Abstract: This spring, after living under the costly failures of Obamacare-like health care legislation for two decades, the Maine Legislature enacted a set of patient-centered, market-based health care reforms. The Maine experience is both a warning of Obamacare’s likely effects and a practical demonstration… Read more
Abstract: Unions have been a familiar part of American working life for more than 70 years. Less familiar is the state of the union movement today: More union members now work for the government than for private employers. The above-market salaries and benefits that… Read more
A few Members of Congress, motivated by American combat in the Middle East, have called for the reinstatement of a compulsory military draft. The case for coercing young citizens to join the military is supposedly based on social justice?that all should serve?and… Read more
Taxpayers funding Washington's $20,000-per-household budget have long known they are not getting their money's worth. Farm subsidies are among the most wasteful uses of taxpayer dollars. The budget-busting $180 billion farm bill enacted before the 2002 elections not only encourages the crop overproduction that depresses crop prices and farm incomes, but also undermines trade and… Read more
(Archived document, may contain errors) T 965 November 2,1993 SHOULD CONGRESS BE ABOVE THE LAW Congress] can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass of society James Madison, Federalist No. 57… Read more
He left home at 11 after a rough childhood, spending time on the streets, yet managed to finish both high school and...… Read more
Maine is one of the noteworthy states that worked on state health care reform in the spring legislative session. For...… Read more
The disheartening impact of Obamacare has solidified doubt and resistance surrounding federal health reform. It will...… Read more
Listening to some politicians recently, you’d think capitalism benefits only those on Wall Street, not Main Street....… Read more
An Issue Brief released yesterday by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation (RWJF) concludes that small firms would largely...… Read more
As early as today, the House is set to approve Rep. Barney Frank's (D-MA) financial regulation bill intended to prevent...… Read more
Yesterday in a victory that was not as close as the final pre-election polls had suggested, voters in Maine adopted a...… Read more
As citizens in Maine and Washington state near votes on measures to protect traditional marriage, a subtheme of the...… Read more
Today's Wall Street Journal reviews the results from Maine's experiment with Obamacare: In 2003, the state to great...… Read more
The federal stimulus package is allowing the Governor and Legislature to put off making the hard and necessary decisions...… Read more