http://www.npri.org/rss/blogs.asp This is blogs from NPRI en-us (c) 2007 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST http://feedvalidator.org/docs/rss2.html www.eResources.com (Generator) webmaster@npri.org (NPRI) support@eresources.com (eResources) 60 http://www.npri.org/blog/read-it-and-weep Jim Rogers' column in the Las Vegas Sun criticizes Nevada for not taxing parents enough to adequately fund education.  In his column, he equates Nevada's low per-pupil funding to child abuse and neglect. Mr. Rogers seems literally to believe that "under-funding" education is equivalent to leaving children naked and starving.

]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:52:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/read-it-and-weep http://www.npri.org/blog/taxing-economic-growth-away Today the Wall Street Journal editorialized on America's uncompetitive position in the world due to our relatively high corporate tax rate. According to a new Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) study cited by the editors, America has the second-highest corporate tax rate among OECD countries.

]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:19:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/taxing-economic-growth-away http://www.npri.org/blog/the-cult-of-the-presidency George Bush will be remembered as one of America's best presidents ... but not for any good reason.

]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:47:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/the-cult-of-the-presidency http://www.npri.org/blog/pictures-are-worth-a-thousand-journalists Jon Ralston's latest column in In Business Las Vegas not only claims that Nevada needs to raise taxes to address its budget shortfall, but that everyone who opposes tax hikes should be ignored. But a one-sided debate is like a one-handed clapping contest, so let's review the facts.

]]> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:08:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/pictures-are-worth-a-thousand-journalists http://www.npri.org/blog/worthless-paper Nevada's higher education regents want almost 10 percent more for their budgets despite the state's revenue shortfall.  What planet are they living on?  Nevada isn't even getting a positive rate of return on its current investment in higher education.  How can the regents justify an even greater investment?

]]> Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:01:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/worthless-paper http://www.npri.org/blog/good-news-for-school-choice Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:23:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/good-news-for-school-choice http://www.npri.org/blog/back-to-charter-schools Good news returns just in time for school. The Nevada State Board of Education ended the moratorium on approving new charter schools, but there is more to do if we want to improve education.

]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:36:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/back-to-charter-schools http://www.npri.org/blog/wheres-the-love The latest scuttlebutt in the business world is that Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobile, was seen in tears in his office this morning.  Reportedly he was upset that no one sent him a "Thank You" card for lowering gas prices.

]]> Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:06:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/wheres-the-love http://www.npri.org/blog/corporate-welfare The Reno Gazette-Journal lamented the loss of Reno's innovative wind-power generator manufacturing company Mariah Power by writing, "Lack of available talent and the short-term $1.8 million interest-free loan offered by Youngstown, Ohio, is what caused Mariah Power to move its manufacturing plant out of state."

]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:52:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/corporate-welfare http://www.npri.org/blog/nevadas-not-fat-its-big-boned If your only source for news was ... well, the news, you would think Nevada's budget cuts are literally cutting through to the bone.

]]> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:19:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/nevadas-not-fat-its-big-boned http://www.npri.org/blog/easy-math Apparently State Sen. Bob Beers (R-Las Vegas) has been engaged in a hot debate over state spending that has spread from the Nevada Legislature into the newspapers and beyond.  The Left now contends that per-capita state spending has dropped anywhere from 6.9 percent, according to Assemblyman Mo Denis (D-Las Vegas), to 29 percent, according to a mysterious big-government Utahan.

]]> Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:30:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/easy-math http://www.npri.org/blog/the-room-tax Today's Las Vegas Review-Journal editorializes on the Nevada State Education Association's efforts to push through a 3 percent increase to the room tax, with much of the revenue to be allocated for public education funding.

]]> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:55:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/the-room-tax http://www.npri.org/blog/doing-less-with-more Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:56:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/doing-less-with-more http://www.npri.org/blog/health-insurance-is-cheaper-in-california About 21 percent of Nevadans are without health insurance, according to the Council on Affordable Health Insurance.  For Nevada, individual insurance costs are too prohibitive for many to afford the coverage on their own.  Because this has become a problem for many, politicians are scrambling for solutions.

]]> Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:59:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/health-insurance-is-cheaper-in-california http://www.npri.org/blog/to-bond-or-not-to-bond They say they pulled the school bond question from the November 2008 ballot out of  consideration for the community during these economically challenged times.

]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:00:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/to-bond-or-not-to-bond http://www.npri.org/blog/capitalist-free-world--yugo-filled-world This morning on the way to work I saw a woman driving a brand-new quad cab Ford F-150 with four-wheel drive. But what got me about this vehicle was her bumper sticker, which read something like "A Capitalist Free World."

]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/capitalist-free-world--yugo-filled-world http://www.npri.org/blog/eating-cake-and-having-it-too While I'm always impressed with the depth of research done by the center-left Brookings Institution, its conclusions sometimes leave a lot to be desired. In this case, its conclusion is downright ironic.

]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:00:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/eating-cake-and-having-it-too http://www.npri.org/blog/if-they-take-your-property-make-em-pay Just say no to property rights abuse.

]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:45:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/if-they-take-your-property-make-em-pay http://www.npri.org/blog/pink-slips-for-the-poor Today (July 24, 2008) a new federally mandated minimum wage took effect, jumping from $5.85 to $6.55 per hour. The $0.70 jump represents more than an 11 percent increase over last year.

]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:30:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/pink-slips-for-the-poor http://www.npri.org/blog/tradeoffs-the-hidden-cost-of-safety-regulation Your salary is only a fraction of the cost of your employment. Employers must factor in payroll taxes, health-care benefits, and days of vacation and sick leave to calculate your total cost to their budget. On top of this, any other regulation the government imposes upon the company factors not only into your employer’s bottom line, but into yours as well.

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:07:00 EST http://www.npri.org/blog/tradeoffs-the-hidden-cost-of-safety-regulation