Heritage Foundation Leadership for America

November 24, 2009
Using Bankruptcy and Capital Standards to Address Financial Institutions That Are "Too Big to Fail"
By David C. John
(Backgrounder #2343)
The next financial crisis could cause the entire global financial system to collapse. However, the Obama Administration's proposal is unrealistic and would give government regulators ...

November 24, 2009
Key Asian Indicators: A 2009 Book of Charts
By Walter Lohman, John Fleming, and Nicholas Hamisevicz
(White Paper )
The United States is no less a Pacific nation than an Atlantic one. The state of Hawaii and the territories of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, ...

November 23, 2009
Providing Health Care for Illegal Immigrants: Understanding the House Health Care Bill
By Robert Rector
(Backgrounder #2345)
H.R. 3962 would deliberately permit illegal aliens to participate in both the government health insurance exchange and the public option insurance program. Moreover, the President ...

November 23, 2009
The Clean Energy Act of 2009: A Missed Opportunity for Real Nuclear Energy Policy Reform
By Jack Spencer and Nicolas Loris
(WebMemo #2709)
A true nuclear renaissance cannot be micromanaged from Washington.

November 23, 2009
Why Must the U.N. Be Central to Addressing Global Warming?
By Brett D. Schaefer
(Special Report #73)
Instead of letting the U.N. lead "climate change" negotiations, the U.S. and other nations expected to shoulder the burden should work outside of the U.N. ...

November 20, 2009
Transparency and Accountability at the Federal Reserve
By J.D. Foster, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #2342)
Increasing transparency at the Federal Reserve is critical given the breadth of the Fed’s recent activities, but many of these activities involve private parties.  Congress ...

November 20, 2009
High-Income Surtax: How Not to Pay for Health Care
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2707)
Congress is proposing a surtax on high-income individuals to help pay for health care reform that would burden the economy and slow its recovery from ...

November 20, 2009
Taxes Proposed to Pay for Health Care Reform
By Curtis S. Dubay
(WebMemo #2706)
The U.S. Senate's proposal for a government-run hostile takeover of the entire U.S. health care system includes a barrage of higher taxes.

November 19, 2009
START Follow-On Treaty Could Interfere with Conventional Strike Systems
By Baker Spring
(WebMemo #2704)
Early indications are that the successor to the START treaty will limit U.S. options to field conventionally armed missiles -- something Congress warned the Administration ...

November 19, 2009
Discounting and Climate Change Economics: Estimating the Cost of Cap and Trade
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2705)
Even using the EPA results shows that the cost of cap-and-trade legislation would be $2,872 per year in 2050. Those are some very expensive postage ...

November 19, 2009
Estate Tax a Killer for Family-Owned Businesses and Their Workers
By Curtis S. Dubay
(WebMemo #2703)
Congress should repeal the estate tax once and for all to remove an unfair burden from the backs of American family-owned businesses and their workers. ...

November 17, 2009
Trade Dispute Undercuts Obama's Korea Trip
By Bruce Klingner
(WebMemo #2702)
It is increasingly obvious that the Obama Administration is willing to sacrifice the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement on the altar of auto-sector protectionism.

November 17, 2009
What Americans Need to Know About the Copenhagen Global Warming Conference
By Ben Lieberman
(Special Report #71)
In December, the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will meet in Copenhagen to work on a ...

November 17, 2009
The "Kyoto II" Climate Change Treaty: Implications for American Sovereignty
By Steven Groves
(Special Report #72)
The Copenhagen conference's proposed "Kyoto II" successor agreement poses a clear threat to American sovereignty.

November 17, 2009
Welfare Reform and Public Assistance Voter Registrations: A Reply to the Critics
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.
(Center for Data Analysis Report #09-07)
A previous Heritage Foundation report found that declining welfare caseloads contributed substantially to the decline in public assistance voter registrations from 1996 to 2006. Despite ...