Press Releases: Budgets and Taxes

Cook County Municipalities Face Fiscal Ruin

March 12, 2012
John Nothdurft

MARCH 12, 2012 – An analysis of records obtained from the Cook County Treasurer’s Office reveal

Heartland Institute Experts React to Obama’s 2013 Budget

February 13, 2012
Joe Cobb
Steve Stanek
Benjamin Domenech

President Barack Obama on Monday released his 2013 budget, which includes $3.8 trillion in spending over 10 years.

Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Testifies Today Before House

February 01, 2012
Peter Ferrara

FEB 1, 2012 -- Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Peter Ferrara, author of America’s Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb, is testifying today at a hearing of the full House Committee on Small Business.

Chicago-based Heartland Institute Reacts to Anniversary of Illinois Tax Hike

January 12, 2012
Steve Stanek
John Nothdurft

One year ago today, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed a tax package that raised personal income taxes by 67 percent and corporate taxes by 46 percent.

Heartland Institute Scholars React to President Obama’s Recess Appointments

January 05, 2012
Maureen Martin
S.T. Karnick
Richard Esenberg

President Barack Obama this week put Richard Cordray on the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Sharon Block, Terence Flynn, and Richard Griffin on the National Labor Relations Board, all

Heartland Institute Reacts to Possible Shutdown of Federal Government

December 15, 2011
Steve Stanek

Congress must pass a spending measure by midnight Friday or more than a half-million federal employees will be furloughed.

Heartland Institute Reacts to November Unemployment Numbers

December 02, 2011
Steve Stanek
S.T. Karnick

The Bureau of Labor Statistics today announced that just 120,000 new jobs were created in November, putting the unemployment rate at 8.6. percent.

Heartland Institute Reacts to Super Committee Failure

November 21, 2011
Steve Stanek
John Nothdurft
Jim Lakely

The so-called “super committee,” a bipartisan panel of members of the House and Senate, announced Monday it would not reach agreement on a plan to cut $1.2 trillion from the federal budget over 10

Heartland Institute Responds to Balanced Budget Amendment Debate, Vote

November 17, 2011
Robert Genetski
Joe Cobb
John Skorburg
Dean Baim
Steve Stanek

The U.S. House of Representatives today has begun debate on a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.