Obama Gives Congress Obamacare Relief — Illegally
“Heavens, I have staff who don’t make much money. This would be a really big bite for them.” That could be any employer talking about… Read More
6,300 Reasons the Government Is Dead Wrong on Farm Subsidies
Congress has been wrangling for months over how to trim the taxpayer burden of bountiful subsidies to farmers. Here’s a thought: Stop paying the dead… Read More
Subsidies and Taxes Complicate the Future of Nuclear Power
Rising maintenance costs and a sharp decrease in natural gas prices have put the future of some nuclear power plants into question. But other plants… Read More
Obama: End Fannie and Freddie, but Keep Government in Housing Business
President Obama lent his voice today to the growing consensus in Washington that federally sponsored housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must go. While… Read More
Wind Power: Only When the Wind Blows and the Subsidies Flow
Wind turbines produce power only when the wind is blowing. But perhaps more importantly, wind production builds only when the subsidies are flowing. The wind… Read More
How the Obamacare “Honor System” Will Encourage Fraud
Earlier this month, the Obama Administration—in a 600-plus page regulation—announced that for 2014, Obamacare insurance subsidies will essentially operate on the “honor system.” This will… Read More
ANALYSIS | Obama’s Economic Speech: Another Summer Rerun
President Obama traveled to Illinois today to give the same tired, worn-out economic speech he’s been giving for almost five years now. Rather than offering… Read More
Energy Budget Cuts Are Attack on Subsidies, Not Science
House Members who are proposing cuts to the Department of Energy (DOE) budget are facing bogus criticism that the cuts are an attack on science…. Read More
A Fourth-Generation Farmer Makes His Case for Splitting the “Farm” Bill
Nearly a year ago, Heritage Action CEO Michael Needham and Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the unholy alliance between… Read More
7 Ugly Truths About the House Farm Bill
The recently defeated House farm bill was fundamentally flawed. The House can now fix these flaws by going back to the drawing board and developing… Read More
