A service of the Taxpayer Association of Oregon Foundation.
By Jay Bozievich From the presidential race down to the Oregon ballot measures, many choices in this election boil down to trust: Do you trust people to use their own free will? How you answer that question will determine how you vote. President Bush’s proposals on reforms to rescue Social Security from bankruptcy hinge on…
By Hon. Thomas Wilde, Our legislature was established for one primary purpose, to establish a balanced budget. All else is superfluous, from a constitutional perspective. However, in that exclusive club better known as the legislature, there is a “team” mentality. Many a fine legislator is pulled into the mistaken belief that those on the “team”…
By Rob Kremer, Oregon Education Coalition The Dramatic Drop in Scores from Last Year Illustrates Flaws in Oregon’s Assessment System Nearly eight out of ten sophomores at Oregon high schools failed to meet the state standard in this winter’s tenth grade math problem-solving assessment. “This further illustrates the serious validity and reliability problems that plague…
By Rep. Ron Maurer The hysteria whipped up by liberal “universalist” politicos is utterly amazing. It underlies the reality that they cannot, they do not, and they will not debate healthcare reform on the merits of the arguments. A first-order assumption in their argument is that universal healthcare is the desired goal. This premise belies…
By Larry Huss Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) has introduced his version of universal healthcare. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has introduced her modified version of universal healthcare backing up, at least initially, from her widely repudiated version proposed during the Clinton years. Both suffer from two significant defects – first, they put the government in…