Yesterday, Paul Krugman attacked The Heritage Foundation and other opponents of cap and trade. Are the opponents of cap-and-trade relying on different studies that reach fundamentally different conclusions? No, not really. It’s true that last spring the Heritage Foundation put out a report claiming...
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Matt Margolis
on 09-26-2009
Filed under: cap and trade, Heritage Foundation, Paul Krugman
Unlike our President and many of our representatives in Congress, I've tried to read the 1000+ page health care bill a few times this week. As a lawyer, I'm used to dealing with tedious and confusing legal jargon, yet this monolithic bill is still too hard for me to understand. It proposes drastic...
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Despina Karras
on 07-22-2009
Filed under: free market, stimulus package, stimulus, universal health care, Heritage Foundation, insurance, economics, federal government, health care benefits, health care tax, "the demands of this moment", health care reform, deadlines
President Obama wants to add yet another czar, a Health Choices Commision czar this time, to the growing list of these unelected officials that are handpicked by the President and go through absolutely no confirmation process. A Virginia paper recently asked, " how many czars can fit into the West...
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Despina Karras
on 07-07-2009
Filed under: health care, universal health care, socialized health care, public healthcare, regulation, government, Heritage Foundation, transparency, Freedom, insurance, government option, federal government, Obama promises, czar, state rights
Can you put a price on legislation that will do nothing to help the environment, but increase your energy bill and destroy jobs ? Well, it depends on who you ask... but don't ask the government, because you won't get an honest answer. The Environmental Protection Agency claims the answer is between...
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Matt Margolis
on 06-08-2009
Filed under: cap and trade, Heritage Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency