President Obama has waffled for too long on Syria. It didn’t want to intervene but it was hesitant to do nothing. The middle ground it chose is bad for Syrians, bad for the region, and bad for American foreign policy. Obama has prioritized good politics above good policy long enough in Syria – he needs … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2012
Overtaxing: The FCC’s Broadband Tax
In April, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filed a request for comments on a proposal that would effectively place a tax on broadband Internet service. This move has largely flown under the radar, but fortunately, people have begun to take notice. Obviously, a tax on broadband Internet service would have a large impact across the country, … Continue reading
With No Power Comes No Responsibility: The EPA Oversteps Again
On August 21, 2012, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). CSAPR is an attempt to implement the “good neighbor” provision of the Clean Air Act that requires “upwind States” to prevent “sources within their borders from emitting … ‘amounts’ of pollution that travel across state lines” … Continue reading
CFTC / Economy / Fiscal policy / Regulation
The Dodd-Frank Act’s Effect on: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), an independent agency, is charged with helping to regulate futures markets. The CFTC Chairman, Gary Gensler, stated that, “the Wall Street reform bill (Dodd-Frank) will – for the first time – bring comprehensive regulation to the swaps market place. Swap dealers will be subject to robust oversight.” The Dodd-Frank … Continue reading
Smoke and Guns: Pulling the Parent Trigger
What are Parent Trigger Laws? The Parent Trigger movement has caused quite a stir in the education world ever since the first enactment in California. It is now in full effect in six other states including Texas, Connecticut, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and West Virginia, with a pilot program in Columbus, Ohio as well. Furthermore, it … Continue reading
America / Economy / Fiscal policy / Gov. Officials / National Security / Politics / U.S. Domestic Policy
The Sequester
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2i8KZtQRTI&feature=g-upl
That crazy bill our politicians refuse to address. Featuring economic policy experts Joe Minarik and Doug Holtz-Eakin. A video by Peter G. Peterson Foundation Interns Ben Gitis of American Action Forum and Kathryn Tinker of Committee for Economic Development.
Demonizing Multinationals: How President Obama Avoids a Policy Discussion and Prevents America From Moving Forward
In demonizing Bain for outsourcing, President Obama is implicitly criticizing the act of outsourcing itself without the facts to back himself up. Of the 598 American companies on Forbes world’s largest firms list, only 15 percent publically report their foreign employment numbers. While President Obama’s blind attacks on this legal right are clearly groundless, the … Continue reading
Autonomy and Accountability
On Tuesday July 24, 2012 the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, of the U.S. House of Representatives, held a hearing titled, “Education Reforms: Discussing the Value of Alternative Teacher Certification Programs.” With the deadline for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) looming in the near future, education policy … Continue reading
Some Children Falling Through the Cracks in PPACA
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a June 2012 report with findings that almost a quarter of the approximately 7 million children who were uninsured in January 2009 will not be eligible for Medicaid, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), or the new premium tax credit under the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care … Continue reading
Private Market Tackles Medical Inflation
The future of health care in America is threatened by the trend of steadily increasing health spending. Costs in the health care market have increased at about double the rate of inflation for decades. If the trend continues, individuals and employers will struggle to afford coverage and Medicare and Medicaid will face fiscal unsustainability. There … Continue reading
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