Issue Brief posted November 2, 2012 by Katie Tubb
Renewable Energy Mandate Bad for Michigan
Michigan is three years away from concluding its first renewable energy standard and is already considering amending the state constitution to incorporate a second mandate for 2025. On the Michigan ballot this month is Proposal 3, which would constitutionally require all electricity suppliers to provide 25 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2025.
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Backgrounder posted September 1, 2010 by James Sherk
The New Face of the Union Movement: Government Employees
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 government employees receive are paid for by taxpayers. So, the union movement that began as a campaign to…
WebMemo posted October 24, 2008 by Greg D'Angelo, Paul L. Winfree
The McCain Health Care Plan: A Closer Look at Cost and Coverage
Presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has put forth
an ambitious health care plan.[1]The plan proposes:
Replacing the current income tax exclusion for
employer-sponsored health insurance with refundable tax
credits;
Enabling individuals and families to purchase health insurance
across state lines; and
Providing federal assistance to states to…
Backgrounder posted November 2, 1993 by Dan Greenberg
Should Congress Be Above the Law?
(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 It has been said here many times tonight that we want to treat Senators the same as everyone else Mr.…
Lecture posted March 4, 1993 by Russell Kirk
The Meaning of Justice
The word "justice" is on everyone's lips nowadays, and may
signify almost anything. We hear the cry "Peace and Justice!" from
folk who would destroy existing societies with fire and sword.
Other folk fancy that perfect justice might readily be obtained by
certain financial rearrangements -- as if anything in this world
ever could be perfected. One thinks of the…