Stossel Awards Heritage An “Emmy” for Best Budget Plan

Mike Brownfield / May 31, 2011

It’s not every day that a think tank wins an Emmy. But last week on John Stossel’s Fox Business program, The Heritage Foundation brought home the award for its “Saving the American Dream” plan to fix the debt, cut spending and reward prosperity.

Heritage, along with five other public policy organizations, each provided long-term fiscal plans to solve America’s spending crisis as part of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s 2011 Fiscal Summit. Of all the plans, Heritage’s proposal reduces the national debt held by the public the most and keeps federal spending and taxes at the lowest levels.

Stossel featured five of those plans on his show and declared Heritage’s plan the winner after an audience vote, awarding the think tank one of the Emmys he won for consumer reporting. (more…)