Opinion
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Truth in Fable to Fix the Failed Fractional Reserve Banking System
Opinion -In my recent column, “A Fetid Fable of Fractional Reserve Banking,” I shared a thinly disguised fairy tale about the creation of the Federal Reserve and its power to take money from hapless taxpayers and hand it to politically connected -
Idaho Moves to Block Implementation of Obamacare
Opinion -As the battle over Obamacare shifts to the courthouses and the statehouses, lawmakers in one state, Idaho, have implemented some measures to stop implementation of the federal health care law. -
Heartland Florida Director Hails Signature of S.B. 408
Opinion -Heartland Florida Director Hails Signature of S.B. 408“A small but important step”TALLAHASSEE--Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) today signed Senate Bill 408, popularly known as the “Cost Drivers’” bill. -
Credits Help Take More Than Half the Households Off Income Tax Rolls
Opinion -More than half of the nation’s households paid no federal income tax in 2009, according to an analysis by Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation.At a Senate Finance Committee hearing on May 3, committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont. -
Heartland Florida Director Hails Signature of S.B. 408
Opinion -TALLAHASSEE--Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) today signed Senate Bill 408, popularly known as the “Cost Drivers’” bill. -
‘Atlas Shrugged’ Offers Timely Message for Teaching Profession
Opinion -Almost as alarming as the rate at which children drop out of high school is the rate at which young teachers drop out of the profession. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Rep. Paul Ryan’s Speech to Economic Club of Chicago
Opinion -Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee, delivered a speech Monday to the Economic Club of Chicago in which he defended his Medicare reform ideas and proposed deep spending cuts as a condition to raise the federal debt ceiling. -
Vermont’s Sanders Renews Push for Federally Funded Day Care, Preschool
Opinion -In the face of a $1.6 trillion federal budget deficit, a national debt topping $14 trillion, and with Congress debating a plan to cut spending by $6 billion over the next decade, one U.S. -
#272: Medicare’s Accelerating Tsunami
Opinion -The annual report from Medicare Trustees is on nobody’s Spring reading list, but it probably should be. -
Netflix Seeks Regulations for Peering Disputes
Opinion -Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is calling for the federal government to administer regulations over “peering disputes,” disagreements between Internet service providers and the content providers that pay for the transmission of network traffic. -
CMS May Have Overpaid for Andy Griffith Obamacare Ads
Opinion -The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) may have dramatically overpaid for three controversial television ads touting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) during the run-up to the 2010 elections. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #10-10
Opinion -Sheriff’s deputies have charged a Florida woman with lewd and lascivious behavior after she made “loud sex noises” from the window of her home to get her neighbor and his 10-year-old son to stop playing basketball in their driveway. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Environment Expert Reacts to NRC Climate Report
Opinion -The National Research Council (NRC), a branch of the National Academy of Sciences, has released a new report, America’s Climate Choices, claiming humans are primarily responsible for recent climate change, and that such change is posing significant -
Utah Enacts A–F School Grading System
Opinion -This fall, Utah parents will have more clarity about how their child’s school performs, thanks to a new school grading system Gov. Gary Herbert (R) signed into law. -
Arizona Gov. Vetoes Tax Credit Expansion, OKs Disabled Student Vouchers
Opinion -Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) twice vetoed a bill to expand Arizona’s education tax credit program in the waning weeks of the state legislature’s spring session. -
Teachers Union Prepares Ballot Campaign Against Ohio Merit Pay Law
Opinion -Ohio has become one of the first states to adopt statewide teacher pay-for-performance. -
Report: Business Should Use Clout to Promote Real Reform
Opinion -A new report calls on the nation’s business community to take bolder steps toward reforming the nation’s education system in order to improve its science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) performance. -
NCLB Opt-Out Bill Introduced in Senate
Opinion -A bill by Sens. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and John Cornyn (R-TX) would let states opt out of a reauthorized No Child Left Behind Act, giving them much broader authority to direct federal education funds to local education priorities. -
‘Bag Tax’ or ‘Bag Ban’ Debate Continues in Chicago Suburb
Opinion -The City Council of Evanston, a suburb just north of Chicago, has been weighing the pros and cons of a five-cent tax on each disposable plastic or paper shopping bag used in the city. -
UK’s NHS Seeks to Limit Care for Smokers, Obese
Opinion -British citizens who smoke, drink, or tip the scales because they’ve eaten too many fish and chips could soon be denied medical treatment for lifestyle-related illnesses. -
Heartland Institute Texas Director Hails House Passage of Reinsurance Resolution
Opinion -AUSTIN – The director of The Heartland Institute’s Texas office today praised the Texas House of Representatives’ passage of a memorial opposing new taxes on offshore affiliated reinsurance transactions. -
Heartland Institute Staffers Praise Citizens’ Decision to Buy Reinsurance
Opinion -TALLAHASSEE – The Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank, today praised the Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s plans to purchase approximately $500 million in private reinsurance. -
Rutgers Suicide Brings Cyberbullying, Hate Crime Charges
Opinion -A sexual encounter between two college men surreptitiously video-streamed from a Web camera to another computer in the same dormitory building by the roommate of one of the men has prompted serious criminal charges related to cyberbullying, invasion of -
Feds Want Us to Live Like Children
Opinion -We spend the first part of our lives trying to grow up, and, apparently, millions of us spend the rest of our lives hoping to live like children. How else to explain the desire to “save” Social Security and Medicare?