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The number one problem of all public debate about politics and economics is the failure to name the state. If this would change, so would public opinion.
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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeConstitutionEconomicsEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedLibertyPodcastPolitics
In The Tank (ep160) – Financial State of the States, Illinois Doomsday Clock, Global Cooling?
by Donald Kendal October 5, 2018Donny 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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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsFeaturedHealth CarePodcast
In The Tank (ep133) – The State of Health Care, Freedom and Firearms, and the First Amendment
by Donald Kendal March 29, 2018With John Nothdurft out, Government Relations employees Arianna Wilkerson and Charlie Katebi join Donny Kendal to present episode #133 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from The Heartland Institute.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsFeaturedGovernmentPodcast
In The Tank (ep101) – Americans for Tax Reform, How Far Does $100 Go In Your State? and U.S. Manufacturing
by Donald Kendal August 11, 2017John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #101 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from Americans for Tax Reform, The Century Foundation, the Tax Foundation, and Washington Policy Center.
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Budgets/TaxesEnvironment/EnergyPodcast
In The Tank (ep69) – Christmas, Libertarian Gifts, and Our Policy Wishlists
by Donald Kendal December 23, 2016John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #69 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from Reason, the Heartland Institute, and PERC.
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Budgets/TaxesEducationPodcast
In The Tank (ep60) – Grading Governors, Overtime Regulations, and the Increasing Popularity of School Choice
by Donald Kendal October 14, 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 Cato Institute, the Independent Women’s Forum, and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
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Budgets/TaxesPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Sheila Weinberg: Tracking and Ranking the Financial Outlook of All 50 States
by Jesse Hathaway October 5, 2016Jesse Hathaway talks with Sheila Weinberg, the founder and CEO of Truth in Accounting (TIA), about a new annual report published by the watchdog group tracking and ranking the financial outlook of all 50 states.
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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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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Roberta Walls: Sand Mining Poses Little Threat to Air and Water Quality
by Isaac Orr August 2, 2016In this edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, research fellow Isaac Orr and Roberta Walls, the point person for industrial sand mining at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, discuss a new document produced by the DNR to educate the general public and decision makers about the environmental, economic, and social impacts of industrial sand mining in the state.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Elizabeth Stelle: How Fracking is Helping Pennsylvania Prosper
by H. Sterling Burnett July 25, 2016In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast we welcome on Elizabeth Stelle, Director of Policy Analysis for the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives – a free-market think tank based out of Pennsylvania. Stelle comes on the show to talk about how Pennsylvania has prospered by allowing hydraulic fracturing.
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EducationFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Lindsey Burke: The Emerging Issues of Education
by John Nothdurft May 30, 2016In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, we listen in to the first Emerging Issues Forum conference call hosted by John Nothdurft, Director of Government Relations at The Heartland Institute. The conference call features Lindsey Burke, a Will Skillman Fellow in Education at The Heritage Foundation.
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FeaturedHealth Care
Single-Payer Health Care is Not Right for Colorado or Any State
by Matthew Glans May 11, 2016In November 2016, Colorado voters will decide on a new ballot measure, a state constitutional amendment that would create “ColoradoCare,” a new single-payer, government-run health care system in Colorado. Colorado would be the second state — Vermont was the first — to attempt the creation of a single-payer health care system. Single-payer systems face major obstacles that make implementation difficult, if not impossible.
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A self-appointed coalition of Democratic state attorneys general is pursuing civil or criminal racketeering actions against ExxonMobil, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and other organizations. The AGs claim the groups are committing fraud by “denying” climate change. The charge is bogus.