Wednesday, December 31, 2008

This is wrong on so many levels

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Connecticut is seriously considering bailing out newspapers. (Ha! Just like Kentucky .) What a nightmare. Like we really need another one...

Simplest blog post of 2008

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The proposed cigarette tax increase isn't supposed to "work." It will change some buying habits, resulting in lower revenues. ...

Turning Kentucky into New Jersey

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We already know Gov. Steve Beshear covets New Jersey's casinos, but did you know he is following Gov. Jon Corzine in providing bogus pen...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

MSM got scoop, but missed the story

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The Louisville Courier Journal and the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer both knew what Gov. Steve Beshear was going to talk about at his press...

Is Don Leach job hunting?

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I keep getting "Google" hits on this site from Texas; someone checking on "Donald Leach Fayette" and spending quality ti...
Monday, December 29, 2008

Zero-sum gaming ourselves to prosperity

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With nearly every state in the Union facing fiscal troubles, wouldn't it be great if all the states called a cease fire on the "eco...

With accomplishments like these...

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Gov. Steve Beshear made a season's greeting youtube video for state employees, taking credit for expanding KCHIP spending with money we...

Is that a promise or a threat, Governor?

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Gov. Steve Beshear's latest prognostication is on stateline.org this morning: All the more reason, Governor, to cut government spending...
Sunday, December 28, 2008

Like bailouts? You'll love Bailout 2.0

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Investor's Business Daily reports General Motors is already trying to build support for its next round of bailout money. "It is ou...
Saturday, December 27, 2008

Another ghost of Christmas yet to come

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Anyone following the meltdown of public employee benefits plans in the states has heard a lot about New York, New Jersey, and California. An...
Friday, December 26, 2008

The bad-policy multiplier

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Kentuckians are sure to hear much more in 2009 about how everything will work better in the state if only taxes and spending go up. Followin...

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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Another thing the cigarette tax won't do

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Seemingly forgotten in the discussion of Kentucky's fiscal woes is the state employee public pension disaster, whose price tag is now $3...

A Kentucky educrat strikes back

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A big reason nothing changes in Kentucky is that too many of the people who get theirs based on the status quo work very hard to cook up rat...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

As America moves to the left

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Interesting post from native Canadian think tanker home for the holidays reading about healthcare reform north of the border: "Here'...

Keeping it simple would help Kentucky

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An essay out today could almost have been written for Kentucky (the numbers are different and we don't have ports, but the rest fits wel...

Perspective on Toyota's "operating" loss

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The sky isn't falling on Toyota and the difference is as simple as operating versus actual losses. Toyota yesterday predicted its first ...
Monday, December 22, 2008

What's going on at The Bluegrass Institute

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The Bluegrass Policy Blog will stay active all through the holiday season. Please check it out . Kentucky Votes is temporarily a mess. Stuck...

Bad news inside the bad news

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Kentucky's state government announced November's unemployment estimate reached 7%. The worst part of the news release was not about ...

Why transparency is needed in Kentucky schools

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Kentucky Education Commissioner Jon Draud has been a disaster. His taxpayer-provided luxury car is still in his driveway. His sneaky sick da...