March, 2011 - Independence Institute

Can an Interstate compact (HB 11-1273) protect Colorado from ObamaCare?0
- March 30, 2011
“Rather than wasting scarce legislative time trying to find the least harmful way of “implementing” Obamacare, state politicians should invest in reforms that will survive long after Obamacare is relegated to history’s dustbin. Including health insurance in an interstate compact would be such a reform.”
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Antiplanner’s Library: Freefall 0
- March 30, 2011
Nobel-prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz‘s take on the 2008 financial crisis is simple: Free markets are bad; government is good; we need more government. This is, essentially, a reiteration of what is known as the Greenwald-Stiglitz theorem, which states that markets are imperfect, so “government could potentially almost always improve upon the market’s resource allocation.” A […]
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Keep Hope Alive: D.C. School Choice SOAR Act Faces Key March 30 Vote 0
- March 29, 2011
Tomorrow is a big day in Washington, D.C. I’m not talking about any big speeches by the President regarding overseas kinetic military actions or about Republicans and Democrats fighting it out over federal spending cuts.
On Wednesday the U.S. House of Representatives is slated to vote on the SOAR Act, which would restore and expand […]
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Will Lawmakers Stop the AQCC’s (almost certainly) Illegal Regional Haze Plan?0
- March 29, 2011
I’ve written before about the Air Quality Control Commission’s outrageous Regional Haze Implementation Plan. In particular, I objected to the plan’s treatment of two small coal fired power plants near Steamboat Springs, Hayden 1 and Hayden 2, because it mandates controls that are at least $100 million more expensive than what is required by the
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The 12 Worst Features Of ObamaCare 0
- March 29, 2011
The worst parts of ObamaCare include the Basic Health Plan, waivers, Accountable Care Organizations, and Medicaid Expansion.
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EUs War on Cars 0
- March 29, 2011
Some people say the “war on the automobile” is a right-wing myth. Then the European Union goes and proposes to ban cars (or at least fossil-fuel-burning cars) from cities by 2050. To complement this ban, the EU proposes to significantly increase fuel taxes (as if they were not already high enough). It also hopes to […]
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