Topic: United States

February 12, 2010

Stimulus Boondoggle Comes Calling in Georgia

By Mark Chastain If Georgians want to see precisely how little sense most of the activities covered by the federal stimulus bill make, look no farther than the North Georgia […]

February 5, 2010

Shifting the Health Care Debate from Irate to Ideas

By Ronald E. Bachman  Americans are clearly angry about the policies and politics of Washington, D.C., and the Tea Party movement has led the way, uniting the silent majority and […]

January 22, 2010

Relax (Regulation) and Map a Road to Economic Recovery

By Mike Klein Economies require technology just as mammals require oxygen. In effect, technology is the oxygen from which economic progress is derived. If you wonder about that idea, consider […]


January 8, 2010

Transportation Planning: A Long Road Ahead

By Benita M. Dodd The Georgia Department of Transportation’s Draft Statewide Strategic Plan released this month reflects the state’s transportation approach for the next 20 years and, it’s promising that […]

December 4, 2009

Redistributing Wealth Through Health ‘Reform’

By Ronald Bachman  It turns out that “Joe the Plumber” gave us the real insight to the ultimate goals of the Obama presidency and the current Congress: redistribution of wealth.  […]

October 16, 2009

Ten Things to Look for in Health Care Reform

By Kelly McCutchen Disguised as “reform,” numerous health care proposals are finding support. The result is a mishmash of plans that do little to improve access, quality or cost. There […]

October 2, 2009

Do the Math on Health Care Reform

By Ronald E. Bachman  How will health care reform affect you? It may be confusing and complicated but it does not take a degree in mathematics. At an early age […]

September 25, 2009 • Commentary

Government is no cure for health care woes

One of the biggest and most important issues for Americans right now is the health care reform being debated in Congress. This issue touches every single one of

September 11, 2009

The Mother of All Slush Funds

By Ronald E. Bachman   Now that Congress is back in session and President Obama has spoken, Washington’s focus on the various health plans will intensify. But health legislation passing […]

September 4, 2009

Labor Day: A Celebration that Needs Work

By Benita M. Dodd It’s become a holiday for great sales, the last trip to the lake, the last neighborhood pool weekend and a few parades. It’s the unofficial end […]

August 14, 2009

Hellish Health Reform

By Ronald E. Bachman The loudest voices clamoring for health “reform” in Washington are seldom considering health or health care first. The furor is about power: Controlling $2.5 trillion gives […]

August 7, 2009

Why a Partisan Health Plan will Never Work

By Brad Alexander President Obama appears to believe a new national health care system can be created by winning the support of every Democrat in Congress and enough Republicans to […]

July 24, 2009

Whither Your Weather Depends on Station Location

By Benita M. Dodd For years, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International and Chicago’s O’Hare airports have competed for the title of nation’s busiest airport. Last year, Atlanta won. As the official temperature […]

June 19, 2009

Signing Away Health Care Freedom

By Benita M. Dodd Georgia’s Democratic Party is asking Georgians to sign its petition asking the state’s two senators to “support President Obama’s health care reform proposals, even if it […]


June 12, 2009

Removing the Political Shortage of Water

By H. Sterling Burnett and Ross Wingo About 82 percent of Americans receive drinking water via publicly owned water systems, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many of […]

May 1, 2009

Georgia Deserves Fair Share of Highway Funds

By Jeff Flake and Ronald Utt Georgia clearly could use an extra $206 million a year to fix its roads and bridges. And it could get that much – without increasing […]




November 14, 2008

The $700 Billion Wakeup Call

By Kelly McCutchen It was not Webvan or Pets.com this time. It was Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, AIG and Wachovia. Gone or sold for pennies on the dollar. It was […]


March 7, 2008

The Real Skinny on Obesity

By Harold Brown Our culture makes the simplest problems complex and the simplest solutions expensive. None seem simpler than the cause of obesity and its cure, but nutritionists, psychologists, government […]


January 11, 2008

Rail’s No Way In or To San Jose

San Jose’s Valley Transit Authority couldn’t have shown the downside of light rail at a more inopportune moment. By Benita M. Dodd For those who love to watch the passing […]

December 14, 2007

Does Socialism Work? Debunking the Myth

By John C. Goodman David Himmelstein and his wife Steffie Woolhandler are associate professors at Harvard Medical School. Together they are a one-couple team, promoting Canadian national health insurance in […]

November 27, 2007

Missing From the Tax Debate: Spending

By Kelly McCutchen Like love and marriage, tax and spending go together like the proverbial horse and carriage. Absent spending controls, any major “reform” proposal in Georgia’s tax code – […]

November 4, 2007

Land Use Principles for Georgia

The Lone Mountain Compact’s “Principles for Livable Cities,” to which the Georgia Public Policy Foundation is a signatory, form the basis of land use principles: Absent a material threat to […]

November 2, 2007

Wising Up to Georgia’s Water Woes

By Benita M. Dodd and Harold Brown “It is remarkable how many political ‘solutions’ today are dealing with problems created by previous political ‘solutions’,” conservative commentator Thomas Sowell wrote recently […]
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