Three problems: >The federal tax treatment of health care subsidizes employer-sponsored insurance (ESI), but not health insurance policies purchased by individuals and ... Keep Reading
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Higher Education Enrollment by Non-U.S. Citizens
The U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, estimates population demographics annually. After applying parameters for citizenship and school enrollment to the 2006 ACS data, ... Keep Reading
Light Rail Math: You Call This “World-Class”?
Randal O'Toole blogs today about Seattle voters rejection of a massively expensive light rail system. Light-rail advocates in Charlotte and the Triangle should pay attention to ... Keep Reading
Cascades, Groupthink and Mistaken Consensus
A lesson for global warming alarmists. ... Keep Reading
Healthcare Gap: The Single Biggest Problem
Summing up the tax code problem succinctly: As an individual moves up the income scale, the likelihood of qualifying for government health programs declines. Those on the right ... Keep Reading
SCHIP Expansion and Self-Contradiction
A press release by the Heartland Institute today sheds light on some of the bizarro-world logic going on in the minds of SCHIP expansion supporters:"Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) ... Keep Reading
Effective at What?
Under the Dome has a couple of posts about the "effectiveness" of certain Democratic gubernatorial candidates. (Here's Perdue, here's Moore.) Effective at what? Taxing ... Keep Reading
Medicaid Enrollment Slowing … Especially for Illegal Immigrants
Even as Congress is trying to expand SCHIP/Medicaid coverage by $35 billion, the Kaiser Foundation just released a study indicating that Medicaid enrollment rates are growing more ... Keep Reading
Wake County Bonds: Thanks a lot!
Looks like it just got even more expensive to live in Wake County. Our local government continues to rake in windfall tax revenues from all of the new residents, but still insists ... Keep Reading
Fairness and the Dream Act
According to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), "It just isn't fair" that illegal immigrants can't receive amnesty and taxpayer subsidized college tuition to boot. The message ... Keep Reading
