Opinion
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Bad Housing Numbers Muddied by Government Interference
Opinion -Housing market data are notoriously bad—no two houses are alike, and many buyers and sellers are driven by emotion. -
Report: Taxpayers Spend Nearly $260 Billion Just to File Taxes
Opinion -National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson recently joined the chorus of voices calling for a major revamp of the nation’s tax laws. -
Number of Aid Programs for States, Municipalities Triples in 25 Years
Opinion -The federal government has a large and growing presence in state and local policy activities. -
Report: DC’s Bag Tax Kills Jobs
Opinion -A new report finds the bag tax Washingtonians have been paying for more than a year now to be a job killer and economic loser. -
Entitlement Experts Urge Action to Defuse ‘Ticking Time Bomb’
Opinion -With a new Congress sworn in and President Obama having submitted his budget for the next fiscal year, the nation’s focus must turn to solving the entitlement crisis that dominates more than 80 percent of the federal budget—or face fiscal ruin.So say Rep. -
Cash-Back Cards Often Cause More Spending, Higher Debt
Opinion -Those cash-back credit cards that look like such a good deal tend to encourage users to acquire more debt, which results in no net benefit to them, according to researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. -
#260: Even the Pragmatists Favor Bold Steps
Opinion -What fascinating political times we live in. You’ve doubtlessly seen the incredible images from Wisconsin--and the disturbing scene of doctors handing out sick notices to protesting teachers. -
Economist, Author Judy Shelton on Monetary Policy in America
Opinion -Editor’s Note: Economist Judy Shelton, author of Money Meltdown and The Coming Soviet Crash, recently wrote A Guide to Sound Money as part of her work co-directing the Sound Money Project for the Atlas Economic Research Foundation (www.atlasnetwork. -
Fast Facts: The Rise of Mobile Banking
Opinion -Fact: Mobile banking usage is expected to grow from 10 million active users in 2009 to more than 53 million active users in 2013, a compound annual growth rate of 51.8 percent. -
Online AP Courses Save Districts Dollars
Opinion -Cash-strapped schools are increasingly turning to online delivery of Advanced Placement classes for high school students seeking college credit, a change that could be a boon to students and policymakers by expanding access to high-level instruction -
Self-Reliant Populism
Opinion -Illinois and Missouri are among the 10 states that do not oblige home educators to register with the state, according to the Home School Legal Defense Association. -
Michigan Study Heralds Virtual Learning Gains
Opinion -Online teaching provides equal—and sometimes superior—outcomes with face-to-face instruction, reports a study by the nonpartisan Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a Midland, Michigan-based research and education institution. -
2011 Looks Good for Reformers
Opinion -In political terms 2010 may have been the year of the Tea Party movement, but in policy terms it was the year of school choice. And with courageous reformers at the helm of several states, 2011 could be even better. -
Texas Legislators Rethink Class Size Rules Amid Budget Shortfall
Opinion -In an effort to ease financial pressures on the state budget, Texas State Comptroller Susan Combs is suggesting the legislature replace the current cap of 22 students in each K-4 classroom with a maximum average of 22 students for the entire -
On Wisconsin: The Dairy State’s Domination by Government Employment
Opinion -Can one feel schadenfreude for the problems of an entire legislature?Consider Wisconsin. Like most states in trouble today, the Cheese State has been a land of hefty taxes and regulations for years, causing it, over decades, to leak capital and labor. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Bill to De-fund FCC Net Neutrality Rules
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed an amendment to the continuing resolution that would prevent the Federal Communications Commission from using any federal funds to enforce the net neutrality rules it approved in December. -
Public Broadcasting: Should Congress Cut Off Funding?
Opinion -President Barack Obama's fiscal 2012 budget includes $451 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which oversees PBS and National Public Radio. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Government Worker Protests in Wisconsin
Opinion -Thousands of public employees in Wisconsin marched on the state capitol Thursday to protest a bill that would force public employees to pay more for pension and health benefits while limiting their union’s collective bargaining power. State Sen. -
QE2’s Link to Tunisia, Egypt and Middle East Protests
Opinion -The Federal Reserve has been busy pumping up the money supply by $300 billion in three months, with much more promised in the months ahead. Some of the results have been painfully predictable, others less so. -
Nevada Governor Calls for Amendment to Permit Vouchers
Opinion -Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) is proposing education reforms aimed at boosting student achievement while saving taxpayers money. -
Brown Asks for Tax-Hike Extension to Sustain CA School Budgets
Opinion -California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) is asking voters to extend a sales- and income-tax increase for five years to help close a $25 billion state budget deficit this year and spare the state’s public schools from deep budget cuts. -
Opportunity Scholarships Overcome Crucial Hurdles in New Jersey
Opinion -A key New Jersey state Assembly panel has cleared the New Jersey Opportunity Scholarship Act, a bill to aid low-income students in the state’s worst schools. -
Heartland Institute Expert: Federal Reinsurance Tax Proposal ‘Just a Bad Idea’
Opinion -TALLAHASSEE — Rep. Jeff Brandes (R-St. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Obama’s Budget, Press Conference
Opinion -President Barack Obama released his 2012 budget on Monday and defended it at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. The following comments from staff at The Heartland Institute may be used for attribution.
