Opinion

RUSTHOVEN: Pence must win tax debateRestricted Content

December 22, 2012
Peter J. Rusthoven / Special to IBJ
Ben Franklin said nothing is certain but death and taxes. One could add a third item: If there is surplus revenue, legislators will spend it.
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LIBMAN: Shrink unwieldy not-for-profit boardsRestricted Content

December 22, 2012
Steven Libman / Special to IBJ
As major arts institutions in central Indiana search for administrative leadership and financial stability, a logical question might be, what should be the role of the board for a not-for-profit organization?
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HICKS: Let's all maximize utility over the holidaysRestricted Content

December 22, 2012
Mike Hicks
The vintage and durability of classic Christmas songs carry an important economic lesson for our times.
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KIM: Buffett believes philanthropy is our investment in societyRestricted Content

December 22, 2012
Mickey Kim
In June 2010, Buffett joined Bill and Melinda Gates to announce the Giving Pledge—their effort to persuade the richest Americans to donate at least half their wealth to charity.
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MAURER: My gift to you is a pair of puzzlesRestricted Content

December 22, 2012
Mickey Maurer
Now that the elections are over, please relax and enjoy this crossword puzzle and the political riddle it poses.
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HETRICK: In massacre's wake, a Christmas wish for divinity in each of us

December 22, 2012
Bruce Hetrick
Time after time, we get ourselves in a lather; do nothing more than talk about the need to talk; then rinse and repeat when the next mass killing occurs.
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Roads are investmentRestricted Content

December 22, 2012
Interesting how a Democrat liberal [Kennedy column, Dec. 3] can say, “They burden taxpayers now in diapers in order to deliver today’s services,” and ignore mentioning the fact that today’s entitlements are what the taxpayers in diapers will be paying for long after present taxpayers have enjoyed the new roads built during the Daniels era.
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Andrews on point about greedy Fair investorsRestricted Content

December 22, 2012
Kudos to Greg Andrews on his [Dec. 10] column about the Fair Finance fraud. There is no excuse for this criminal behavior, and Tim Durham and his buddies got what they had coming to them. But Andrews is spot on in highlighting the complicity of the investors in their demise.
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EDITORIAL: Highways, transit not either/or choiceRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
 IBJ Staff
Any discussion of the state’s transportation priorities would be incomplete without including the one topic legislators have been reluctant to take on: mass transit.
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MORRIS: Balancing quality and the bottom line

December 15, 2012
Greg Morris
My job takes me out of my office into the community on a regular basis. As I’m out talking with folks in the business community, a common theme surfaces almost without fail on a weekly basis.
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KENNEDY: Defining equality for the new yearRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Sheila Suess Kennedy
Equality is one of those principles that almost everyone subscribes to—a concept we can all endorse in the abstract, because in the abstract, we don’t have to decide what it really means.
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SWIECKI: New era for automotive investment?Restricted Content

December 15, 2012
Bernard Swiecki / Special to IBJ
From the mid 1980s through perhaps 2008, automotive investment in the Great Lakes region was driven by General Motors, Ford and Chrysler losing market share to competitors from Japan, Korea and Europe.
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HICKS: Economic forecasts entertaining, but usually wrongRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Mike Hicks
This is the season of economic forecasts, for which there are many uses beyond their pure entertainment value.
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SKARBECK: Even glass-half-empty Grant has positive long-term viewRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Ken Skarbeck
An Indiana University grad and author of five books, Jim Grant possesses deep knowledge on the role central banks have played throughout history and the cumulative results of their monetary policy decisions.
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ALTOM: Blessed are the tech-sector risk-takers who make the leapRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Tim Altom
This is the last column before Christmas, and in keeping with long tradition, I’m writing a year-end column about screw-ups and techno-pratfalls that should make you glad you’re not in the hottest of hot seats.
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LOU'S VIEWS: Graphite the power

December 15, 2012
Lou Harry
The Indianapolis Museum of Art proves that the mineral isn't just for pencils. Plus new shows at the Indianapolis Art Center.
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GEIB: Daniels led powerfully from weak officeRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
George Geib / Special to IBJ
Mitch Daniels had 48 former governors as role models when he took his oath of office. Now we can decide how he stands among them.
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Morris columns eloquentRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
I have appreciated several of the columns Greg Morris has written about the leadership of Gov. Daniels and Tony Bennett.
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LONGWORTH: To a fault, Daniels focused on costsRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Mitch Daniels will leave the governor’s mansion to a chorus of hurrahs from budget-balancers, conservative pundits and the Republican Party, which wishes—now even more than before—that he had run for president. But what can other Midwestern states learn from the Daniels era?
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Citizens should oppose Leucadia projectRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
I was disappointed that the IBJ didn’t cover the ongoing issue of the proposed Leucadia coal-to-gas plant and the role that Citizens Energy could play in preventing the construction of this project.
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WAGNER: Pence could learn from Daniels' styleRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Jennifer Wagner / Special to IBJ
Here are six words I never imagined stringing together: I’m going to miss Mitch Daniels.
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Don't abandon tax pledgesRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
I’m extremely troubled by some members of the Republican Party recently saying that they will not honor their promises not to raise taxes on the American people.
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TORR: Existing laws are sufficient to weed out fraudulent claimsRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Jerry Torr / Special to IBJ
Anytime a government program makes tax dollars available to certain individuals, unfortunately, a few will look to game the system.
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NIEZGODSKI: Hoosiers would be nuts to game this paltry systemRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
David Niezgodski / Special to IBJ
Consider for a moment what it’s like to be on unemployment in Indiana.
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STYRING: Forecasting the next General AssemblyRestricted Content

December 15, 2012
Bill Styring / Special to IBJ
Battle lines for the next General Assembly are evident already.
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