Besides unfunded pension promises, states and cities are making empty health care promises too.
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New Accounting Reveals Another Empty Promise
Tag Archives: Government
Viewer-Supported Television? Sign Me Up!
You’ll find viewer-supported TV on PBS, but also on Netflix, Amazon and your local cable channel.
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Adjusting Taxes Away From The Border
Can foreign exchange alchemy let Washington raise $1 trillion painlessly? Probably not.
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Our (Former) Town
Voters say they want businesslike government, but they recoil from mergers and other businesslike efficiency steps.
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Regulatory Cryogenics
Sometimes a regulatory freeze is just a light frost; other times it can be an ice age.
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Unionizing The Electoral College
Without the Electoral College, presidential candidates might ignore vast swaths of the nation.
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When Impeachment Is Wrong, What’s Right?
Congress won’t have to consider impeaching the head of the IRS if he leaves of his own accord.
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Another State Department Slow-Walk
Obama promised transparency, but actions speak louder than words, and they tell another story – especially at State.
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A Constitutional Right To Solar Power?
Constitutions are a place to enshrine enduring principles, not short-term policy preferences.
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Relationships You Can Count On
Dependability doesn’t automatically come with the lowest bid on a job, especially in a crisis.
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