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
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The Sequester
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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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Overseas Employment: Increasing Jobs at Home by Investing Abroad
Obama’s fundamentally flawed attacks on Bain Capital’s outsourcing history seem both hypocritical and highly ignorant of the global economy considering that major companies present in his own jobs council have been “pioneering” outsourcing themselves. GE, American Express, Intel, and UBS are all present on the President’s Council of Jobs and Competitiveness and all have increased … Continue reading
Why Fixing Student Loan Interest Rates Doesn’t Fix The Problem
On July 6, President Obama signed a bill that will hold student loan interest rates at 3.4% for the next year. Students all over the country greeted the bill with relief. With college tuition rates increasing faster than the inflation rate, students are relying more and more on loans to pay for their education. Tuition … Continue reading
The Sequester: Why Lawmakers Need to Act Now
Remember that debt limit fiasco last summer? Its repercussions still haunt us today. In order to motivate congress to come up with a cohesive debt reduction plan, the law passed to increase the debt limit stipulated that if the “super committee” failed to pass a plan by November 2011, across the board cuts (referred to … Continue reading
The CDHP Premium Difference
Individuals switch to consumer directed health plans (CDHP) in an effort to save money, and to have an insurance plan that accurately reflects their risk aversion and actuarial value. Such plans are cost effective for individuals with low risk of catastrophic (high cost) events because the plans are generally offered in connection with higher deductibles … Continue reading
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