Tag: Free markets
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday May 31, 2011
Today: Pachyderm to feature DA Foulston; Sedgwick County Commission; Kansas budget signed; KPERS suit threatened; Stimulus jobs — or not; Government doesn’t create jobs.
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Pickens criticism illustrates divide between free markets and intervention
Criticism by energy investor T. Boone Pickens of U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo and Koch Industries continues to illustrate the difference between those who believe in economic freedom and free markets, and those — like Pickens — who invest in politicians, bureaucrats, and the hope of a government subsidy.
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Pompeo on energy tax simplification
Congressman Mike Pompeo of Kansas calls for application of free market principles to all industries, including the end of special tax treatment for all energy-producing industries.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday May 23, 2011
Today: Wichita City council; Sedgwick County Commission; Kobach on voter reform in Wall Street Journal; Tiahrt, former Congressman, to address Pachyderms; Wichita speaker lineup set; Blue Ribbon Commission coming to Wichita; School choice cast as civil rights issue; Medicare reform necessary; Science, public agencies, and politics.
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Pickens and his energy plan
Whether natural gas is good for our future is an issue that deserves discussion. But the way T. Boone Pickens wants to accomplish his goal is harmful, and the arguments he makes are mistaken.
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Charles Koch: Advancing economic freedom
Charles and David Koch defend the principles of economic freedom that leads to prosperity for everyone, and warn against the dangers it faces.
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In Kansas, school choice programs could help the most needy students achieve
School choice programs in Kansas could help close the gap between low-performing students and the rest, according to the Kansas Policy Institute.
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Downtown Wichita regulations on subsidy to be considered
Policies about to be adopted by the City of Wichita means that downtown development is certain to miss out on the benefits of free markets, capitalism, and the dispersed knowledge that only markets can generate and channel.
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Wichita forgivable loan action raises and illustrates issues
The granting of a forgivable loan by the City of Wichita to The Golf Warehouse raises issues of both economics and politics.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday May 9, 2011
Today: Airfares down in Wichita; Wichita City Council this week; Joyland topic of British tabloid; educational freedom to be discussed in Wichita; do you want to live in the world of Atlas Shrugged?; who are the real robber barons?
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The promises politicians make
Government programs often don’t work as promised and cause unintended and harmful consequences.