Work with solid-waste disposal and you will get a jaundiced view of human nature. That must be true for St. Paul officials faced with 18,000 incidents of illegal waste dumping each year. This highlights a paradox: Policies to foster cost-efficient…
Mounting debt defies theories
The president has delivered his budget to Congress. Though Congress can be expected to weigh in with much overblown rhetoric, the appropriation bills it passes probably won’t differ much from the president’s proposal. Whatever the exact outcome, one thing is…
Bush health plan deserves consideration
Democrats should be ashamed of the short shrift they are giving President Bush’s health proposals. They should embrace his proposal that we equalize tax treatment of health insurance spending. The current system is inequitable and economically inefficient. Liberal and conservative…
A “tax exemption” is just a bribe
There are many euphemisms for ‘bribe.’ Depending on the country it may be ‘baksheesh,’ ‘blat,’ ‘speed money,’ ‘propina,’ ‘an envelope’ or ‘chai.’ Here in Minnesota we generally say “economic development incentives.” We seem to think that if payoffs are reported…