In August of 2009 Delaware raised its cigarette tax from $1.15 to $1.60 per pack of 20 smokes. The consequences were predictable.   State revenue from the cigarette tax fell between 2009 and 2012. In part this was due to the higher price discouraging smoking. In addition, however, Delawares position in the region as a source of cigarettes for smugglers fell.According to recent data from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 62% of cigarettes sold in Delaware in 2006 was brou

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ANNOUNCING NEW ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER   WILMINGTON, DE, October 12, 2018  -- The Caesar Rodney Institute (CRI) is pleased to announce Edwin J. Feulner Jr., PhD has joined CRI’s Advisory Council. Dr. Feulner is the founder and former president of the Heritage Foundation, Washington’s leading public policy organization.   Dr. Feulner was a consultant for Domestic Policy to President Reagan and a member of the President’s Commission on White House Fellows.

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With a budget battle about to begin, what does the data suggest as the direction Delaware should take?   Let’s start with a quick look back and compare the year 2005 to the year 2015.   Since 2005 Delaware has added a total of 12,000 jobs. This is an employment growth rate of three-tenths of a percent per year (0.3 percent). The unemployment rate has risen from 4.1 percent to 4.8 percent and the percent of the adult population participating in the labor force has dropped from

The state is moving forward on a Delaware Health Care Innovation Plan that to implement will involve a one time outlay of $160 million and $190 million annually for 10 years. The major components of the plan will include a health information exchange, a "holistic" approach to work force development, and a new Delaware Center for Health Care Innovation. A major justification for this government intervention is that Delaware spends almost 25% more than the national average on h

There is a general consensus that health care needs to be accessible, high quality and less costly. Improving the general health of all Delawareans is also an important goal. The way to reduce costs while maintaining or improving quality is to raise productivity. Economic theory shows that the best way to do that is to incentivize problem-solving, cost-cutting, innovative behavior by those closest to the problem: the patients and their doctors. Yet the plan outlined in Choose