GOP Taking Chance with 'Repeal and Replace' Repeat
President Donald Trump says a healthcare plan from Republicans will go to vote after the 2020 election. Is that a good idea or bad idea?
How Conservative Texas Legislators Protect Business Rather Than Free Markets
Some conservative Texas lawmakers this legislative session are presenting us with not one but two examples of confusing business protection with free-market support. This is unfortunate, but it may provide an object lesson in the difference between being pro-market and pro-business.
IPI Announces Addie Crimmins as Director of Development and Events
The Institute for Policy Innovation is pleased to announce the recent hire of Addie Crimmins as new Director of Development and Events for the North Texas-based nonprofit public policy research organization.
Fuel Standards to Prevent Overdependence on Foreign Oil Are Out of Date
The Trump administration is trying to strike a blow for rational and honest government, so you know it’s getting a lot of pushback.
"On the Edge: America Faces the Entitlements Cliff" Kindle Edition Now Available
As the widening U.S. budget deficit shatters records, in part due to increased Social Security spending and interest payments on the national debt, a new book available today through Amazon’s Kindle store says Congress must address the cost of the nation’s exploding entitlements and walk America back from the fiscal cliff.
"Medicare for All": Single-Payer Assault with Trojan-Horse Name
There’s no reason to trust Obamacare’s creators who now wish to dump Americans into a new government-run, single-payer health care system deceptively called “Medicare for All,” says a damning new publication from the Institute for Policy Innovation.
Asset Forfeiture is Overreach
Buried in the back of the Points section is this column of real significance about over-reaching government and property seizures. Persons acquitted of a crime still cannot get their property back? What country is this?
Sanders' High Energy Level and Loyal Followers Make Him the Dems' Front-runner
Sanders has name recognition and a large pool of potential volunteers, many of whom are energized, motivated and feel the Clinton political machine robbed Sanders of the 2016 Democratic nomination.
The Patriot's Guide to Socialism
As Forrest Gump might say, “Socialism is as socialism does.” But what exactly is socialism?
Private Sector Use of Eminent Domain: Legitimate, Strategic, Constitutional
In a new IPI publication, “On Private Sector Use of Eminent Domain,” Tom Giovanetti confronts a difficult topic and makes the limited government case for the right for property to be taken by the private sector when there is an unwilling seller and two key conditions are met under the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause.