Jindal has gone to war to oust the Common Core tests that not only represent but actually extend the hand of the federal government directly into classrooms.
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Heartland Institute Reacts to WI Gov. Scott Walker’s Call to Repeal Common Core Standards
Pressure from the upcoming national elections has combined with years of steady grassroots pressure in Wisconsin to finally shift Gov. Walker towards giving some attention to Common Core.
Economics · Featured · Politics
The Farm-Bill Killshot May Augur Victory In The War On Poverty
This year’s bill was misnamed as a “farm bill.” It was really a food stamp bill, with 80% of its spending going for the food stamp program (officially renamed now SNAP, or Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program).
Budgets/Taxes · Economics · Education · Featured · Liberty · Politics · Taxes
Gov. Scott Walker Urges Conservatives: Make the Moral Case for Smaller Government
“In America, we celebrate our independence from the government, not our dependence on it.”
Budgets/Taxes · Health Care · Politics
Three Governors: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
In the aftermath of the 2012 elections, Republicans took solace in the idea that while the GOP isn’t doing well in Washington, it’s winning in emphatic fashion elsewhere. Republicans have[…]
Bill Bolling’s Motives
In Virginia, Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling says he will make his decision on whether or not to run for governor as independent next month. The latest poll from Quinnipiac shows he turns an even[…]
What Comes Next for Obamacare
[First published Nov. 15 at Ricochet.] Republican governors met in Las Vegas to sort out where they go from here on health care policy. They all face two key decisions post-election:[…]
Heartland Reacts to Wisconsin’s Refusal to Set Up Obamacare Insurance Exchange
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) announced Friday that his state will not set up an insurance exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The decision brings the list[…]
Budgets/Taxes · Politics · Taxes
Wisconsin Controls Spending and Taxes, Goes from Deficit to Surplus
Not that we expect the clowns and criminals who run state government in neighboring Illinois to care, but we do hope, for a moment at least, they cast their collective[…]
Behold the Golden Toilet: Occupy Protest of Scott Walker at CPAC
While at CPAC last week for The Heartland Institute, I met a lot of old friends, made some new ones, and heard some great speeches (the best I’ve heard from[…]
We Love It when the Left Talks Dirty to Us
Not long after my blog post ‘Vote’ Early and Often for the Walker Recall Election went up last week, this hate-tweet came in: Corporate front group/rightwing slime @HeartlandInst have questions about[…]
‘Vote’ Early and Often for the Walker Recall Election
The stage is set for vote fraud on a massive scale in Wisconsin in connection with petitions calling for the 2012 recall election of Republican Gov. Scott Walker due to[…]
Giving Privatization a Bad Name?
As most of you know, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been doing some amazing things with respect to public-sector unions. Heartland President Joe Bast and I both are Wisconsinites, and[…]
First Union Certification Vote Fails in Wisconsin
From Ann Althouse comes word the Wisconsin Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA) voted last week against seeking state certification as a union for the purpose of collective bargaining. TAA is the[…]
Will Scott Walker Bring ‘Good-Paying’ Jobs to Wisconsin?
I’ve been carrying on conversations with family members in Wisconsin (yes, I’m a born-and-raised cheesehead) concerning Gov. Scott Walker’s budget reform measures. Most of my family agrees with what he[…]
Gov. Walker’s Bargaining Limits already Pay Off
The Washignton Examiner has a superb set of articles ug, discussing how the collective bargaining limits Gov. Walker implemented over wild union objection in Wisconsin are saving local budgets already,[…]
Good-bye JoAnne Kloppenburg and Good Riddance
Scott Walker’s budget repair bill got a major boost yesterday when JoAnne Kloppenburg, a liberal attorney from Madison, conceded the state supreme court race to her conservative opponent, incumbent judge[…]
Weed, Fights, and Whine in Madison
In the aftermath of the union protests in Madison in February and March, some recent updates: * About 90 matters, mostly death threats against state officials, were referred to the[…]
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