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What About Innovation?

Cramming down health care costs with government purchasing power (i.e., “the public option”) might seem like a good idea, since many other countries appear to spend on health care only about half per capita what the United States spends without ...

From THE INSIDER ONLINE, The Heritage Foundation,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Cato Institute

The Other Unemployment Rate

The real unemployment rate is 17.5 percent. That’s the so-called U-6 rate, which counts not only those who are out of work and seeking a job, but also those who’ve given up looking for work as well as part-time workers who are looking for full-time ...

From THE INSIDER ONLINE, The Heritage Foundation,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Yahoo!

Independence Institute Turns 25

Congratulations to the , which this week celebrates 25 years of promoting liberty and limited government in Colorado. Last week, the Denver alternative weekly Westword mercilessly lampooned the Independence Institute with a two-page cartoon spread. ...

From THE INSIDER ONLINE, The Heritage Foundation,  20 Nov 2009

Worth Checking Out: A Constitution Reference for Everyone; a Stimulus-Tracking Site for Anyone

• The Citizen’s Constitution: An Annotated Guide is the reference work on the Constitution that non-lawyers have been waiting for. At a length of exactly one volume, it’s the perfect size to keep handy for those extemporaneous constitutional ...

From THE INSIDER ONLINE, The Heritage Foundation,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Thomas Paine,  Michael Ledeen,  CA Inc.

We Still Hold These Truths Is #2 Washington Post Bestseller

Congratulations to our Heritage colleague Matthew Spalding, whose book We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering Our Principles, Reclaiming Our Future is number two in nonfiction on the Washington Post’s bestseller list this week. Spalding’s book is ...

From THE INSIDER ONLINE, The Heritage Foundation,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Washington Post Company

440 Phantom Congressional Districts Get $6.4 Billion According to Recovery.org

The government’s Web site that is supposed to tell taxpayers how their stimulus dollars are being spent, and which spends $84 million per year to do so, shows that $6.4 billion of the stimulus has been spent in 440 congressional districts that don’t ...

From THE INSIDER ONLINE, The Heritage Foundation,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. House of Representatives

Washington Examiner: At Least 10 Percent of Jobs Saved or Created Are Bogus

President Obama’s claim that the stimulus bill has “saved or created” 640,000 jobs is inflated by at least 75,000 jobs, according to news reports compiled by the Washington Examiner. The count, however, is a work in progress, so the real number of ...

From THE INSIDER ONLINE, The Heritage Foundation,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Look to Tbilisi for a Constitution of Liberty

Lovers of liberty will find much to like in the proposed new Georgian constitution. The “Draft Liberty Act” caps government spending at 30 percent of gross domestic product, caps the public debt at 60 percent of GDP, and requires a national referendum ...

From THE INSIDER ONLINE, The Heritage Foundation,  16 Nov 2009

Stimulus Prevents Change in Education

“Primary- and secondary-school enrollments,” observe Chester Finn and Frederick Hess, “have risen by about 10 percent since 1970, but the teacher rolls grew by 61 percent during the same period — an addition of some 1.4 million instructional personnel.” ...

From THE INSIDER ONLINE, The Heritage Foundation,  13 Nov 2009

Excellence in Promoting Liberty

This past Monday, the Atlas Economic Research Foundation recognized the winners of its Templeton Freedom Awards, given every year to think tanks that demonstrate excellence in promoting liberty. This year’s winners include India’s Centre for Civil ...

From THE INSIDER ONLINE, The Heritage Foundation,  13 Nov 2009

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