Journal Record: Free Market Friday: Dollars and sense

on Apr 13, 12 • in PollBlog • with No Comments

By Michael C. Carnuccio Guest Columnist In the 1950s, famed political scientist David Easton defined politics as the authoritative allocation of values in society. When I lectured at Oklahoma State University, my students preferred “who gets what, when and how.” The point is, while social issues will always dominate election-year headlines, the legislative process is first and foremost about appropriations. In Tulsa last fall, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels incorporated yours truly into a discussion about the ethical approach to this responsibility. “Start with the premise that government should never take a dollar from a free