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White House Shoehorns Obama into Other Presidents’ Online Biographies

“Obama has added bullet points bragging about his own accomplishments to the biographical sketches of every single U.S. president since Calvin Coolidge (except, for some reason, Gerald Ford). Here are More...

Where Franciscan University Stands

“A Catholic university in Ohio said Tuesday it is being forced to end a student health insurance program over the Obama administration’s contraception mandate and costs associated with other provision More...

States Taxing Beyond Their Borders Is a Growing Problem

“For decades, American schoolchildren have purchased books and other educational materials from Scholastic Book Club, Inc., which seeks to foster good reading habits and complement classroom education More...

Sen. Carl Levin Has More Important Things to Worry About than JP Morgan Chase’s $2 Billion Mistake

“The bank has more than $2 trillion in assets and made a profit of about $20 billion last year. So it lost one-tenth of 1 percent of its assets and an amount equal to about 10 percent of its income fo More...

Reviving the Law of the Sea Treaty Is Still a Bad Idea, Reason #1

“If the United States joined the convention [UNCLOS], it would be required to transfer a portion of the royalty revenue generated on the U.S. extended continental shelf (the shelf beyond 200 nautical More...

Where Georgetown Stands

“The invitation to Mrs. [Kathleen] Sebelius is pictured by the university publicity office as one of rather minor significance, in the Public Policy Institute. I am sure this comes as news to the HHS More...

Liberal Bias in Commencement Speaker Invitations

“Young America’s Foundation’s 19th annual ‘Commencement Speakers Survey’ reveals that 71 liberal speakers—and only ten conservatives—are scheduled to speak or have already spoken at the 2012 commencem More...

Labor Laws Are One Reason 2.9 Million Are Out of Work in France

“Here’s a curious fact about the French economy: The country has 2.4 times as many companies with 49 employees as with 50. What difference does one employee make? Plenty, according to the Fr More...

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Comparison of Destination-Based Sales Tax versus Origin-Based Sales Tax

Source: Washington Policy Center

Washington state’s change in sales tax collection is rooted in the growing battle over whether remote sellers should collect and remit states’ sales taxes. The decision to make local sales tax collection destination based was one step in the national effort to More...

A Roadmap for Mobility

Source: Washington Policy Center

Despite the significant growth in transportation taxes and fee revenue, Washington state officials are now considering another increase. Before they ask voters to pay more, Washington Policy Center offers the following recommendations for state leaders to cons More...

Tax Increment Financing: Reforming the “Magical Money”

Source: Public Interest Institute

Tax Increment Financing systems are widely considered a “perfect closed system of self-sustaining finance” because they pay for themselves by “increasing the tax base.” They are sold to homeowners as having no impact on their property taxes, as basically “free More...

Finding Sources of Rare Earths beyond China

Source: National Center for Policy Analysis

The United States can create jobs, reduce reliance on foreign imports and improve national security by encouraging the domestic exploration and production of rare earth elements currently imported from other countries. While supplies of rare earths may not imp More...

The “Doomsday” Budget: Myths and Facts

Source: Maryland Public Policy Institute

When the Maryland General Assembly adjourned on April 9, legislators had passed a balanced budget without raising taxes or shifting a portion of teachers’ pension costs to local governments. Since Maryland legislators were not able to increase spending as much More...

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