Government Accountability

The Left’s Latest Witch Hunt

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 20, 2012

The Wall Street Journal and Pennsylvania Independent both feature stories about attacks from leftist groups against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The free-market association of state lawmakers…

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Health Care

McCain’s Health Care Tax Credit

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 5, 2008

Following Joe Biden’s claim that McCain’s health care plan will result in millions of workers being dropped from employers’ health care plans a number of free-market thinkers have rebutted. …

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Regulation

Corporate Welfare: Bad for Business

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 8, 2008

A Capital Commerce blog post – on the subject on whether Obama is a Marxist (concluding that he is not, but he is a…

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Taxes & Economy

Minimum Wage COLAs: Overstated Benefits & Hidden Costs

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 22, 2007

Support for minimum wage increases is based on the idea that a higher minimum wage will “help the poor” by increasing their pay and lifting them out of poverty.

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Education

The Fight for Educational Freedom

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • April 29, 2004

Matthew J. Brouillette, president of The Commonwealth Foundation, delivered the following remarks at The Heritage Foundation's Resource Bank dinner in Chicago on May 29, 2004, in honor of Virginia Walden-Ford,…

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