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Independence Institute Blogs
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| The Economics and Consequences of the Bailouts | ||||
| Run Time: 0:17:09 | Play Now | MP3 | 01/05/09 |  |
Economist and senior fellow Barry Poulson shares his view of the current bailout mania that has swept Washington DC. Amy Oliver gets at the heart of the issue with Barry, as they analyze the far reaching effects of not allowing failing businesses to fail. |
Amy Oliver | Fiscal Policy |
| Retirement Windfall for Denver’s K-12 Employees | ||||
| Run Time: 0:11:51 | Play Now | MP3 | 12/19/08 | |
Public educators receive a generous deal in their defined benefit pension packages, but exactly how much more are they getting than through a conservative investment of the contributions into their retirement account? In Denver Public Schools, the average “lump sum deferred compensation” value is more than $600,000! Listen to Dr. Michael Mannino from the University of Colorado Denver explain this figure and the other findings of his new Independence Institute report, Deferred Retirement Compensation for Career K-12 Employees: Understanding the Need for Reform. |
Ben DeGrow | Education |
| Another Kind of Union Bailout | ||||
| Run Time: 0:08:16 | Play Now | MP3 | 12/17/08 | |
If you think the proposed taxpayer bailout of the Big 3 auto companies will be costly, Barbara Comstock from the Workforce Fairness Institute says the poorly-named Employee Free Choice Act before Congress in early 2009 will be even worse. Should workers keep the right to a secret ballot in union elections? What might be the ramifications of the federal government granting Big Labor’s wish list? Colorado business owners and taxpayers should listen to this important discussion. |
Ben DeGrow | Labor |
| TABOR: What Was Said v. What Really Happened | ||||
| Run Time: 0:12:02 | Play Now | MP3 | 12/10/08 | |
There was a lot said back in the early 90's about TABOR. Some were praising it as the answer to our fiscal problems while others were predicting doomsday. So what really happened? Todd Hollenbeck joins Justin Longo to discuss his Issue Paper that tackles which predictions concerning TABOR turned out to be true and which turned out to be flat out wrong. |
Justin Longo | Fiscal Policy |
| School Choice Alive and Well in Colorado | ||||
| Run Time: 0:09:40 | Play Now | MP3 | 12/05/08 | |
The 2008 election was largely a success for Democrats in Colorado, but not
nearly so much for traditional Democrat allies who oppose school choice
reforms. Listen to Amy Oliver and Ben DeGrow discuss Ben's Denver Post
column on the new leadership in the state legislature and the results of key
ballot races. |
Amy Oliver | Education |
