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FeaturedInternet/Telecom
A Free and Open Internet that Can’t Be Allowed to Be Free and Open?
by Scott Cleland November 19, 2015You know there are big problems with the so called “principle” of net neutrality when the New York Times writes an editorial headlined “Why Free Can Be a Problem on the Internet” and their editorial has nothing to do with protecting consumers’ privacy/safety or protecting content from piracy, but it is only about the potential problem of consumers enjoying free Internet content for marketing purposes!
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Budgets/Taxes
E-Cigarette Taxes, Other Sin Taxes More About Benjamins than Health Benefits
by Jesse Hathaway September 18, 2015With the stated purpose of improving public health by making politically unpopular behaviors more expensive, Chicago City alderman Proco Moreno (D-Ward 1) is proposing to add $1.25 to the price of e-cigarette cartridges and $0.25 per milliliter of e-cigarette liquid.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
To Tackle National Debt, Sizing up the Problem is Key Step
by Jesse Hathaway December 4, 2014At some point between Thanksgiving and December 1, the federal government made history, as the value of outstanding U.S. Treasury securities exceeded $18 trillion—that’s an 18 with 12 trailing zeroes. At some point, such numbers begin to lose their meaning because the amounts exceed most people’s ability to comprehend.
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EducationFeatured
‘This is not an Education Problem. This is a Government Problem’
by Heather Kays October 22, 2014The world needs more teachers like Susan Bowles. The kindergarten teacher at Lawton Chiles Elementary School in Gainesville risked her job to stand up for what she believes in.
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USA Today asked me to write a counterpoint to their editorial calling for the abolition of Fee-For-Service payment in health care. Their editorial is here, and my counter is here.
Unfortunately, USA Today did not show me the article I was responding to. Now that I have read it, I want to make a few other observations.
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EconomicsFeaturedInternet/Telecom
The New U.S. Spectrum Policy Has Big Problems
by Scott Cleland July 8, 2013Since Congress authorized auctions as the preferred mechanism to enable spectrum to find its highest use twenty years ago, U.S. spectrum policy has been market-driven – until now.