Budget & Spending Issues
April 30, 2013 JBudget & Spending
In the wake of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, then White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel spouted what seems to be the ethos of the current Administration, namely, “never let a good crisis go to waste.” In the absence of a “good” crisis, we can only assume, you manufacture one. The 2013 sequester cuts from [...]
April 24, 2013 JBudget & Spending
The Fed, hurting air travelers out of political spite? Petty, yes. Surprising, no. Georgia travelers are experiencing flight delays at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Airport as a result of Federal Aviation Association (FAA) furloughs on air traffic controllers. Why them? Because according to the White House and the Department of Transportation, there’s no other way to make the cuts [...]
February 18, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Health Care & Entitlements
Are you afraid of needles, the ubiquitous doctor visit? In most cases, the doctor is more afraid of you. A 2010 Jackson Healthcare Physician Survey revealed the truth where one doctor noted, “I have to view every patient as a potential plaintiff.” The fear of being sued is forcing doctors to practice extremes in defensive [...]
February 18, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Taxes
County governments, municipal governments, and boards of education love SPLOSTs -Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. Taxpayers vote on whether or not to impose the extra sales tax and it must be proposed for a specific list of projects, which can include particular educational facilities, infrastructure improvements, public service improvements, etc. The biggest catch in [...]
January 31, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Labor, Education & Pensions
Download the report here During his first term in office, President Ronald Reagan assembled some of the United States’ foremost educators to study the failures of the American school system and provide policy recommendations for reform. Chartered as the National Commission on Excellence in Education, the group published its findings in a 1983 report that [...]