November 19, 2010
Friday Facts: November 19th, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “[Legislators] like to control money and we like to control where children go [to school]. I think we need to break that mold. Whether it’s […]
Topic: United States
November 19, 2010
New Deal for Georgia Criminal Justice
By Marc A. Levin Georgia’s Governor-elect Nathan Deal has earned his stripes as a tough-as-nails prosecutor who rightly noted on the campaign trail that he put many rapists in prison […]
November 5, 2010
Friday Facts: November 5th, 2010
It’s Friday! Notable It’s not too late to register for the Georgia Legislative Policy Briefing on Saturday, Nov. 13. This daylong event features dozens of national and statewide experts on the top […]
November 3, 2010
Repeal or Replace? How About New Ideas?
Health care needs reform and the American people have now clearly indicated what passed Congress last year is not what they want. Rather than gridlock, let's try to find better […]
October 29, 2010
Friday Facts: October 29th, 2010
October 29, 2010 It’s Friday! Quotable – “Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” […]
October 29, 2010
Yes, No and Maybe All Covered in New Federal Health Law
By Ronald E. Bachman If ObamaCare is upheld as constitutional, Americans will spend a lifetime trying to understand the complexities and contradictions. Worse, every American is likely to be in […]
October 15, 2010
Friday Facts: October 15th, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “In an open economy, you will never know what is out there on the leading developmental edge of this or that industry. But the reality behind the […]
October 11, 2010
Friday Facts: October 22nd, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “There is no good reason to think the [Federal Communications Commission] should engineer electronic devices and interfaces based on its own views about what technologies and […]
October 1, 2010
Friday Facts: October 1st, 2010
It’s Friday! What’s happening at the Foundation – Mark your calendar: Saturday, Nov. 13, is the Georgia Legislative Policy Briefing, a daylong event featuring national and statewide experts on the top issues […]
September 24, 2010
Friday Facts: September 24, 2010
It’s Friday! Notable – “When normal people hear about a budget cut, we assume the amount of money to be spent is less than the previous year’s allocation. But that’s […]
September 17, 2010
Friday Facts: September 17th, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that […]
September 10, 2010
Friday Facts, September 10th, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “Uncertainty is the enemy of capital formation.” – Thomas F. Cooley – “Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” – George Bernard Shaw Health Care – Sticker […]
September 3, 2010
Friday Facts: September 3rd, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under […]
September 3, 2010
Georgia Must Move from Moderation to Innovation
By Tom Greene As we close in on November, Georgia’s voters are firming up opinions about which Gubernatorial candidate should lead us into the 21st Century. No doubt […]
August 27, 2010
Friday Facts: August 27th, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” — Ronald Reagan […]
August 20, 2010
Friday Facts: August 20th, 2010
August 20, 2010 It’s Friday! Quotable “At times I am happy when Congress does nothing. But in this case, doing nothing will increase taxes and damage the economy.” — Lee […]
August 13, 2010
Friday Facts: August 13th, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable “The U.S. Postal Service reported a $3.5 billion loss in the last quarter, which established it as the federal government’s most successful enterprise.” – Jay Leno […]
August 6, 2010
Friday Facts: August 6th, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “The great variable in the federal balance sheet has been spending, not revenue. Debt comes from spending more than you have, not from having too little. Does anyone […]
August 3, 2010
Foundation Unveils New Tool for Navigating Health Care Law
Atlanta – If you’re wondering what the new federal health care legislation has in store for you or your employees, you are not alone. Few have read the 2,700-page Patient […]
July 30, 2010
Friday Facts: July 30th, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “Facebook now has more than 500 million users, which may help explain why unemployment is around 10 percent.” – Jimmy Kimmel – “Would it not be […]
July 23, 2010
Friday Facts: July 23rd, 2010
It’s Friday! Quotable – “The king’s cheese is half wasted in parings; but no matter, ’tis made of the people’s milk.” – Benjamin Franklin – “According to a study by […]
July 23, 2010
It’s Time to Listen to Health Care Consumers
By Ronald E. Bachman The great frustration for many Americans during the debate on ObamaCare was tone-deaf politicians. No one seemed willing to listen to their concerns. Federal […]
June 25, 2010
Consumerism: The Cure for Health Care’s Ills
By Ronald E. Bachman Megatrends represent major movements so powerful that the direction of change cannot be stopped. Federal laws can speed up or slow down megatrend forces. But, like […]
June 4, 2010
A Case Study in How Consumerism Loses in European-Style Health Care
By Ronald E. Bachman At the invitation of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a dozen American policy wonks from differing perspectives traveled to Germany in December 2009. The Foundation […]
May 21, 2010
Transportation Solutions that Fit to a ‘T’
By Benita M. Dodd Cato Institute Senior Fellow Randal O’Toole’s recent visit to Atlanta was to talk about getting Georgians out of gridlock, and he proposed solutions. He talked a […]
May 14, 2010
Federal Health Care ‘Reform’ About to Get Old for Retirees
By John C. Goodman There are 78 million baby boomers and a very large number of them have retirement on their minds. If the past is a guide, more than […]
April 29, 2010
Global Trade Recovery Holds Promise for Georgia
By Mike Klein Global trade has begun a steady recovery from worldwide recession that could last for several years, far outpacing anticipated U.S. annual GDP growth and providing […]
April 27, 2010
Freight Logistics Moving in the Right Direction in Georgia
By Mike Klein Think about this image. You are traveling down one of Georgia’s splendid highways and suddenly a train carrying coal hurtles past in a near blur. […]
April 23, 2010
Health Care: From ‘No Way’ to ‘Now What?’
By Ronald E. Bachman In polls and elections, a majority of Americans said “No!” to federal health care legislation, but it passed anyway. Most still want it repealed, but the […]
April 9, 2010
New Center Brings a Dose of Budget Reality to Georgia
By Benita M. Dodd Years of research by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation have yielded a sad truth: If free market academics are few and far between in Georgia, free […]
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