The Heartland Institute

... Steven Baer, Michael Bakalis, and Herbert J. Walberg, We Can Rescue Our Children... With Richard C. Rue and Peter J. Hill, Eco-Sanity: A Common-Sense... chapter in Margaret Wong and Herbert J. Walberg, ed., School Choice or Best... School Choice: The Findings, by Herbert J. Walberg (Washington, DC: Cato... ...

... paying the bills.” Overuse of Insurance Daniel J. Mitchell, a senior fellow at the Cato... costs of health care. “Genuine insurance,” Mitchell said of policies that cover unexpected... suited to normal buyer-seller interactions.” Mitchell says President Obama’s health care... government payment of... ...

... the Center for Freedom and Prosperity, Daniel J. Mitchell argues the Section 911 exclusion, which... Executive Memorandum from The Heritage Foundation, Daniel J. Mitchell contends territorial taxation is good tax... territorial-system-and-reforming-corporate-tax Daniel N. Shaviro of the New... ...

This project originated in the Board on Testing and Assessment (BOTA) in 2002 as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) was in its early stages of implementation. The initial discussions were sparked by the different perspectives on the use of test-based incentives by the board members, whose expertise included a wide ...

The federal government is taking unprecedented steps to tighten its control over the 50 states and the lives of every American. Under the U.S. Constitution, however, states are supposed to be equal partners to the federal government in protecting individual rights. State sovereignty allowing each state to determine its own affairs ...

... is not the equivalent of default. Daniel J. Mitchell, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and a former economist of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, said at a Tea Party press conference in May: Notwithstanding demagoguery from Treasury Secretary Geithner and Fed Chairman [Ben] Bernanke, the United States... ...

The March-April 2011 issue of The Heartlander features Heartland President Joseph Bast s review of Atlas Shrugged: Part 1, the movie, and reminiscences about the importance of Atlas Shrugged , the novel. Also in this issue: Heartland will host the Sixth International Conference on Climate Change in Washington, DC on June 30-July ...

States have been making more serious errors in estimating their revenues during tough economic times, according to a new report by the Pew Center on the States and The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. States Revenue Estimating: Cracks in the Crystal Ball found that in fiscal year 2009 the first of the ongoing ...

... www.budgetandtax-news.org/article/28597 Daniel J. Mitchell, a senior fellow at the Cato... 28596 This Heritage Foundation paper by Daniel Mitchell and John Olin lays out how a balanced budget amendment can help fix the federal government’s spending problems. They write, “Under a tax limitation/balanced... ...

Order your copy of The Patriot's Toolbox and other great books at our online store . Rarely have more people in the United States been so deeply concerned about the direction of their country as right now, in 2010. During the past two years, millions of men and women have literally marched in the streets for political change ...

A detailed assessment of the Climategate inquiries set up by the University of East Anglia and others which finds that they avoided key questions and failed to probe some of the most serious allegations. The report The Climategate Inquiries , written by Andrew Montford and with a foreword by Lord (Andrew) Turnbull, finds that ...

The Amsterdam-based InterAcademy Council (IAC), a scientific body asked to audit UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) procedures, has determined that IPCC has improperly crossed the line of policy advocacy, is not transparent enough, is prone to conflicts of interest, and has made numerous alarmist assertions that ...

This paper by a former chief credit officer of Fannie Mae documents how government policies over a period of decades were responsible for causing a material increase in homeowner leverage through the use of low or no down payments, increased debt ratios, no loan amortization, low credit scores and other weakened underwriting ...

The August 2010 issue of Budget & Tax News leads with a report on the tanning salon tax, which went into effect on July 1 and is the first of several taxes associated with the federal health care overhaul. Also in this issue: Wisconsin officials have changed the location of a proposed high-speed rail station in an attempt ...

... the state House. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and his staff continued to cut... a four-part interview with Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute were uploaded... Heartland Science Director Jay Lehr and Daniel Simmons of the Institute for Energy... quarter, including June interviews with Edward J. Lopez, associate... ...

The July-August 2010 issue of The Heartlander opens with Heartland President Joseph Bast s advice for building a better business climate. He describes 10 policies, backed by extensive research and common sense, that policymakers sincere about creating jobs and ending economic suffering could adopt to make a real difference. Also ...

Privatization means shifting some or all aspects of service delivery from government to private-sector providers. It is a strategy to lower the costs of government and achieve higher performance and better outcomes for tax dollars spent. A Widely Used Tool Policymakers in many jurisdictions in the U.S. and around the world use ...

The July issue of Budget & Tax News leads with a report on the new 1099 filing provision of the health care overhaul, which could cause an avalanche of additional record-keeping and reporting. Also in this issue: With Missouri s average income tax payment having fallen nearly 30 percent this year, state senators are debating ...

The June issue of InfoTech & Telecom News highlights FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski s National Broadband Plan -- which he unveiled exactly one month after a federal court ruled the agency lacks the authority to regulate the Internet. A Rasmussen Reports poll shows most Americans oppose the FCC s plan. Also in this issue: Three ...

The United States is undermining economic growth and job creation by taking an antiquated approach to corporate taxes, according to Duanjie Chen and Jack Mintz of the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary. In an 80-nation study of corporate taxes, they determined the U.S. imposes nearly the highest corporate tax rate ...