Even though the 11th circuit struck down the constitutionality of Obamacare’s requirement to purchase health insurance it cited Heritage Foundation “expert” Stuart M. Butler from 1989 The Heritage Lectures 218: Assuring Affordable Health Care for All Americans.
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Court cites Heritage Foundation’s 1989 support for healthcare mandate in decision
What Is “Poor” In America? It might surprise you
Average poor American has more living space than the average European. Not the average poor European but the average European.
WSJ’s Stephen Moore on economics
Insightful speech at the Heritage Foundation’s Conservative Women’s Network on money, debt, the economy and defunding the left.
This New START Is A Bad Deal At Any Time
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph, and former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman have all argued that New START actually weakens our defenses.
Now get to work!
Let’s be clear, now we must all get to work. The new Congress has a choice: answer the call of renewal or betray the hopes of the American people. It is time for conservatives to be conservative, and not backslide.
Honoring Constitution Day
September 17 is Constitution Day, a day set aside to reflect on the ratification of the United States Constitution.
First Principles and Foreign Policy
One common way of thinking about foreign policy is that it exists in its own world, separate from domestic policy or the first principles on which a nation is founded. According to this view , the job of the foreign policy expert is to deal dispassionately with the world as it is, making no distinction between democracies and dictatorships, and shaping policy solely by cold-hearted consideration of the national interest.
The Truth About the 2001-2003 Tax Cuts
One of the common myths is that the Bush tax cuts disproportionately favored the wealthy, shifted the burden of taxes from the rich to the middle class, and made our tax system less progressive than most wealthy nations.
The Lawyers and Lobbyists Full Employment Act
With the single stroke of a pen, President Barack Obama signed the Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill that set in motion 243 new formal rule-makings by 11 different federal agencies. Each of the 243 rule-makings will employ hundreds of banking lobbyists as they try to shape what the final actual laws will look like. And when the rules are finally written, thousands of lawyers will bill millions of hours as the richest incumbent financial firms that caused the last crisis figure out how to game the new system.
Lobbying battle over START treaty heats up over weeklong recess
Heritage Foundation launched an online petition asking senators to reject ratifying the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). In its first 24 hours, more than 11,000 people signed onto the petition being run by Heritage Action for America.