Opinion Editorial By Dennis Polhill The phony claim that the federal budget is balanced underscores the need to privatize. Congress has conveniently borrowed surpluses from nearly 30 trust funds including $100 billion…
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The Mass Transit Delusion
Opinion Editorial By Dennis Polhill There is no truth to the belief that light rail improves traffic congestion. A look at the failure of light rail in Portland, Oregon and elsewhere shows…
Light Rail in Denver – Taking the Taxpayers for a Ride
Issue Paper By Stephen R. Mueller and Dennis PolhillSenior Fellows, The Independence Institute In Brief: Congress is considering giving Denver hundreds of millions of dollars to construct an eight mile extension of…
Who Should Pay Tax?
Opinion Editorial By Dennis Polhill Who should be exempt from taxes? By resoundingly defeating Amendment 11, Colorado voters said that private charities should continue to be exempt from property taxes. But there…
Denver’s Road to Ruin
Opinion Editorial By Dennis Polhill, Stephen R. Mueller The citizens and taxpayers of the Denver metropolitan region have shown their willingness to fund numerous imaginative public works and civic improvement projects over…
RTD is on the Prowl
Opinion Editorial By Dennis Polhill Watch out Colorado. The Regional Transportation District (RTD) has an insatiable appetite for tax dollars and they are eyeing the state coffers. They have a plan to…
Utilities: Market Competition is Coming
Issue Paper By Dennis Polhill Although seldom a topic of conversation around Americas dinner tables, the generation and transmission of power is as ripe for privatization as the transportation industry. We must…
Governments Need Job Descriptions (Colorado in the Balance)
By Dennis Polhill An advantage that private sector entities have over public sector entities is clarity of purpose. The parts of private sector entities function like a well-tuned and well-oiled machine. Both…
Providing Definition to Privatization (Colorado in the Balance)
by Dennis Polhill Privatization is a word that is greatly misperceived and unfairly imaged. Its very mention causes adrenalin rushes in government employees. Privatization is a word that is used with great…