Budget & Taxes
The Evergreen Freedom Foundation provides analysis of budget and tax issues with an emphasis on Washington state. EFF attempts to identify government pork-barrel spending, inefficient practices, and rules and regulations that needlessly increase costs for taxpayers. In determining wasteful government spending, EFF considers whether a program is a core function of government. If it is, then is the program executed at the most appropriate level of government? GO

Education
EFF provides research and commentary on education reform efforts and current practices in our education system. EFF's position on education issues are based on the following principles:

• Parents are the primary educators of their children. Parents should be the primary decision makers for their children's education.
• True commitment to education requires support of student learning rather than adherence to any education delivery system.
• Schools must be accountable to parents and the state (in the case of public schools) for their results.
• Government involvement in education should be minimal and kept as local as possible. GO

Health Care
Supply side strategies used during the past several decades to control costs have reduced the quality of care and decreased patient involvement. EFF believes true health care reform begins with giving the patient more involvement in health care decisions, increasing access to preventive services and general health care, and ensuring cost stability without sacrificing quality. GO

Transportation
Creep, beep, and crawl. Unfortunately, those words are now a regular part of our vocabulary when it comes to transportation. Policymakers at the state and federal level have allowed an unwieldy bureaucracy to stymie innovative solutions to get us off the road sooner and allow us to spend more time with our families. EFF thinks outside of the box when it comes to transportation policy. We advocate equitable funding solutions and maximizing private sector involvement in the delivery of transportation services. GO

Welfare Reform
The Evergreen Freedom Foundation has historically endorsed welfare reform that leads to self-sufficiency through a work and personal responsibility model. In December 1996, EFF President Bob Williams moderated an American Legislative Exchange Council and Heritage Foundation summit on the work/personal responsibility model. Several states shared their successes using the model. EFF has feature lessons from these strategies in a series of Policy Highlighters. GO

Evergreen Freedom Foundation P.O. Box 552, Olympia, WA 98507 Phone: (360) 956-3482, Fax: (360) 352-1874 Email: effwa@effwa.org