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  • Myth Busting Ethanol Fuel Subsidies

    Published May 5, 2008
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    Environmentalists in recent years have enthusiastically hailed ethanol fuel as a central element in combating what they perceive as a global warming crisis caused by manmade carbon dioxide emissions.

  • Cap-and-Trade

    Published April 4, 2008
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    As the scientific community becomes increasingly skeptical of claims that global warming is manmade and portends a crisis, government calls for carbon dioxide (CO2) cap-and-trade systems are premature at best and economically disastrous at worst.

  • Net Neutrality

    Published March 28, 2008
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    When it comes to property rights and a free market, net neutrality is not "neutral" in any sense of the word.

  • Rationing – How Not to Reform Health Care

    Published March 20, 2008
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    Most Americans want health care reform, but mandating health insurance or legislating a government-run single-payer system will not solve anything. Health care needs less government intervention, not more.

  • Cigarette Tax Hikes: A Feeble Attempt to Cut Smoking Rates and Balance the Budget

    Published March 18, 2008
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    Last week, the Kentucky House of Representatives approved a 25 cent increase in the state's cigarette tax in an effort to help eliminate the state's budget deficit. The tax hike is part of a budget plan proposed by Gov.

  • How to Privatize Airports … and Why

    Published March 12, 2008
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    Most Americans are not familiar with the phenomenon of airport privatization, but they may soon be. Chicago's Midway Airport could be the first major hub airport to divest public ownership to a private company through a lease or sale.

  • Research & Commentary: The Flat Tax – Will it Be Coming to Your State?

    Published March 3, 2008
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    While millions of Americans wait for Congress to consider a national flat-rate income tax, an increasing number of proactive governors and legislators are "flattening" taxes at the state level.

  • Education Vouchers

    Published March 2, 2008
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    In the real world, cash follows the consumer, causing institutions of worth to flourish, and those not of worth to wither. That's not true in education.

  • A la Carte Cable Pricing

    Published March 2, 2008
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    FCC Chairman Kevin Martin recently proposed giving the agency power to mandate a la carte cable pricing, forcing cable companies to offer pricing on a channel-by-channel basis.

  • Climate Change in the Classroom Education or Indoctrination? Part 1: Why Al Gore Doesn’t Belong in the Classroom

    Published March 1, 2008
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    This collection of eight articles and reports on Al Gore’s film, “An Inconvenient Truth”

  • Use of Credit Scoring in Insurance

    Published February 29, 2008
    By Matthew Glans
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    Insurers have the unenviable responsibility of crafting rate and premium structures that allow both profitability for shareholders and fairness to consumers.

  • Wireless Industry Regulation

    Published February 28, 2008
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    In states across the country, some legislators are proposing to increase regulations on wireless communications. Such regulations raise the cost of doing business for companies ... and in the long run, that means higher prices for consumers.

  • Why Is Science Being Ignored?

    Published February 26, 2008
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    The February issue of the British Medical Journal (http://heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=22811) confirms what research has shown for years: smokeless tobacco is less harmful than traditional smoking.

  • Research & Commentary: School Vouchers as a Solution to Georgia’s Dire Education Problems

    Published February 17, 2008
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    Student achievement in Georgia is simply awful, and the state’s high school dropout rate puts it near dead-last in the country on this measure as well.

  • Foreign Direct Investment

    Published February 15, 2008
    By Matthew Glans
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    Dear Friend: We live in a global economy. The economic livelihoods of every nation rely on the free movement of money and capital across national borders.

  • The Case for the Flat Tax

    Published December 5, 2007
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    A simpler, fairer, and flatter tax system would reduce or eliminate many of these problems and lead to more economic growth, many analysts believe.

  • No Child Left Behind – The Debate Over Reauthorization

    Published October 15, 2007
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    Across the country, school is back in session. Will No Child Left Behind (NCLB) be re-enrolled? NCLB was initiated in 2001 with bipartisan support and was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002.

  • Evidence-Based Medicine

    Published October 15, 2007
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    The relationship between doctors and their patients is very special.

  • Wind Energy

    Published October 3, 2007
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    Kermit the Frog said “it’s not easy being green.” But Kermit didn’t know how easy it would be to appear green.

  • Merit Pay

    Published July 12, 2007
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    As an elected official, you know the level at which you perform your duties is the final point of judgment used in determining whether or not you keep your job.

  • Federal Excise Tax on Tobacco

    Published July 5, 2007
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    What does children’s health insurance have to do with tobacco tax? That is the question some policymakers are asking as new revenue is sought for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

  • Gasoline Prices

    Published June 28, 2007
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    This summer, gasoline prices continue to climb- in some areas, to nearly $4 per gallon.

  • Virtual Schools

    Published June 28, 2007
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    New technologies are changing and improving many aspects of our daily lives, from our jobs to our health, our hobbies, and even how we stay in touch with family and friends. The Internet, as they say, “changes everything.

  • Medicaid Reform

    Published June 13, 2007
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    Between 1970 and 2002 government expenditures on health care rose by 690 percent, and if current trends hold, by the year 2050 those expenditures will account for one-third of U.S. gross domestic product.

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