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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeEconomicsEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
In The Tank (ep134) – Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Line Item Veto, CAFE Standards
by Donald Kendal April 6, 2018John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #134 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Illinois Policy Institute, the Manhattan Institute, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
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Budgets/TaxesEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedGovernmentPodcastTaxes
In The Tank (ep78) – Tax Cut Roundup, Alternatives to Smoking, and the Cost of Renewable Energy Mandates
by Donald Kendal March 3, 2017John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #78 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from ALEC, the Heartland Institute, and the Buckeye institute.
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FeaturedHealth CarePodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Dr. Kathleen Brown: Opt-In for a Cash Practice, Opt-Out of Medicare and Insurance
by Michael Hamilton August 18, 2016Patients save on expenses and anxiety when they visit Dr. Kathleen Brown’s clinic, Oregon Coast Dermatology. Brown converted her practice almost entirely to a cash business in 2011, after 16 years of diverting her own and her patients’ time and money to satisfy cumbersome requirements foisted upon doctors by the federal government and insurance companies.
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I was huddled in a Connecticut legislative hearing room on a chilly spring morning three years ago, awaiting my chance to testify about a proposal to over-regulate e-cigarettes.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Bette Grande: New Methane Rule vs. Strippers (Low-Volume Wells)
by Isaac Orr June 9, 2016The Environmental Protection Agency has a new target in it’s sights…strippers. Now that we have your attention, In this edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, research fellows Bette Grande and Isaac Orr discuss how the EPA is targeting oil and gas wells that produce less than 15 barrels of oil equivalent per day. These wells, also known as stripper wells, are under attack from new EPA methane regulations that inappropriately apply rules for new wells on these typically older, lower volume wells.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
For the Farmers, the Biofuel Bubble has Already Burst
by Isaac Orr May 18, 2016It’s planting season, and farmers are taking to the fields to put food on our tables. Even though Ted Cruz has withdrawn from the presidential race, his victory in the Iowa Caucuses caused political pundits of all stripes to speculate about the future of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) and the corn ethanol mandate, largely because someone, Cruz, had finally campaigned against the ethanol mandate and managed to win in Iowa. While some wonks in Washington, DC may talk about a political end for the ethanol mandate, for the nation’s farmers, the biofuel bubble has already burst.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Climate Symbolism Carries High Costs
by H. Sterling Burnett April 12, 2016During March 22 hearings before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, under questioning by West Virginia Rep. David McKinley (R), EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy admitted (once again) the Obama administration’s climate efforts will do nothing to protect public or environmental health. McCarthy instead acknowledged the efforts are merely a symbolic attempt to get other countries’ leaders to join the Paris climate agreement.
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FeaturedHealth CarePodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Rep. Allen Cook: Medicaid Expansion is a Bad Idea
by Michael Hamilton March 23, 2016In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, New Hampshire State Rep. Allen Cook joins Michael Hamilton, Managing Editor of Health Care News to talk about why medicaid expansion is a bad idea. Cook explains why he doesn’t support Medicaid expansion, stating that the price of this expansion is likely to far exceed the projected costs.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
“Green”—the Status Symbol the Affluent can Afford that Costs the Poor
by Marita Noon March 15, 2016Researchers have found that some buyers are willing to pay for environmentally friendly products because those products are “status symbols.” A report in the Atlantic states: “Environmentally-friendly behaviors typically go unseen; there’s no public glory in shortened showers or diligent recycling. But when people can use their behavior to broadcast their own goodness, their incentives shift. The people who buy Priuses and solar panels still probably care about the environment—it’s just that researchers have found that a portion of their motivation might come from a place of self-promotion, much like community service does good and fits on a résumé.”
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
Government Flutters Its Wings – and Industries Nationwide Are Blown Away
by Seton Motley March 10, 2016A Leftist governmental principle is the Butterfly Effect: “A property of chaotic systems…by which small changes in initial conditions can lead to large-scale and unpredictable variation in the future state of the system.”
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Dustin Chambers: Regulations Act Like a Regressive Tax
by Jesse Hathaway March 8, 2016In this episode of The Heartland Daily Podcast, managing editor and research fellow Jesse Hathaway talks with Salisbury University associate professor of economics Dustin Chambers about a new paper published by the Mercatus Center, examining how federal regulations affect the prices of consumer goods, and consumers themselves.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Bernie Sanders’ Fracking Ban Is an Economic Disaster for Energy-Producing States
by Isaac Orr February 22, 2016Many energy-producing states are currently struggling in the wake of falling oil and natural gas prices. Thousands of people are losing their livelihoods in the energy sector, and lower severance tax payments are projected to produce numerous state budget shortfalls, which could end up reducing state spending on social programs.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Jessica Sena: Let’s Not “Keep it in the Ground”
by Isaac Orr February 4, 2016Independent Communications Consultant Jessica Sena and research fellow Isaac Orr give the The Heartland Daily Podcast listeners the information they need to debunk advocates of this policy, which is impossible to accomplish from a practical standpoint, and incredibly expensive. “Keeping it in the Ground” will lead to higher prices for low income families in the developed world, and premature death in developing nations.