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Budgets/TaxesConstitutionEconomicsFeaturedGovernmentLibertyPodcastPoliticsTaxesIn The Tank (ep164) – Halloween Laws, Plan to Avert Debt Crisis, Governors’ Fiscal Report Cards
Donny Kendal and John Nothdurft are back in episode #164 of the In The Tank Podcast. This week’s episode features work from The Heartland Institute, Manhattan Institute, and the Cato Institute.
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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeConstitutionEconomicsEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedLibertyPodcastPoliticsIn The Tank (ep160) – Financial State of the States, Illinois Doomsday Clock, Global Cooling?
Donny Kendal is without John Nothdurft in episode #160 of the In The Tank Podcast. This week’s episode features work from The Heartland Institute, Truth In Accounting, Illinois Policy Institute, Mercatus Center, Tax Foundation, and Pew Charitable Trusts.
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Heartland Daily Podcast – Don Boyd: The Failure of Public Pension Funds
In this episode of the Heartland Institute’s weekly Budget & Tax News podcast, managing editor and research fellow Jesse Hathaway talks with Nelson J. Rockefeller Institute of Government director of fiscal studies Don Boyd about a new study examining how the assumptions and gimmicks public pension boards use to fund pensions are affected by investment risks, and how those risks affect taxpayers and government employees.
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In The Tank Podcast (ep41): Independent Women’s Forum, Ranking States, Unemployment Rates, and Tax Competition
John and Donny continue their exploration of think tanks in #41 of the In The Tank Podcast. This weekly podcast features (as always) interviews, debates, and roundtable discussions that explore the work of think tanks across the country. The show is available for download as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast every Friday. Today’s podcast features work from the Independent Women’s Forum, the Mercatus Center, The Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity, and Reason.
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In just eight years, Bitcoin and the idea of “virtual currency” have gained acceptance and use both online and in the physical world. Spread by word of mouth and other “viral” means, decentralized virtual currencies have gone from a mere thought experiment to a tangible economic reality.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedArticle V Movement is a Product of Government Overreach, Not People’s Ignorance
Don Fotheringham’s Nov. 17 op-ed titled “Americans pay a high price for ignorance,” which is about the Assembly of State Legislatures’ (ASL) annual convention on Nov. 11–13 in Salt Lake City, completely misunderstands the motivations and the careful constitutional path planned out by advocates of invoking Article V for constitutional reform. The members of this movement wish to restore the sovereignty of the people, not usurp it.
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