Maine’s “Town Tuitioning” Program, Milton Friedman’s School Choice Ideal?
Read the full report | Economist Milton Friedman first described his vision for a school voucher program in a 1955 essay titled The Role of Government in Education. Arguing that […]
Read More →Democrats in Congress likely to shut down D.C. school voucher program
Milton Friedman, who developed the idea for school vouchers and who would have turned 95 on Tuesday, would be disappointed with the following news story from the Washington Times, which […]
Read More →Getting a State-Funded Health Care in Order Is Key to Getting the Entire Fiscal House in Order
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report on fiscal pressures states will face over the next few decades. The report is helpful for those interested in responsible budgeting/spending […]
Read More →Ellsworth American: University System Needs Overhaul
The Ellsworth American, just about the only newspaper in the state interested in smaller government, had this to say in an editorial today on the University of Maine system: “There […]
Read More →Small Schools Face Extinction as State Pushes Consolidation
According to the Lincoln County News, many small schools and small school districts are coming to realize that the ultimate result of school district consolidation will indeed be the closure […]
Read More →Fishing License? Or Fishing Tax?
So I finally got my first experience of fishing in Maine this past weekend. Of course, before I could make my first cast, I had to buy a fishing license. […]
Read More →Innovations in Health Insurance for Businesses
Often I write about innovations in private health insurance that are happening in other states but not allowed here in Maine due to our oppressive and costly private insurance regulations. […]
Read More →Jeb Bush – The Education Governor
The most recent issue of Education Next, a publication of the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, features an extensive interview with former Florida governor Jeb Bush, soon to be visiting […]
Read More →Coverage Does Not Equal Access – Why a Medicaid Card is Often Just as Bad as Being Uninsured
Recently the WSJ reported on a 2006 study by the Center for Studying Health System Change that “almost half of all physicians polled said they had stopped accepting or were […]
Read More →Lessons from Massachusetts
Recently, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced that they would lower their minimum employer contribution from 50% of the employee-only premium to 33%. As you likely know, the Mass […]
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