by Byron Schlomach | Mar 24, 2020 | Blog
The 1889 Institute, an Oklahoma think tank, has released the following statement regarding Joy Hofmeister’s proposal to keep schools closed for the remainder of the school year. We at the 1889 Institute consider Joy Hofmeister’s proposal to close Oklahoma’s schools...
by Byron Schlomach | Mar 11, 2020 | Blog
In a comparison of states’ total taxes as well as spending in certain broad categories that the 1889 Institute has just published (Oklahoma Government Revenues and Spending in Perspective – Update), some interesting facts arise. Using federal data, we compared states...
by Byron Schlomach | Mar 11, 2020 | Research
Oklahoma Government Revenues and Spending In Perspective – Update Authors Byron Schlomach, Vance H. Fried, Spencer Cadavero Abstract This paper provides an update to 1889 Institute’s 2018 paper that compares state and local taxes and spending in six areas...
by Byron Schlomach | Mar 4, 2020 | Blog
Robin Hood is famous for “taking from the rich and giving to the poor,” but the rich from whom he took were the Sheriff of Nottingham and his buddy, the usurper Prince John, and their cronies. The poor who benefited from Robin Hood’s supposed brigandage were common...
by Byron Schlomach | Feb 19, 2020 | Blog
Well, it’s not quite a record, but it’s close. Last school year (2018-19), per-pupil spending on public education in Oklahoma reached $10,000 (rounded by $4 and adjusted to 2015 dollars), only a little behind the zenith reached ten years earlier. That year...
