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Robbing the Poor to Give to the Rich: Corporate Welfare in Oklahoma

9/30/2020

Imagine that someone forcibly takes your hard-earned money and then simply gives it to a multi-billion dollar corporation such as Home Depot, Wal-Mart, or Boeing. You receive no benefit from this forcible redistribution of wealth, and the sole beneficiary is the corporation. You would most likely be outraged, and justifiably so. Unfortunately, this forced redistribution of wealth happens in...

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Robbing the Poor to Give to the Rich: Corporate Welfare in Oklahoma
September 30, 2020 at 11:16AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Kids in Tow: Contrasting Educational Choice in Arizona and Oklahoma a Parents Perspective

9/28/2020

The 1889 Institute has repeatedly expounded on the merits of educational choice. School choice lies at the heart of providing individual children with a high-quality education, and Oklahoma could use more of it. With the myriad of programs that have proven successful throughout the country, Oklahoma needs to take an all-of-the-above approach to education to empower parents. The necessity of...

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Kids in Tow: Contrasting Educational Choice in Arizona and Oklahoma, a Parent’s Perspective
September 28, 2020 at 09:19AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Let Us Work! The Futility of Stimulus to Counteract Foolish Covid-19 Shutdown Orders

9/23/2020

When was the last time you ate money? When did you last wear it? Ever shelter under it during a storm? Fact is, money is only useful for purchasing the things we need. That’s the problem with yet more talk of a federal government “stimulus” in the face of state and local government-imposed economic disruption in response to Covid-19. Government stimulus simply means government is putting money in...

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Let Us Work! The Futility of “Stimulus” to Counteract Foolish Covid-19 Shutdown Orders
September 23, 2020 at 09:17AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Lease the Turnpikes to Transform Oklahomas Road Infrastructure

9/21/2020

Oklahoma can make a game-changing improvement in the quality of its roads, highways, and other transportation infrastructure, and in short order. Here’s how.Back in January, I proposed monetizing large state-owned assets and using the proceeds to fund long-term budgetary needs, like underfunded pensions and transportation infrastructure. A prime candidate for monetization is the turnpike system,...

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Lease the Turnpikes to Transform Oklahoma’s Road Infrastructure
September 21, 2020 at 09:45AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Educational Choice: A Simple Solution to School Inadequacy

9/16/2020

To put it mildly, 2020 has not been the year everyone hoped for. Between the “mostly peaceful” riots, calls for the reduction or abolition of police departments, and the discord over how to handle Covid-19, our institutions are in disarray. Most school districts are a mess. Many were caught with no plan for the fall semester, while others lacked a good plan. For example, Stillwater Public Schools...

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Educational Choice: A Simple Solution to School Inadequacy
September 16, 2020 at 09:15AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Covid-19 Response Casts Doubts on the Value of Local Control

9/14/2020

"Why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away?" — Mel Gibson, The Patriot There is a common sentiment, especially prevalent among those who lean to the right, that local control is preferable to state control. Perhaps it comes from the Jeffersonian proposition that, “The government closest to the people serves the...

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Covid-19 Response Casts Doubts on the Value of Local Control
September 14, 2020 at 09:35AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Destroying Others Property Is Violence No Matter How Its Done

9/8/2020

With characterizations of protests and riots that have occurred over the last several months as “mostly peaceful” and headlines that include “peaceful demonstration intensified,” and “Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Protests,” it’s clear many in the press do not consider property destruction to be violent. Most likely, they mean most of the protesters haven’t physically harmed anyone. Still, during the...

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Destroying Others’ Property Is Violence, No Matter How It’s Done
September 08, 2020 at 09:17AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org

Welfare of Oklahomas Children Panned In Recent Study

9/2/2020

Are Oklahoma’s children underprivileged? According to a recently published list by Wallethub, which attempted to rank states with the most underprivileged children, Oklahoma is the 7th worst. However, if the goal was to help states improve their policies, or to show parents what states to avoid, the authors might have done better to provide sources for their data (outside the lists Wallethub had...

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Welfare of Oklahoma’s Children Panned In Recent “Study”
September 02, 2020 at 10:02AM - Unknown Click the headline to read the entire report, at www.1889Institute.org