If you watch television you’ve seen the ads: “So bring in that old jalopy and get up to $4,500 towards the purchase of a new… Read More
A major talking for public option/single payer proponents is that the government does a better job of controlling health care costs than the private sector…. Read More
The Washington Post reports: The Democratic-controlled House is poised to give the Pentagon dozens of new ships, planes, helicopters and armored vehicles that Defense Secretary… Read More
Another day, another round of polls showing the American people do not want Obamacare. National Public Radio found that likely voters disapprove of Obamacare 47%-42%… Read More
Yesterday at his AARP townhall, President Barack Obama claimed: “Nobody is talking about cutting Medicare benefits.” The July 28th Barack Obama needs to talk to… Read More
From the beginning, President Barack Obama promised the American people his health plan would not add to our federal deficit in the long term. Just… Read More
Last week, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Over-Criminalization of Conduct/Over-Federalization of Criminal Law. Heritage fellow Brian Walsh wrote at the time: We… Read More
The federal government is estimated to run a 2009 budget deficit of $1.845 trillion. While it is true that President George W. Bush handed President… Read More
The Obama administration’s favorite think tank published a new memo on health care reform yesterday: LGBT Issues in Health Reform. The Center for American Progress… Read More
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice released a new poll finding: More than seven out of ten registered voters in the District of Columbia support… Read More
Today at 1:30 PM, President Barack Obama will participate in a health care “tele-town hall” at AARP headquarters in Washington, DC. The President is scheduled… Read More
The care with which we are carrying out the provisions of the Recovery Act has led some people to ask whether we are moving too… Read More
Former CIA director Michael Hayden defends the National Security Agency’s post-9/11 electronic surveillance program in today’s New York Times: The program was crucial in addressing… Read More
We noted last week that that poll after poll shows Americans just aren’t buying his all gain, no pain, health care claims. The New York… Read More
For the second time in less than two weeks, the independent and non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has dealt a crushing blow to President Barack… Read More
According to the United States Department of Labor, the nation’s unemployment rate has already risen to 9.5%. The Obama administration is predicting that the nation’s… Read More
The AP’s Calvin Woodward and Jim Kuhnhenn have an item out today challenging key assertions President Barack Obama made in his press conference last night:… Read More
Politico has picked up on a story we’ve been following for some time. Eamon Javers reports: “We’re looking at continuous monstrous issuances of federal debt,… Read More
NYT’s Robert Pear and Peter Baker lay waste just some of the preposterous claims President Obama made last night. Obama claimed more support for his… Read More
Americans may distrust economists, and most of them would have a rough time with an Econ 101 final exam if they had to take it today, but through… Read More
Under the headline “Like Car Insurance, Health Coverage May Be Mandated: A Proposed Requirement That All Americans Have Policies Has Broad Support Among Reformers” Ceci… Read More
Earlier this week, in conjunction with The Lewin Group, we released an analysis of the House health bill showing that if the public plan component… Read More
In World War I, Eddie Rickenbacker downed 26 enemy planes. In World War II, Richard Bong notched 40, while Francis Gabreski killed 34 across World… Read More
Throughout his campaign, President Barack Obama repeatedly promised the American people: “If you’re a family that’s making $250,000 a year or less you will see… Read More
With the public’s trust in his handling of health care tanking (50%-44% of Americans disapprove), the White House has launched a new phase of its… Read More
This past Friday on MSNBC, Center for American Progress researcher Igor Volsky told MSNBC “the House bill is deficit-neutral over ten years” This is flat-out… Read More
Last week, Michigan’s Bureau of Labor Market Information announced that their state’s unemployment rate spiked in June, hitting 15.2%, the highest rate since mid-1983. Five… Read More
Yesterday, the independent scorekeeper for Congressional spending proposals, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), dropped a bombshell on Obamacare. The core of President Obama’s case for… Read More
The Washington Post reports: Instead of saving the federal government from fiscal catastrophe, the health reform measures being drafted by congressional Democrats would worsen an… Read More
