New Jersey Considers Defined-Contribution Public Employee Pensions
New Jersey legislators are considering moving new state and local public employees out of the Garden State’s underfunded pension systems into defined-contribution plans similar to 401(k) accounts.
The Purpling of America
Why then do people leaving "Blue" states bring their Blue state politics with them to a state offering a less-expensive lifestyle?
Medicare for All A Sham for Dems
Even though universal health care may not happen anytime soon, this is not stopping Democrats and their ‘Medicare for All’ campaign. For many Democrats backing a government-run health-care-for-all plan, it is all about shifting the health care debate.
With FCC Likely to Mostly Stick to Cable Franchising Fee Plan, Suits Probable
The FCC seeks to “limit municipal greed” with a “pro-consumer move” that “simply enforces the intention of federal law to limit the financial demands municipalities can make of cable providers,” wrote IPI president Tom Giovanetti. Some cities place a franchise fee on internet services, prohibited by the Internet Tax Freedom Act, he said: “When government imposes on companies, they end up being passed along” to consumers “in the form of higher prices.”
'Oh, Yes - I Shot J.R.!' Ted Cruz's Dad Tells the Real Story of Seeing JFK in Dallas
Two years after now-President Donald Trump accused him of a connection to the 1963 Dallas assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the father of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is somehow magnanimously able to laugh about it. “Oh, yes — I shot J.R.!” he said jokingly in a conversation at a recent Dallas luncheon hosted by the Institute for Policy Innovation.
Coalition Asks Trump to Give Seniors Healthcare Freedom
A coalition of organizations is asking President Trump to use his pen and phone, much as Barack Obama did, to fix a requirement that Social Security recipients sign up for Medicare hospitalization insurance.
Political Prognosticator Sees 34 Democrats, Including Beto O'Rourke, in 2020 Presidential Mix
"Democrats will have a record number of candidates in 2020,” said Larry Sabato, professor of politics at the University of Virginia and author of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, at a Dallas luncheon at the Renaissance Hotel hosted by IPI, a public policy think tank based in Irving.
Perspectives: Can Drug Pricing Legislation Gain Traction In This Post-Election Washington?
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar wants to make prescription drug pricing more transparent. We agree, but his well-intentioned plan will only confuse and mislead consumers.
Defending Her Record, Rep. Marsha Blackburn Claps Back at Taylor Swift
The Institute for Policy Innovation issued a statement Tuesday saying Ms. Swift had bought into the policy views of “lefties” because, according to them, the gender gap doesn’t exist.
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