Legislative Principles
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Heartland Letter to New York Lawmakers Urging Reform of Governor Cuomo’s Gubernatorial Overreach
Publication -Legislative Principles -A letter from the Heartland Institute's president James Taylor, urging New York lawmakers to pursue reform of New York's state of emergency/executive authority statutes. -
Six Principles for State Legislators Seeking to Protect Free Speech on Social Media Platforms
Publication -Legislative Principles -Political free speech in the United States is under attack. Tech media giants who own and control virtually all social media platforms available to Americans are working together to silence groups with whom they do not agree. -
Reforming America’s Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition
Publication -Legislative Principles -On December 3, 2018, President Trump presented his plan for fixing the nation's broken health care system. -
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Ten State Solutions to Emerging Issues 2018
Publication -Legislative Principles -This booklet explores solutions to the top public policy issues facing the states in 2018 and beyond in the areas of budget and tax, education, energy and environment, health care, and constitutional reform. -
Ten Principles of Higher Education Reform
Publication -Legislative Principles -The dissemination and expansion of knowledge is important to the advancement of our civilization and our nation’s economic productivity, yet the cost of that effort is considerable and rising dramatically. -
10 Principles of Telecom Policy
Publication -Legislative Principles -Since the Great Depression, the telecom* industry has been subject to comprehensive regulation, with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in charge of interstate services and state public utility commissions overseeing intrastate services. -
10 Principles of Telecom Policy
Publication -Legislative Principles -Since the Great Depression, the telecom* industry has been subject to comprehensive regulation, with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in charge of interstate services and state public utility commissions overseeing intrastate services. -
Ten Principles of Federal Tax Policy
Publication -Legislative Principles -This booklet focuses on the federal income tax, since this tax collects by far the most revenue and affects the most people in the United States. -
Ten Principles of Federal Tax Policy
Publication -Legislative Principles -The power to tax is the most ubiquitous of all government powers. It reaches directly or indirectly to all classes of people, all industries, all elements of society. Taxes always place at least some burdens on business, individuals, and the economy. -
Ten Principles for Improved Business Climates
Publication -Legislative Principles -The “business climate” of a nation, state, or city refers to the combined effect on businesses of public policies, natural endowments, and other assets that affect business start-ups and profitability. -
Ten Principles of Privatization
Publication -Legislative Principles -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. -
10 Principles of P&C Insurance Reform
Publication -Legislative Principles -We wrote this guide for three reasons: because insurance is an important economic activity; because it is regulated almost entirely at the state level and is thus of particular concern to state legislators; and because we hope a look at the principles -
Ten Principles of Telecom Policy
Publication -Legislative Principles -Why do we need principles of telecom policy? -
Ten Principles of Energy Policy
Publication -Legislative Principles -Why do we need principles of energy policy? -
10 Principles of Health Care Policy
Publication -Legislative Principles -This booklet is designed to help state legislators find solutions to health care problems by first identifying their causes and true extent--which often are not as they are reported in newspaper stories or touted by special interest groups--and then by -
Ten Principles of State Fiscal Policy
Publication -Legislative Principles -In June 2006, The Heartland Institute released the second booklet in its Legislative Principles Series, this one titled Ten Principles of State Fiscal Policy. -
10 Principles of State Fiscal Policy
Publication -Legislative Principles -The booklet, part of Heartland's "10 Legislative Principles" series, provides policymakers and civic and business leaders with a highly condensed yet easy-to-read guide to state fiscal policy matters. -
10 Principles of School Choice
Publication -Legislative Principles -Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled school vouchers are constitutional in 2002, grassroots activists around the country have been organizing to support passage of school choice programs. -
Ten Principles of School Choice
Publication -Legislative Principles -Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled school vouchers are constitutional in 2002, grassroots activists around the country have been organizing to support passage of school choice programs.