potential Impact of Health Reform on the Cost of private Health Insurance Coverage by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Heartland Institute, October 2009 Private healthcare costs are anticipated to grow over the next decade by approximately 6 percent per year under current law, which is more than double the expected growth in the Consumer Price Index of…
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Governor’s Office: We have no records regarding Oconomowoc train station decision
MADISON, Wis. – Governor Jim Doyle’s office has no records relating to the decision to scrap plans to build a train station in Oconomowoc, as all eyes now turn to the Department of Transportation for answers. “This keeps getting more and more interesting,” said Brett Healy, President of the John K. MacIver Institute for Public…
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Citizens’ Guide to High Speed Rail Construction Debate
Currently, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is working on convincing local governments in Southeast Wisconsin to invest local property tax dollars for the construction and maintenance of train stations along the proposed Milwaukee to Madison high speed rail line. The DOT is promising some funds toward construction of the stations, however the Department has repeatedly…
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UN board Could Rein in $2.7 Billion Carbon Market
By John Heilprin, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS – An obscure U.N. board that oversees a $2.7 billion market intended to cut heat-trapping gases has agreed to take steps that could lead to it eventually reining in what European and U.S. environmentalists are calling a huge scam. At a meeting last month that ended Friday,…
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Florida Again Shows Wisconsin the Way on Education
Madison, Wis. — For the second year in a row, a comparison of the educational systems in Wisconsin and Florida indicates policy makers in the Badger State have a lot to learn from their Southern peers. “Americans of all philosophical backgrounds believe in providing equality of opportunity, and equipping all children with the skills necessary…
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“Cost of Government Day” Shows Americans Slaving for Government
This year the average American must work 231 days — just to pay the cost of government. That’s the startling claim of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a non-partisan organization that works for lower taxes and smaller government Each year ATR calculates “Cost of Government Day.” That’s the date when the average American has –…