January 23, 2014
Target Stores to End Coverage for Part-timers
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 […]
Topic: United States
January 23, 2014
Nuclear Power Can Balance Energy Demand
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
Checking Up On Health: 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
Friday Facts: 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
States Can Unite to Rein in Feds on Spending
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
Research finds no statistically significant evidence linking increases in transit utilization to reductions in congestion
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
Friday Facts: 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
America’s Longest War: The War on Poverty
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
Anti-Poverty Programs Amount to $20,610 for every poor person in America
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
Friday Facts: 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 […]
January 3, 2014
Singapore’s Welfare Model
In transitioning away from the failed federal “War on Poverty” and its massive entitlement programs, the United States could examine the Singapore model of social welfare as a transition. In […]
December 19, 2013
The Right Minimum Wage: $0.00
We’ve written often about the unintended consequences of the minimum wage (and all price controls). But it’s a sea change when a New York Times editorial agrees We’ve written often […]
December 17, 2013
Georgia 8th in Latest Economic Freedom Report
Georgia ranked 12th overall and 8th in the United States in the the ninth annual Economic Freedom of North America report. The study examines key indicators of economic freedom based on the […]
December 17, 2013
Should Georgia “Ban the Box” to “Enhance the Chance”?
The Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform will vote Wednesday morning on prisoner reentry recommendations that could be included in its final report to Governor Nathan Deal. Could or should […]
December 13, 2013
Friday Facts: December 13, 2013
It’s Friday! It’s nearing year’s end, and we’d like to remind you: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Friday Facts, our most popular product, exist thanks to your support […]
December 13, 2013
Alternative Bulbs: Another Phony Market Propped Up by Government
Entrepreneurs in industries tied to the energy efficiency gambit, justified by the climate change House of Cards, all have the same false bravado: They are “game changers” and “market leaders” […]
December 10, 2013
Tearing Down Invisible Prison Walls Created by Poverty
Prisons do not need walls. High unemployment, low education, blight, depression, desperation and deprivation can become easy substitutes for bricks and mortar. Simply because someone completes time inside prison walls […]
December 6, 2013
Friday Facts: December 6, 2013
It’s Friday! Make your tax-deductible contribution to the Georgia Public Policy Foundation before year’s end so that we can continue to work toward less government interference and greater individual responsibility […]
December 3, 2013
Here’s Why You Should Worry About the Affordable Care Act
All eyes have been focused on the functionality of the HealthCare.gov website — or the lack thereof — since its launch October 1. But another rolling disaster is underway that […]
November 22, 2013
Friday Facts: November 22, 2013
November 22, 2013 It’s Friday! It’s nearing year’s end, and we’d like to remind you: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation and the Friday Facts, our most popular product, exist […]
November 19, 2013
Checking Up On Health: November 19, 2013
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd November Is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month: Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, a general term for memory […]
November 15, 2013
Friday Facts: November 15, 2013
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue […]
November 13, 2013
Alarming Social Indicators for American Youth
Any meaningful discussion of parents’ preferences in choosing the most appropriate education for their children can take place only in the context of the difficult social and cultural conditions facing […]
November 13, 2013
Parents Want MORE THAN SCORES in Private School Choice
The popular conception is everyone cares about test scores. This must be true because media is consumed with test score news, politicians endlessly ask about test scores and educators leap […]
November 8, 2013
Friday Facts: November 8, 2013
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Nothing appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the ease with which the many are governed by the […]
November 8, 2013
Making the Right Call on Medicaid, Health Care Reform
States are forced to choose the status quo or expanding a nearly 50-year-old Medicaid program with a history of unsustainable finances and questionable quality. By Kelly McCutchen Georgia Governor Nathan […]
November 5, 2013
Checking Up On Health: November 5: 2013
Health Policy News and Views Compiled By Benita M. Dodd Yes, but …I: Ever the optimist, Chuck Lauer, former publisher of Modern Healthcare, has a list of things to remember […]
November 4, 2013
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Publishes Op-ed on SNAP (food stamps)
The Friday, Nov.1, 2013 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution published an op-ed by Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd on rollbacks in benefits for food stamp recipients, entitled, “No Grandstanding, End […]
November 1, 2013
Friday Facts: November 1, 2013
November 1, 2013 It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you […]
November 1, 2013
Some Organic Food for Thought
Despite the claims that organic food is safer and more nutritious, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) simply won’t say so. By Harold Brown Despite the claims that organic food […]
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