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How Not to Make Public Policy: The Payroll Tax Cut
In order to further stimulate economy, the Obama administration advocated a reduction in the payroll tax for the entirety of 2011, which was subsequently extended ...
Competitive Bidding Can Help Solve Medicare's Fiscal Crisis
A major reason Medicare faces a severe fiscal crisis is because it pays too much for basic benefits. But chronic overpayment can be cured by ... Read more
The Facts behind the EPA's Latest Proposal
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently put a regulation on the books called the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which targets power plant emissions ... Read more
The Myth of Runaway Health Spending
The fraction of national wealth that is spent on the consumption of health care, and the rate of annual growth of this fraction, has given ... Read more
Fuel Efficiency Proposal Will Price out Millions of Buyers
The Obama administration has been creating higher fuel standards for domestic car manufacturers that will extend well into the next decade, in hopes of reducing ... Read more
State and Local Sales Taxes in 2012
Sales taxes are among the most transparent forms of taxation that a government can levy, and the simplicity of sales taxes allows for state-by-state comparison, ... Read more
Fighting the Major Diseases of Africa
The U.S. federal government, long one of the greatest financial supporters of disease eradication efforts in Africa, is likely to implement significant budget cuts over ... Read more
Amid Shortages, Rules Force Hospitals to Trash Scarce Drugs
Hospitals and pharmacies across the country face a growing issue of chronic drug shortages. Due to various circumstances including unexpected production halts by manufacturers and ... Read more
The Pain of Zero Interest Rates
With such small returns to be had from the nearly riskless T-bills, cautious household investors find they must either settle for almost nonexistent returns or ... Read more
Regulations Are Costly to American Consumers and Businesses
The federal government continues to create costly regulations for American businesses and consumers. This persistence in creating subpar rules is due to a number of ... Read more
How Taxing the Rich Harms the Middle Class
President Obama has continued a campaign for economic fairness throughout his last several major speaking engagements, including the State of the Union and his budget ... Read more
Federal Funds Flow to Clean Energy Firms with Obama Administration Ties
When the Obama administration helped get a $787-billion stimulus package through Congress, it set aside $80 billion for investment in "clean technology." Left to the ... Read more
Small Business Owners Fear Economic Situation
A poll conducted by Gallup in mid-January illuminates why companies are not hiring. Focusing on small businesses, the poll finds that owners have a number ... Read more
Medical Innovation: How the United States Can Retain Its Lead
The United States has consistently been on the cutting edge of health care innovation for decades. However, American companies are increasingly regulated and limited by ... Read more
Affordable Care Act Tax Will Hurt Patients and Destroy Jobs
Because of the enormous costs associated with the Affordable Care Act, Washington placed a tax on medical devices that would help to offset the additional ... Read more
Lessons from Europe's Experience with Renewable Mandates and Subsidies
The state of Texas, one of the largest producers of wind energy in the world, can learn a great deal from European countries' experiences. While ... Read more
How Big Sugar Robs You
Perhaps the most famous example in the American economy of effective implementation of trade barriers to protect domestic industry, sugar producers enjoy an inflated price ... Read more
High-Risk Insurance Pools Short on Enrollees
In order to stem the gap from the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to its implementation in 2014, the legislation allowed for the ... Read more
The Obama Budget
President Obama recently proposed his budget for fiscal year 2013, including outlook and projections for many years to follow. While analysts continue to look at ... Read more
Medicare Premium Support Is Not Radical
With rising health care costs and the retirement of baby boomers, it is widely accepted that the costs of administering Medicare are set to skyrocket. ... Read more
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The Threat of a Global Caliphate is Real
A number of Islamist political parties and Jihadist guerrilla groups have called for the restoration of the Caliphate by uniting Muslim nations, either through political action or by force. ... Read more
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