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Memo: Now, Focus on Repeal
The Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell makes clear that the nation-defining task of repealing Obamacare falls to the political branches—and provides a time for choosing for the Republican Party.
The 2017 Project, June 25, 2015 -
Schoolroom Climate Change Indoctrination
Undue federal influence in the classroom stifles meaningful learning and debate, while breeding ideologically-driven conformity of opinion.
Wall Street Journal, May 27, 2015 -
Why Doctors Quit
Thanks to the coercive, top-down approach to health care championed by the Obama administration and its congressional allies, large numbers of doctors are abandoning private practice and in many cases the profession of medicine altogether.
Washington Post, May 28, 2015 -
Debate on Obamacare
Jeff Anderson, Michael Cannon, and Avik Roy debate the importance of repealing Obamacare, the merits of various alternatives, and the actions that Congress should or shouldn’t undertake if the Supreme Court rebukes the Obama administration in King v. Burwell.
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Marijuana and School Failure
As calls for marijuana legalization increase, even in the face of mounting research demonstrating the real harms of pot use, serious questions should be asked about how increased use and potency could be related to the diminishing educational performance of America’s youth.
Hudson Institute, May 18, 2015 -
Obamacare: The More You Pay, The Less You Get
Essentially all of Obamacare’s exchange subsidies go to the near-poor and near-elderly—while the middle class and young just get the tab—so it’s hardly surprising that Obamacare’s enrollment is skewing heavily toward the older and poorer.
Doug's Brief Case, March 30, 2015 -
Price’s Empowering Patients First Act Gets Better with Age
Dr. Tom Price’s newly released Obamacare alternative, which already has 67 House cosponsors (and counting), is a welcome development in the war to repeal and replace Obamacare.
National Center for Policy Analysis, May 26, 2015 -
WSJ’s Bad Advice: In Response to King, Republicans Should Try to Fix Obamacare
If Republicans respond to a win in King v. Burwell by negotiating “fixes” to Obamacare in exchange for turning its subsidies back on, they will be handing President Obama a twofer.
The Weekly Standard, May 26, 2015 -
Why Should Terrorists Be Harder to Investigate than Routine Criminals?
The successful bulk telephone-metadata acquisition program has not only helped keep America safe since 9/11, but notably it has significantly more civil-liberty safeguards built into it than are built into investigatory powers commonly used in routine criminal cases.
National Review, May 20, 2015 -
Can Dr. Price Cure GOP Cowardice?
A win in King v. Burwell would give Republicans a great opportunity to propose repealing and replacing essentially all of Obamacare in 37 states, but doing so would require some political courage.
American Spectator, May 18, 2015 -
How Broken Windows Policing Empties Prisons and Jails
Twenty years of employing effective law-enforcement strategies, including community and “broken windows” policing, have lowered both crime rates and incarceration rates, and reversing course would set us back decades.
New York Post, May 12, 2015 -
Tom Price’s New Conservative Obamacare Alternative Is Just What the Dr. Ordered
While Obamacare consolidates power, compels free citizens to buy things they don’t want, and dumps millions into Medicaid, Rep. Price’s new alternative—which debuted with 46 House cosponsors—would lower costs, increase quality, and benefit millions of Main Street Americans.
National Review, May 19, 2015 -
The High Cost of Cheap Labor
“Illegal immigration is a subsidy” for the well-off, who can get cheaper services than they could “if the country had a strictly legal labor market and lower levels of overall immigration,” but it’s bad for American workers and often for the illegal immigrants themselves.”
National Review, May 12, 2015 -
U.S. Export-Import Bank Subsidizes State-Owned Chinese Firms
China gets more financing from the Ex-Im Bank than any other country does, and most of it goes to state-owned entities.
Washington Examiner, May 11, 2015 -
Memo: Making a Tax Credit a Tax Credit
Tax credits should go directly to individuals and families as a tax break, not directly to insurance companies as a subsidy (like under Obamacare)—and here’s how they can do so.
The 2017 Project, May 5, 2015