Business
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GovernmentInternet/Telecom
Shutdowns Yet Again Demonstrate: Our Internet Works – and States’ Big Government Doesn’t
by Seton Motley August 10, 2020The coronavirus shutdowns have acutely and starkly highlighted the differences between Big Government states and Less Government states.
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Economics
The Pandemic vs. the Shutdown: What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
by Daniel Sutter May 20, 2020The long-term economic effects of the COVID-19 shutdown will be felt for years to come.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsEducationGovernmentHealth CareLibertyPodcastPoliticsTaxes
In The Tank (ep198) – College Loan Bailout, Medicare 4 All, Nike Shoes
by Donald Kendal July 5, 2019Heartland’s Donald Kendal and Justin Haskins are joined by Jim Lakely and Isaac Orr in episode #198 of the In The Tank Podcast. This episode features work from The Heritage Foundation, the Pacific Research Institute, and the Reason Foundation.
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Budgets/Taxes
San Francisco Wants To Devastate Its Economy To Help the Homeless
by Chris Talgo January 10, 2019For decades, San Francisco’s Silicon Valley has been a technology incubator.
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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedGovernmentHealth CarePodcastRegulationTaxes
In The Tank (ep157) – M4A Tax Burden, Hurricane Florence, Debate: Should Gov. Compensate Banned Businesses?
by Donald Kendal September 14, 2018Donny Kendal and John Nothdurft present episode #157 of the In The Tank Podcast. This week’s episode features work from the Illinois Policy Institute, the Civitas Institute, and National Taxpayers Union Foundation.
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Most of us both value and take for granted the ability to make decisions about our own lives.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
Capitalism and the Misunderstanding of Monopoly
by Richard Ebeling December 6, 2017Numerous misunderstanding and mythologies surround the meaning of capitalism and competition, but few match the confusions over the meaning and relevance of “monopoly” in the workings of the market economy.
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Budgets/TaxesHealth CarePodcast
In The Tank Podcast (ep58) – State Business Tax Climate Index, Uber v. Taxi, and Idaho VolunteerCare
by Donald Kendal September 30, 2016John and Donny continue their weekly exploration of think tanks across the country in episode #58 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Tax Foundation, the National Center for Policy Analysis, and the Idaho Freedom Foundation.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
Minimum Wage Hikes Hurt the Poor. There’s a Better Way
by Matthew Glans August 9, 2016Arizona is one of three states — Maine and South Dakota are the others — that will ask voters in November to approve a minimum-wage increase.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Steve Buckstein: Oregon May Become One of the Worst Places to Do Business
by Jesse Hathaway August 3, 2016In this episode of The Heartland Institute’s weekly Budget & Tax News podcast, managing editor and research fellow Jesse Hathaway is joined by Cascade Policy Institute founder and senior policy analyst Steve Buckstein, to talk about Initiative Proposal 28 (IP 28), a ballot question being placed before Oregon voters in November.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
Government Spontaneously, Dramatically Changing the Rules is Terrible for Business
by Seton Motley May 12, 2016Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “Certainty” as: “The quality or state of being certain especially on the basis of evidence.” As we know, evidence abounds that the world is inherently a very un-certain place.
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FeaturedInternet/Telecom
The Obama Administration is Vociferously Anti-Science
by Seton Motley April 27, 2016We conservatives are incessantly assailed by the Left as “anti-science.” That we stand athwart scientific and technological advancement – yelling “Stop!” But time and again, it is Leftists that make decisions that fly in the face of actual, readily obvious science. And the Barack Obama Administration is rife with just these sorts of Luddites.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
The EPA Isn’t Handling Its Business – But Insists On Man-Handling Ours
by Seton Motley February 18, 2016The Founding Fathers who wrote the Constitution – were by 1800 thoroughly implementing it. If they didn’t yet have the federal government doing something – the federal government wasn’t to be doing it. So unless a subsequent amendment added an authority to the federal panoply – it’s been an unConstitutional addition.