Heritage Foundation Leadership for America

February 9, 2010
Did the Stimulus Create Jobs? White House Economic Report Is Unclear
By Karen Campbell, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2799)
The White House's proof of the economic impact of the fiscal stimulus policy fails basic standards of economic analysis.

February 9, 2010
Ballistic Missile Defense: The Heritage Foundation Recommendations
By The Heritage Foundation
(WebMemo #2800)
This Heritage Foundation research offers policy recommendations that would protect the U.S. and its allies from missiles tipped with nuclear weapons.

February 9, 2010
U.S. Military Base Not a Reasonable Option for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial
By Charles D. "Cully" Stimson
(WebMemo #2801)
The search for a military base to hold the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial is all a waste of time: There is no such base on ...

February 5, 2010
Automatic IRA Builds Retirement Security
By David C. John
(WebMemo #2798)
President Obama's FY 2011 budget contains at least one common-sense idea that could help to increase Americans' retirement security: the Automatic IRA.

February 5, 2010
Heritage Employment Report: With January Comes a New Year, New Result
By Rea. S. Hederman, Jr., and James Sherk
(WebMemo #2797)
To turn the economy around Congress should promote private sector job creation by removing barriers to entrepreneurship.

February 5, 2010
Obama Jobs Deficit Up Again; Course Correction Required
By J. D. Foster, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2796)
The President's jobs promise means that his jobs deficit is at just over 9 million jobs.

February 4, 2010
Impact of Child Care Tax Credit Increase on Families and Economy
By Curtis S. Dubay and Chuck Donovan
(WebMemo #2794)
President Obama's proposed increase for the child and dependent care tax credit would do nothing to encourage economic growth.

February 4, 2010
The Status of the U.S.-Korea Relationship in 2010
By Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #1144)
South Korea is a stalwart U.S. ally that has demonstrated the ability and willingness to engage on the world stage in support of such shared ...

February 4, 2010
Obama's Earmark Reform Promises Can Help Restore Federal Budget Discipline
By Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2793)
A useful supplement to President Obama's freeze proposal would be to reform the process of providing earmarks to influential businesses.

February 4, 2010
Green Jobs: Environmental Red Tape Cancels Out Job Creation
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2795)
The push for "green jobs" is likely to harm the economy and reduce the prospects for net job growth.

February 4, 2010
President Obama's 2011 Budget: How Congress Can Reform Defense Spending and Address Shortfalls
By Mackenzie Eaglen
(WebMemo #2792)
Congress should address the Pentagon's underfunded plans and remedy many cuts from last year's inadequate defense budget.

February 3, 2010
Hiring Tax Credit Will Not Create Long-Term Jobs
By Curtis S. Dubay
(WebMemo #2791)
President Obama's proposed tax credit for new hires will likely create no jobs on net.

February 3, 2010
Obama's 2011 Budget Tax Hikes Contradict Focus on Job Creation
By Curtis S. Dubay
(WebMemo #2790)
President Obama has said his number one goal in 2010 is to create jobs, but the tax increases in his 2011 budget contradict this objective. ...

February 3, 2010
Time to Rein in the U.N.'s Budget
By Brett D. Schaefer
(Backgrounder #2368)
In December 2007, the U.N. General Assembly broke with a 20-year tradition of adopting budgetary decisions only by consensus by approving the 2008–2009 regular budget ...