Heartland Weekly: Week of May 13, 2013

Heartland's Jay Lehr on the Today Show: No Need to Panic about 400 ppm CO2 Heartland Institute Science Director Jay Lehr was interviewed by the “Today Show” on NBC to talk about the “milestone” of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hitting 400 ppm...READ MORE     How Ridiculous Is Net Neutrality? Let the Left's 'Consumer' Groups Demonstrate Seton Motley, president, Less Government These aren’t “consumer” interest groups – they’re government interest groups.Their entire existence is a ruse.  Which we occasionally get to fully see – in all its absurd glory ... READ MORE     Research & Commentary: Ending "Too Big to Fail" Matthew Glans, The Heartland Institute The Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act would do little to stop bailouts for companies considered systematically important while reducing the availability of credit and slowing economic growth...READ MORE   Instead of Obamacare, How About Puppycare? Benjamin Domenech, The Heartland Institute The most overlooked finding in the recently released Oregon Medicaid study is that the uninsured already receive considerable health care. On average, the uninsured had 5.5 office visits annually, used 1.8 prescription drugs, and visited the emergency room once...READ MORE   Obama's Common Core Is Not 'State-Led' Joy Pullmann, The Heartland Institute Labeling a dog a "chicken" does not make it good for soup. Precise, accurate definitions are essential to good government, so the people who are supposed to be controlling it -- the public -- know exactly what's going on....READ MORE     Sorry Global Warmists, But Extreme Weather Events Are Becoming Less Extreme James M. Taylor, The Heartland Institute New data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show the past 12 months set a record for the fewest tornadoes in recorded history...READ MORE     Research & Commentary: Maine Tax Reform Matthew Glans, The Heartland Institute The recently introduced Act to Modernize and Simplify the Tax Code would replace the state’s current three-bracket income tax with a flat tax of 4 percent and a 0 percent rate on very low incomes..READ MORE     Climate Change Weekly James M. Taylor, The Heartland Institute Taylor writes a weekly e-newsletter for Heartland titled Climate Change Weekly, which reports on current stories regarding the reality of climate change. READ MORE     NIPCC Update New research summarized in NIPCC Update, a weekly email edited by Heartland Senior Fellow Craig Idso, Ph.D. and produced by Heartland and the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC). 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