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The Leaflet - Learning from Oregon’s Medicaid Expansion
The Leaflet - Robin Knox... s tax system in a revenue-neutral manner, tax reform can encourage economic... claim their proposal would create a net revenue increase of $160 million. In this Research & Commentary , Senior Policy Analyst Matthew Glans examines the reform plan and argues that although several of these reforms are positive... ...
Research & Commentary: Maine Tax Reform
Heartland Research & Commentary - Matthew Glans Heartland Institute... claim their proposal would create a net revenue increase of $160 million. The... but raise others, resulting in a net tax increase in the state. Moody... on spending discipline until a revenue-neutral (or revenue-negative) reform plan becomes an option. Research & Commentary: Top Ten Reasons Not to Raise... ...
Research & Commentary: Common Core Science Standards
Heartland Research & Commentary - Joy Pullmann Heartland Institute... Standards 2.0 http://www.edexcellence.net/commentary/education-gadfly-daily/common-core... He says the standards are not neutral toward religion, which will lead to... explanations rather than more appropriate religiously neutral explanations, write the leaders of Citizens for Objective Public Education in their critique... ...
Berkley, CA Councilman Wants Billions in Email Taxes – to Fund Post Office
Seton Motley... every email every American sends. Network Neutrality and President Barack Obama’s Cyber... the government leaves something alone, the Net exploded into the free speech-free market Xanadu we today enjoy. Ever since, Leftists have been looking for any way possible to get their tax and regulatory hooks into it – so... ...
Book Review: 'Captive Audience' Gilded with Fools Gold
Scott Cleland... Amazon, etc. More remarkably, to promote net neutrality, she effectively advocates for a return... manage and combat: viruses, malware, bot-nets, denial-of-service attacks and spam. Fourth, utilities are inherently ”dumb” networks, while broadband networks are inherently “smart” networks. Central utility managers... ...
The President's Next Pick for FCC Chairman May Halt the Internet's Success
Jim LakelyVia a video by Mike Wendy of MediaFreedom.org , Less Government's Seton Motley — a policy advisor for The Heartland Institute on telecom and technology issues and frequent guest on the tech episodes of the Heartland Daily Podcast — talks about what President Obama's next pick for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission ...
Virginia Republicans Steer Clear of Governor’s Transportation Tax Proposal
Kenric Ward... fiscal conservatives who label it a net tax increase. A leading Republican running... not all purport to be revenue-neutral. Delegate Jim LeMunyon (R-Chantilly) would adjust the gas tax for inflation. Del. Randy Minchew (R-Leesburg) would allow localities to impose a 10 cent per gallon gas tax. Del. Tom Rust (R... ...
Obama’s New Year’s Resolutions: Power Grab the Internet — and Your Wallet
Seton Motley... been the Internet. Pre-Obama, the ‘Net was just about regulation-free – and... FCC) in 2010 illegally imposed Network Neutrality . Several plaintiffs sued to undo it... still. Should the Court rightly dump Net Neutrality, the Administration may absurdly begin regulating... Administration? FCC’s Pai Warns... ...
Regime Uncertainty Is Dragging Down Investment . . . and the Economy
Robert Higgs... we must distinguish between gross and net investment: The former includes all spending... to maintain the existing stock. Therefore, net investment is the best measure of... expenditure that contributes to economic growth. Net Investment Below 2007 Peak Net private domestic fixed investment (a measure... ...
ObamaCare: How to Pay for Delay
John C. Goodman... serious flaws. Here is a revenue-neutral approach to begin the necessary corrections... in the emergency rooms of safety net hospitals, just as Medicaid recipients do... allowing competition in the marketplace. The net effect of both measures on the deficit would be a small surplus of $16 billion over ten... ...
Carbon "Tax Swap" Deals: A Review and Critique
Robert P. Murphy, Ph.D.... the fallacies of so-called revenue-neutral carbon tax swaps, an idea that... the conservative case for a revenue-neutral carbon tax swap. Among these are... topic actually argues that a revenue-neutral carbon tax swap would make the... their proposals. The promise of ‘revenue neutrality’ is quite hollow... ...
Time to Allow Uranium Mining in Virginia
Jack Spencer, Katie Tubb Heritage Foundation... economic benefit. Studies show that the net economic benefit of construction and operations... is being mined. Tailings are chemically neutralized and thickened in a cement mixture... in state and local taxes. The net economic benefit yields almost $5 billion for Virginians over the life of the mine. Only... ...
Heartland Podcast: Seton Motley on The Internet Lobby
Jim Lakely... the Old Left .” Motley talks about net neutrality, the left's ever-shifting language, the folly of "monpolies" on in the Digital economy, and more. Seton Motley is the president of Less Government, a DC-based non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the power of government and protecting the First Amendment... ...
Broadband Competition in the Internet Ecosystem
Jeffrey A. Eisenach American Enterprise Institute... court defending its authority to impose “net neutrality” regulations prohibiting broadband ISPs from engaging in business practices that are both presumptively legal and commonplace in other industries. In the wireless arena, the FCC asserts its authority over the electromagnetic spectrum to impose economic regulation... ...
Research & Commentary: Omaha Cigarette Occupation Tax
Heartland Research & Commentary - Matthew Glans Heartland Institute... levied on gross income rather than net income, on an occupation or business... present administration, and proposes a revenue-neutral alternative that would simplify the financial burden state lawmakers place on businesses and their customers. Give Citizens a Voice on Occupation Taxes http://www.platteinstitute.org/blog... ...
How the FCC sees Broadband's 95% Success as 100% Failure
Larry Downes... enforce the agency’s notorious 2010 “net neutrality” rules, which were, not coincidentally, adopted only a few months after the FCC found for the first time ever that broadband adoption wasn’t happening in a “reasonable and timely fashion.” (With no actual authority from Congress, the agency’s Democratic commissioners... ...
Research & Commentary: Internet and Broadband Reclassification
Heartland Research & Commentary - Matthew Glans... job creation. The Constructive Alternative to Net Neutrality Regulation and Title II Reclassification Wars... http://heartland.org/policy-documents/constructive-alternative-net-neutrality-regulation-and-title-ii-reclassification-wa... the agency’s efforts to impose net neutrality regulations on broadband networks... ...
Honig Gets It Half-Right
S.T. Karnick... by MMTC, has presented 47 race-neutral and nearly unopposed proposals to advance... blocking proposed mergers, trying to force net neutrality, and the like. These incursions into the industry are entirely wrongheaded and will suppress growth of telecom services, the very thing Honig wants. Judging from a pro... ...
Lawsuit: Net Neutrality Regulations are Unconstitutional
Jim Lakely... constitutional challenge to the FCC's net neutrality authority — claimed by the agency without... Institute . Listen to a podcast about net neutrality. Violations of First, Fifth Amendments Ryan... Enterprise Institute, said the FCC's net neutrality rule violates both the First and... constitutional... ...
Scott Cleland: The Administration’s Antitrust and Net Neutrality Obsessions
Bruce Edward WalkerScott Cleland, chairman of NetCompetition and president of Precursor LLC, discusses his Daily Caller essay “Obsolete Analysis Will Doom DOJ’s Antitrust Probe of Cable.” ...