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Why America Needs To Be An Innovation Nation

January 30, 2012Erik Kain

The American people bankroll the federal government’s four biggest spending items to the tune of $2.2 trillion annually. Medicare, Medicaid, Defense, and Social make up over two thirds of the federal budget. By contrast, the slivers of the federal budget that go toward innovation are drops in a very big bucket. “We like to think of […]

Perry’s Tax Fantasy Makes for Great Boilerplate, Terrible Policy

October 25, 2011Erik Kain

Presidential hopeful Rick Perry has come out with what will surely be described as a bold tax plan in some quarters. For anyone interested in serious tax proposals and a long-term strategy to at once shrink the national debt and pay for important government services and avoid social unrest and unnecessary economic pain, the Texas […]