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	<title>Gene Lewis Perry &#187; politics</title>
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		<title>More OK Policy posts, plus a poem page</title>
		<link>http://www.genelewisperry.com/2011/10/16/more-ok-policy-posts-plus-a-poem-page/</link>
		<comments>http://www.genelewisperry.com/2011/10/16/more-ok-policy-posts-plus-a-poem-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>genelewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a good while since I updated this site, but the blogging goes on at okpolicy.org. Below are my posts since the last update. I also added a poetry page page to archive some stuff I&#8217;ve written over the past decade. Find it under &#8220;Other Writing&#8221; in the sidebar or click here. Good times [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been a good while since I updated this site, but the blogging goes on at okpolicy.org. Below are my posts since the last update.</p>
<p>I also added a poetry page page to archive some stuff I&#8217;ve written over the past decade. Find it under &#8220;Other Writing&#8221; in the sidebar or <a href="http://www.genelewisperry.com/category/poems/">click here</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/budget/good-times-dont-last-forever/">Good times don&#8217;t last forever</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/budget/why-a-federal-balanced-budget-amendment-will-never-happen-and-why-that%e2%80%99s-a-good-thing/">Why a federal Balanced Budget Amendment will never happen, and why that’s a good thing</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/taxes/three-reforms-to-modernize-oklahomas-income-tax/">Three reforms to modernize Oklahoma’s income tax</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/children-and-families/will-oklahoma-continue-to-lead-the-way-in-early-childhood-education/">Will Oklahoma continue to lead the way in early childhood education?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/taxes/why-oklahoma-needs-an-income-tax/">Why Oklahoma needs an income tax</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/taxes/new-report-shows-tax-flight-is-a-myth/">New report shows tax flight is a myth</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/taxes/faa-shutdown-proves-business-taxes-aren%e2%80%99t-always-passed-on-to-consumers/">FAA shutdown proves business taxes aren’t always passed on to consumers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/budget/how-the-rainy-day-formula-requires-us-to-make-mistakes/">How the Rainy Day formula requires us to make mistakes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/education/an-interview-with-dr-thomas-benediktson-about-tus-new-focus-on-urban-education/">An interview with Dr. Thomas Benediktson about TU’s new focus on urban education</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/budget/visualizing-where-the-money-goes/">Visualizing where the money goes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/corrections-2/an-interview-with-amina-benalioulhaj-director-of-women-behind-bars-documentary/">An interview with Amina Benalioulhaj, director of “Women Behind Bars” documentary</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/corrections-2/whats-been-done-and-what-still-needs-doing-on-corrections-reform/">What’s been done and what still needs doing on corrections reform</a></li>
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		<title>My posts for OK Policy, continued</title>
		<link>http://www.genelewisperry.com/2011/06/21/my-posts-for-ok-policy-continued/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>genelewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can we stop the runaway train of tax expenditures? Eliminating tax breaks: The dog that didn&#8217;t bark &#8216;Flip It To Fix It&#8217; report offers an immediate, fair solution to state budget shortfalls Get a job: Why restricting employment for ex-felons is counter-productive Watchdogs, code monkeys, and budget hawks: The many species of Gov 2.0 Budget [...]]]></description>
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<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/taxes/can-we-stop-the-runaway-train-of-tax-expenditures/">Can we stop the runaway train of tax expenditures?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/taxes/eliminating-tax-breaks-the-dog-that-didnt-bark/">Eliminating tax breaks: The dog that didn&#8217;t bark</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/taxes/flip-it-to-fix-it-report-offers-an-immediate-fair-solution-to-state-budget-shortfalls/">&#8216;Flip It To Fix It&#8217; report offers an immediate, fair solution to state budget shortfalls</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/corrections-2/get-a-job-why-restricting-employment-for-ex-felons-is-counterproductive/">Get a job: Why restricting employment for ex-felons is counter-productive</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/capitolmatters/watchdogs-code-monkeys-and-budget-hawks-the-many-species-of-gov-2-0/">Watchdogs, code monkeys, and budget hawks: The many species of Gov 2.0</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/budget/budget-cuts-are-a-choice/">Budget cuts are a choice</a></li>
<li><a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/taxes/when-lawmakers-sign-a-pledge-who-are-they-working-for/">When lawmakers sign a pledge, who are they working for?</a></li>
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		<title>For my many followers here (no one)</title>
		<link>http://www.genelewisperry.com/2011/05/02/for-my-many-followers-here-no-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 02:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>genelewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All my blogging these days happens at okpolicy.org. Here are my posts so far: Sally Kern could be on to something (but it’s not what she thinks) How the tax incentives war puts states in a terrible bargaining position Bill would raise taxes for 1 million low-income Oklahomans New OK Policy report lays out options [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All my blogging these days happens at <a href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/">okpolicy.org</a>. Here are my posts so far:</p>
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<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/social-problems/sally-kern-could-be-on-to-something-but-its-not-what-she-thinks/">Sally Kern could be on to something (but it’s not what she thinks)</a></li>
<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/taxes/how-the-tax-incentives-war-put-states-in-a-terrible-bargaining-position/">How the tax incentives war puts states in a terrible bargaining position</a></li>
<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/taxes/bill-would-raise-taxes-for-1-million-low-income-oklahomans/">Bill would raise taxes for 1 million low-income Oklahomans</a></li>
<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/budget/new-ok-policy-report-lays-out-options-for-protecting-oklahoma-public-services/">New OK Policy report lays out options for protecting Oklahoma public services</a></li>
<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/taxes/more-states-push-to-end-the-amazon-tax-loophole-will-oklahoma-join-them/">More states push to end the Amazon tax loophole. Will Oklahoma join them?</a></li>
<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/financial-security/when-a-job-is-not-enough-new-measure-looks-at-what%e2%80%99s-needed-for-economic-security/">When a job is not enough: New measure looks at what’s needed for economic security</a></li>
<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/economy/a-tale-of-two-closing-funds-the-chinese-communist-party-the-oklahoma-constitution-and-genetically-modified-mice/">A tale of two closing funds, the Chinese Communist Party, and genetically modified mice</a></li>
<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/budget/whats-at-stake-the-toll-of-budget-cuts/">What’s at stake: the toll of budget cuts</a></li>
<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/capitolmatters/politics-for-architects-or-how-fewer-elections-can-be-good-for-democracy/">Politics for architects, or how fewer elections can be good for democracy</a></li>
<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/taxes/the-3-part-test-for-tax-credits%e2%80%93and-the-4th-part-we-should-be-asking/">The three part test for tax credits – and the fourth part we should be asking</a></li>
<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/taxes/cutting-the-top-income-tax-rate-who-benefits/">Cutting the top income tax rate: Who benefits?</a></li>
<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/taxes/unfair-inefficient-and-bad-for-business-why-oklahoma-needs-sales-tax-reform/">Unfair, inefficient, and bad for business: Why Oklahoma needs sales tax reform</a></li>
<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/social-problems/ok-policy-roundtable-should-the-state-of-oklahoma-be-promoting-marriage/">OK Policy Roundtable: Should the state of Oklahoma be promoting marriage?</a></li>
<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/economy/when-business-friendly-regulations-are-bad-for-the-rest-of-us/">When “business-friendly” regulations are bad for the rest of us</a></li>
<li><a rel="bookmark" href="http://okpolicy.org/blog/education/why-education-reform-is-not-like-musical-chairs/">Why education reform is not like musical chairs</a></li>
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		<title>Oklahoma creating new felonies and increasing sentences even as corrections budget is slashed</title>
		<link>http://www.genelewisperry.com/2010/05/11/oklahoma-creating-new-felonies-and-increasing-sentences-even-as-corrections-budget-is-slashed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 19:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oklahoma’s prison population has grown 10 percent in the last 10 years. Fifty-three percent of the inmates were convicted of nonviolent crimes. Budget cuts threaten to eliminate 15 percent of the prison work force, and inmates are already sleeping in dining halls and exercise rooms. What&#8217;s Republican Senate Leader Glenn Coffee&#8217;s response? &#8220;It’s not a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oklahoma’s prison population has grown 10 percent in the last 10 years. Fifty-three percent of the inmates were convicted of nonviolent crimes. Budget cuts threaten to eliminate 15  percent of the prison work force, and inmates are already sleeping in  dining halls and exercise rooms.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s Republican Senate Leader Glenn Coffee&#8217;s response?</p>
<p><a href="http://newsok.com/oklahoma-prisons-struggle-to-be-tough-cheap/article/3460349">&#8220;It’s not a dollars and cents issue with me.&#8221;</a></p>
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		<title>every bit helps</title>
		<link>http://www.genelewisperry.com/2010/03/30/this-is-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Isaiah McCaslin will be a great Representative for Oklahoma, but he needs your help to get there. If you&#8217;re sick of what&#8217;s going on with our current legislature, this is how you change it! Please donate whatever you can. Contribute now to Isaiah McCaslin (OK-HD-44) Join us! So far, 15 supporters have contributed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My friend <a href="http://mccaslin2010.com/main/">Isaiah McCaslin</a> will be a great Representative for Oklahoma, but he needs your help to get there. If you&#8217;re sick of what&#8217;s going on with our current legislature, this is how you change it! Please donate whatever you can.</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://bit.ly/btESmV">Contribute now to Isaiah  McCaslin (OK-HD-44)</a><br />
Join us! So far, 15 supporters have  contributed $1,360.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>meme&#8217;d</title>
		<link>http://www.genelewisperry.com/2010/03/24/memed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>It is time to pass health care reform.</title>
		<link>http://www.genelewisperry.com/2010/03/21/it-is-time-to-pass-health-care-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.genelewisperry.com/2010/03/21/it-is-time-to-pass-health-care-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing&#8230;after they have exhausted all other possibilities.&#8221; &#8212; Winston Churchill]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing&#8230;after they have exhausted all other possibilities.&#8221; &#8212; Winston Churchill</p>
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		<title>judge v. mob</title>
		<link>http://www.genelewisperry.com/2010/03/09/judge-v-mob/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is why electing judges is a terrible idea. I don&#8217;t know the details about this case, but I&#8217;m absolutely sure that justice is not well served by a 200 word blog post rousing a bunch of people with similar lack of knowledge to make angry phone calls.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.roemermanonrecord.com/2010/03/action-alert-call-judge-william.html">This</a> is why electing judges is a terrible idea. I don&#8217;t know the details about this case, but I&#8217;m absolutely sure that justice is not well served by a 200 word blog post rousing a bunch of people with similar lack of knowledge to make angry phone calls.</p>
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		<title>bureaucracy has ruined revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.genelewisperry.com/2010/03/03/bureaucracy-has-ruined-revolution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.genelewisperry.com/2010/03/03/bureaucracy-has-ruined-revolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fee to Overthrow the Government: Five Dollars South Carolina Lawmaker Seeks to Overthrow 1951 Law Requiring &#8220;Subversive Agents&#8221; to Register With Government Download the form here.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote style="text-align: left;"><p><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/03/03/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry6263224.shtml"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-434" title="subversive" src="http://www.genelewisperry.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/subversive.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="75" />Fee to  Overthrow the Government: Five Dollars</a><br />
South Carolina Lawmaker Seeks to  Overthrow 1951 Law Requiring &#8220;Subversive Agents&#8221; to Register With  Government</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.scsos.com/forms/Miscellaneous/SubversiveAgentForm.pdf">Download the form here.</a></p>
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		<title>Teddy Roosevelt riding a moose.</title>
		<link>http://www.genelewisperry.com/2010/02/20/teddy-roosevelt-riding-a-moose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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