March 14, 2014
By Mike Klein Daniel Garza epitomizes what it means to take advantage of American exceptionalism and free market strategies. His parents came to the United States from Mexico, worked and […]
March 14, 2014
Excerpt from the keynote address by Daniel Garza, executive director of The LIBRE Initiative, at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 2014 Annual Dinner on March 5, 2014. Garza’s family immigrated […]
March 7, 2014
It’s Friday! What they’re saying about the Foundation: Watch Nick Dranias of the Goldwater Institute credit the Foundation for helping educate Georgians about a Balanced Budget Amendment. Quotes of Note […]
March 7, 2014 • Press Release
Here is a selection of photos from our 2014 Annual Dinner! What a great night we had celebrating with friends who’ve stood with us during 23 years of work to […]
March 7, 2014 • Foundation for Economic Education
An entire network of local like-minded physicians and facilities that are willing to sell services at a discount with the understanding that the patients would
February 27, 2014
By Nina Owcharenko Medicaid needs reform, not expansion. This federal–state health care program provides health care to over 60 million Americans and consumes a growing portion of state and federal […]
February 26, 2014
Goldwater Institute constitutional scholar Nick Dranias explained the Contract for America balanced budget constitutional amendment approach at the Policy Foundation’s February 26 Leadership Breakfast. This post includes our YouTube Channel […]
February 25, 2014
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Opting for organic? How scientific are you about your food intake? Do you insist on buying organic coffee and bread […]
February 21, 2014
It’s Friday! Events February 26: Tired of Washington’s out-of-control spending? The Georgia House of Representatives passed three different approaches to a federal balanced budget amendment yesterday. Which one is best? […]
February 18, 2014
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Georgia has been plagued with more than its fair share of bad weather for a Southeastern winter; hundreds of thousands […]
February 14, 2014
There is plenty of evidence that the HIT adoption process has increased errors and slowed productivity. By Greg Scandlen Health Affairs recently announced its top 15 articles for 2013, and […]
February 7, 2014
It’s Friday! Events February 26: Tired of Washington’s out-of-control spending? The Foundation’s February 26 Leadership Breakfast focuses on the “The Case for the Compact for a Balanced Budget,” keynoted by Nick […]
February 4, 2014
By Joel Kotkin The stock market is high, real estate prices have resurged, even the unemployment rate is dropping, yet Americans still feel pretty down about the future. A survey released […]
February 4, 2014
Health News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Icejam 2014 brought metro Atlanta – and my Checking Up on Health roundup – to a standstill on January 28. I […]
February 4, 2014
Georgia faces multi-faceted long-term care problems including: A rapidly increasing elderly population Higher numbers of recipients with disabilities or dementia A Medicaid program already strained as the principal LTC payer […]
January 31, 2014
It’s Friday! Timing is everything: Jan. 26-Feb.1 is National School Choice Week. The Foundation hosted an informative panel discussion, “School Choice and Georgia: An Update,” Tuesday morning. Unfortunately, snow and related […]
January 31, 2014
The fingerpointing and soul-searching began early. By Benita M. Dodd The metro Atlanta region came to a standstill this week, its interstates, highways and side streets glazed over with ice […]
January 24, 2014
January 24, 2013 It’s Friday! Jan. 26-Feb. 1 is National School Choice Week! In just four short years, National School Choice Week has mushroomed nationwide from 150 events in 2010 […]
January 24, 2014
With school choice, the competition for students makes accountability key. By Benita M. Dodd For proponents of school choice, there’s heart-warming encouragement in the (January 22) announcement this week that […]
January 23, 2014
By Sherri Ackerman (January 20, 2014) In just four short years, National School Choice Week has mushroomed nationwide from 150 events in 2010 to 5,500 at last count this year, with much […]
January 23, 2014
If you like your plan: Target has announced that it is ending health care insurance for its part-time workers on April 1 – the day after open enrollment for 2014 […]
January 23, 2014
Despite America’s abundance of natural gas from shale production, some parts of the country have already had warnings that over-dependence on gas for electricity generation exposes consumers to soaring prices […]
January 21, 2014
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd This week, “Checking Up On Health” focuses on the alternatives. What if you want to opt out of the Patient Protection […]
January 17, 2014
January 17, 2014 It’s Friday! Events January 28, 2014: The deadline is Friday, January 24 to register for “School Choice and Georgia: An Update,” the Foundation’s 8 a.m. Leadership Breakfast […]
January 17, 2014
It’s time to advance a Balanced Budget Amendment to make debt truly scarce for the federal government. By Nick Dranias Georgia legislators, like so many across the nation, understand the […]
January 16, 2014
Interesting conclusions from a recent Reason Foundation study: Statistical analysis of the 74 largest urbanized areas in the U.S. over a 26-year period suggests that increasing transit utilization does not […]
January 10, 2014
January 10, 2013 It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Twenty years of votes can tell you much more about a man than twenty weeks of campaign rhetoric. Campaign talk tells people […]
January 10, 2014
Improving education opportunities has a far greater effect on closing the income gap and increasing upward mobility than does a government handout. By Benita M. Dodd Fifty years ago […]
January 9, 2014
In 2012, the federal government spent $668 billion to fund 126 separate anti-poverty programs. State and local governments kicked in another $284 billion, bringing total anti-poverty spending to nearly $1 trillion. […]
January 3, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier.’” – Alfred Lord Tennyson “Sometimes we are content to try […]
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