave many people without healthcare or destitute when they retire. Read more

  • Bits and Pieces 8: Is It "Indisputable" that "Social Security Is Going Broke"?

    Mary Beth Franklin has written some excellent suggestions for improving SS, but claiming Social Security is slowly going broke is a wrong, and harmful, idea as it plays into the hands of those who want to change Social Security for political and special interest purposes. Read more

  • Why Not Privatize?

    It is usually assumed that private enterprise will find efficient ways to do things and lower costs to the benefit of consumers and taxpayers. However, while privatization of basic services may seem both financially and ideologically appealing, it may have undesirable consequences in the long term. Read more

  • Is Social Security Going Broke?

    Social Security is not going broke and a few thoughtful changes now will insure that SS will be around far into the future. Read more

  • Will Privatizing CompSource Lower Costs?

    The proper role of government in health care has been the source of many recent arguments on health care reform.  A similar argument has been going on at the state level in Oklahoma. According to a recent Tulsa World article1, “Workers comp proposal mulled “ , Oklahoma State Rep. Dan Sullivan wants to privatize CompSource… Read more