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$27.9 Trillion Federal Deficit Bolsters Case for ‘Plan for America’ – Founders
Publication -The nation’s $27.9 trillion federal debt, which is equal to 99 percent of annual gross domestic product (GDP), is one of the strongest reasons yet why Plan for America (PFA) is the “most viable, long-term solution,” say its founders. PFA is a voluntary alternative to Social Security and Medicare, that would also eliminate the national […] -
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The Great American Healthcare Plan Pitches Lower Drug Prices
Publication -In his push to “lower prescription drug prices for all Americans,” President Donald Trump is calling on three specific actions in his Great American Healthcare Plan, released January 15. The plan calls on codifying into law “most favored nation (MFN) drug pricing,” states a White House Fact Sheet, in addition to ending “kickbacks from pharmacy […] -
New Heartland Institute Report: The 2024 American Health Care Plan (State Solutions)
Opinion -In this paper, The Heartland Institute outlines reforms from which all states could benefit, several of which some states have already begun to implement. -
The 2024 American Health Care Plan: State Solutions
Publication -Policy Studies -In this paper, The Heartland Institute outlines reforms from which all states could benefit, several of which some states have already begun to implement. -
Americans Deserve to Know How Kamala Harris’ Energy Plan Stacks Up Against Trump
Opinion -The public deserves to learn about the differences in energy literacy between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris BEFORE the elected one is allowed to set energy policies for Americans. It is apparent that the architects of the ‘Green New Deal’ are clueless that “renewables” such as wind turbines and solar panels ONLY exist to generate […] -
Questions the Debate Moderators Need to Ask Presidential Candidates About America’s Energy Plans
Opinion -The above questions should stimulate energy literacy conversations at the family dinner table prior to the upcoming Presidential Debates June 27th and September 10th, and the Vice-Presidential Debate, about the many sides of renewable electricity, and the fossil fuels that support the products and fuels demanded by the materialistic lifestyles and economies around the world. -
Renewables Will Return America’s Lifestyle Back to the Pre-1800’s – This Is the Biden Energy Plan.
Opinion -Germany, the first country to go “green” with an electricity generation transition to renewables, now has electricity rates that are among the highest in the world, and threatens to be an unaffordable, unrealizable disaster, according to the government's own independent auditors. -
Biden Admits He Has No Plans to Replace America’s Oil Infrastructure
Opinion -President Biden has no plans for the replacement of what is now manufactured from fossil fuels, which are supporting the 8 billion on this planet. -
Saving America from planet-threatening fossil fuels
Opinion -By sacrificing our economy, environment, living standards, freedoms and security. -
Biden’s ‘Made in America’ Tax Plan – Destroys Any Incentive for Anything to Be ‘Made in America’
Opinion -Biden is going to MASSIVELY increase the GILTI tax. AND completely eradicate the off-setting FDII tax incentive. -
The American Health Care Plan
Publication -Policy Briefs -The purpose of this paper is to provide Americans with a pro-liberty, conservative proposal to fix the U.S. health insurance system, lower health care costs, and create universal or near-universal access to health care services. -
Don’t Believe the Lies. Joe Biden Plans to Destroy Every Fracking, Oil, and Coal Job in America
Opinion -During the presidential debate on Thursday, Biden admitted he would impose a “transition from the oil industry.” -
Trump Cuts Clean Power Plan, Boosts America’s Prospects
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a notice in the Federal Register that it is rescinding former President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan (CPP). -
Paris Climate Agreement and the ‘America First’ Energy Plan
Opinion -During the Obama administration, the federal government put into place a series of regulations designed to reduce and ultimately eliminate fossil fuels, and the Paris agreement was meant to continue Obama’s anti-fossil-fuel legacy in the future. -
Trump’s Energy, Climate Plans Will Put America First Again
Opinion -Bad news for the 10,000 climate bureaucrats who recently vacationed in Marrakesh. -
President Obama’s Perfect Plan For The Economic Decline Of America
Opinion -Last week on June 14, President Obama announced his economic plan to finally bring economic recovery and growth to the U.S. in a much ballyhooed address inCleveland. -
Could California Be a National Security Risk For America?
Opinion -With no crude oil pipelines over the Sierra Mountains, California is an energy island separated from the crude oil supply, and the infrastructure of oil refineries from the other 49 States. Thus, all in-state California transportation fuel demands for ships, airports, cars, and trucks is stressing in-state refineries: Beyond chemistry, hydrocarbons underpin physical mobility. Collectively, […] -
Trump’s Proposed Health Care Plan Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Opinion -President Trump announced last week the outline of what he is referring to as “The Great Healthcare Plan.” According to a White House Fact Sheet, the proposal would codify previous deals between the Trump administration and more than a dozen major drugmakers to significantly lower the cost of certain prescription drugs in exchange for a […] -
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Medicare Advantage Plans Profit When They Keep Enrollees Healthy – Commentary
Publication -The American health care system has two distinguishing characteristics. First, similarly situated individuals pay the same premium, regardless of their medical conditions. Put differently, no one who acquires health insurance ever pays an actuarially fair price. Second, insurers invariably lose money on people who are known to be relatively sick and make money on people […] -
Europe Threatens American Free Enterprise
Opinion -The CSDDD’s scope is enormous. -
Climate Change Weekly # 565— Foreign Elites, China Fund American Climate Alarm
Opinion -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act: An Extraterritorial Incursion on Americans’ Inalienable Rights
Publication -Policy Studies -The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act establishes a centralized, extraterritorial, global regulatory model for AI. It applies whenever outputs are “used in the Union,” allowing the EU to impose its standards globally through turnover-based penalties and value chain obligations. -
Together, power plants and greenhouses can feed humanity
Opinion -Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data centers are coming, and so are the natural gas power plants that will be required to provide continuous, uninterruptible electricity to power many of these facilities. These power plants can operate at well over 90% energy efficiency today. -
Won’t Enforce Short-Term Plan Restrictions, Trump Administration Says
Publication -Under the “Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)” deregulatory initiative, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Treasury are reviewing rules imposed by the Biden administration, which restricted short-term, limited-duration insurance (STLDI) plans to four-month terms with no option to renew. The departments will undertake the notice-and-comment rulemaking process to consider changes to […]