Topic: United States Congress

September 5, 2012

TV’s New Reality Show: Trying to Love Obamacare?

(Editor’s Note: Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner will discuss the U.S. Supreme Court health care law decision impact at the 2012 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum on Friday, September 21 at […]

August 30, 2012

Friday Facts: August 31, 2012

August 31, 2012 It’s Friday!  Quotes of Note  “I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that “all powers not delegated to the United States, by […]

August 30, 2012

Happy Capital Day?

Any good economist will tell you that as complementary factors of production, labor and capital are not only indispensable but hugely dependent upon each other as well. By Lawrence W. Reed […]

August 23, 2012

Policy Forum Brings Innovative Solutions to Georgia

The Sept. 21 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum will focus on the most anticipated issues under the Gold Dome, offering free-market approaches, limited government solutions and innovations for Georgia that have […]

August 17, 2012

Friday Facts: August 17, 2012

August 17, 2012 It’s Friday! Visit the Foundation’s new Web site at www.georgiapolicy.org then e-mail us at to tell us what you think of it! Quotes of note “If […]

August 16, 2012

Charter School Successes Well Documented

The only way to know with confidence whether charters cause better outcomes is to look at randomized control trials (RCTs) in which students are assigned by lottery to attending a […]

August 15, 2012

Not Reforming Medicare is Not an Option

To those who insist that they’ve “paid for” their Medicare benefits and dare politicians to change the program, consider this: A typical couple retiring last year, with both spouses having […]

August 14, 2012

Bank fees are on the rise

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. As we predicted in “How Dodd-Frank Price Controls Poach Peach State Prosperity,” the federal price controls enacted […]

August 9, 2012

Banking on Land Banks is Banking on Trouble

The new Georgia Land Bank Act expands local governments’ abilities to create a land bank, an organization with sweeping authority to acquire and dispose of vacant, abandoned or delinquent properties. […]

August 3, 2012

ObamaCare Violates the DNA of Our Culture

By Grace-Marie Turner ObamaCare violates American values down to our country’s very DNA. A majority of Americans continue to oppose the health law because we understand that it is at […]

July 27, 2012

Biofuels, Ethanol Give Food for Thought

By Harold Brown A lawsuit filed this week against the federal Environmental Protection Agency accuses the agency of penalizing refiners for failing to meet “unattainable and absurd” cellulosic biofuels quotas […]

July 27, 2012

Biofuels, Ethanol Give Food for Thought

By Harold Brown A lawsuit filed this week against the federal Environmental Protection Agency accuses the agency of penalizing refiners for failing to meet “unattainable and absurd” cellulosic biofuels quotas […]





June 29, 2012

Friday Facts: June 29, 2012

It’s Friday! Quotes of note – “Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” – George Bernard Shaw – “And it proves, in the last place, that liberty can […]






June 8, 2012

Five Ways to Move Ahead on Transportation Policy

By Benita M. Dodd Given the wall-to-wall coverage of the upcoming regional transportation sales tax referendum, Georgians could hardly be blamed for believing that all transportation improvement in the state, […]

May 29, 2012

Checking Up on Health

By Benita M. Dodd May 29, 2012 – Where to next? While the Supreme Court’s decision is likely a month away, theAmerican people already have made up their minds over the federal […]

May 28, 2012

Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy

By Lawrence W. Reed The following contains excerpts from a speech given by Larry Reed, an adjunct scholar with the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and president of the Midland, Michigan-based […]

May 25, 2012

Friday Facts: May 25th, 2012

It’s Friday! Quotes – “The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree.” – Thomas Campbell – “As I approach the gates of heaven; St. Peter I will tell; One more […]



May 18, 2012

Friday Facts: May 18th, 2012

It’s Friday!  Events – Monday is the deadline to register for “Getting Georgia Going,” a Foundation Leadership Breakfast ahead of Georgia’s July 31 regional referendum on a penny transportation sales tax. The […]

May 11, 2012

Friday Facts: May 11, 2012

It’s Friday!   Events – May 23: You have less than two weeks to register for “Getting Georgia Going,” a Georgia Public Policy Foundation Leadership Breakfast ahead of Georgia’s July 31 regional […]
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