Heartlander Digital Magazine Weekly Round-up of News

News Round-up from the Heartlander   If you’re getting this email, you are tuned in to The Heartland Institute, one of America’s most influential free-market think tanks. Our work reflects the exchange of ideas, insights, and opinions on liberty from the writers, editors, thinkers, and scholars that happen at Heartland every day — for instance, at our blog and Daily Podcast.   But Heartland has also, for many years, produced news coverage from a free-market perspective — the counter-spin to the mainstream media. At the Heartlander digital magazine, our team of writers and editors cover budgets and taxes, education; environment and energy; finance, insurance and real estate; lawsuit abuse; and technology.   You can also get all this on you iPad with the Heartlander app. Bookmark the page, or grab the RSS feed for your reader.   ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT   Rooftop Wind Turbines Fail at Toledo Government Center, Taxpayers Stuck with Bill Experimental wind turbines installed at taxpayer expense on the Michael V. DiSalle Government Center in Toledo failed less than two years after installation and are now sitting unused. Renewable energy advocates had promised the rooftop wind turbines would save taxpayers thousands of dollars each year in reduced electricity costs for the building.   Study: Fracking Exploration Could Create 47,000 Jobs in Illinois Natural gas exploration in shale formations could create more than 47,000 jobs in Illinois and spur $9 billion in statewide economic development, concludes a new study released by the Illinois Chamber Foundation.   GMO Labeling to Appear on Washington Ballot Anti-biotechnology activists submitted 350,000 signatures from registered Washington voters to put a proposed genetic modification labeling law on the state’s November 2013 election ballot. The 350,000 signatures must be verified, but are 100,000 more than necessary to put the measure on the ballot.         HEALTH CARE   Analysis: Prominent Democrats Call for Medical Device Tax Repeal It’s not often that cynical official Washington is outraged by chutzpah, but it happened recently when 18 Democrat senators and senators-elect sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid asking for a delay in the effective date of Obamacare’s medical device tax.   Affordability of Health Insurance Will Be Assessed For Individuals, Not Families We've seen a torrent of news from HHS over the past few days, particularly on the question of whether affordability would be determined by the price for individual coverage or for family coverage. This was a critical question because of a glitch in Obamacare which we've covered before. Essentially, the government had to choose how the affordability of a premium was calculated - whether it would be based on the price for an individual (cheaper, but covers fewer people) or for a family (far more expensive, but covers more people).         EDUCATION   Study: Boys With Equal Ability Get Lower Grades Than Girls A new study concludes girls get higher grades because they are less trouble in class. University of Georgia and Columbia University researchers found girls’ classroom decorum influences how their teachers—consciously or unconsciously—assess their performance   Utah Senator Proposes Private Preschool Funding A Utah state senator has proposed letting private investors put up $10 million dollars to fund more preschool for “at-risk” students eligible for special education. If the program proves kids learn from it, the state would pay the investors back.         BUDGETS AND TAXES     Virginia Republicans Steer Clear of Governor’s Transportation Tax Proposal Top Republicans are veering away from fellow Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell’s transportation-funding initiative, and a growing number of alternative plans threaten to block its passage.   Electronic Tolling An Efficient Highway Revenue Option: Report The biggest problem facing the U.S. highway system is inadequate funding. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s latest biennial “conditions and performance” report finds that just to maintain the current state-of-repair of highways and bridges, and to prevent congestion from getting worse, would require annual spending of $101 billion, compared with the current $91 billion being spent at federal, state, and local levels.        FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE   Illinois Stops Bond Sale After S&P Downgrades State’s Debt Illinois state government has canceled a $500 million debt sale, just days after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the state’s credit rating to the worst in the nation.   Supreme Court to Decide How Hard Landowners May Be Squeezed Nearly 20 years ago, Coy Koontz Sr., now deceased, sought a permit for four acres of his property in Orange County, Florida to be available for development, so he could sell the property and fund his retirement.         TECH   Obama’s New Year’s Resolutions: Power Grab the Internet — and Your Wallet It’s the New Year, the pre-dawn of President Barack Obama’s second term – in which he is free to be more “flexible,” and is resolved to engage in even more illegal, unilateral power grabs.   .      LEGAL AFFAIRS No Kidding Her An Ohio teacher is suing her school district for discrimination after they reassigned her from a high school to a junior high school and pressed her to resign.     And while you’re at it, subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast on iTunes.   Friend on Facebook   Follow on Twitter   Listen Up!   Subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast, the best free-market commentary on the news of the day. You can also listen to them individually at Heartland's podcast page. Explore all of Heartland's 28 years of research and commentary on free markets and free people at our home page.     The Heartland Institute is a 28-year-old national nonprofit organization based in Chicago. Its mission is to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems. For more info, visit our Web site or call 312/377-4000.     Heartland Book     Roosters of the Apocalypse is required reading for anyone interested in environmentalism, climate change, or contemporary social movements.      The Patriots Toolbox is offered as a guide to public policy for patriot-activists in the Tea Party movement as well as for candidates for public office, incumbent office holders, civic and business leaders, and journalists assigned to cover the movement.        Copyright © 2012 The Heartland Institute, All rights reserved. You are getting this email because you are subscribed to our list. 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Heartlander Digital Magazine Weekly Round-up of News

News Round-up from the Heartlander   If you’re getting this email, you are tuned in to The Heartland Institute, one of America’s most influential free-market think tanks. Our work reflects the exchange of ideas, insights, and opinions on liberty from the writers, editors, thinkers, and scholars that happen at Heartland every day — for instance, at our blog and Daily Podcast.   But Heartland has also, for many years, produced news coverage from a free-market perspective — the counter-spin to the mainstream media. At the Heartlander digital magazine, our team of writers and editors cover budgets and taxes, education; environment and energy; finance, insurance and real estate; lawsuit abuse; and technology.   You can also get all this on you iPad with the Heartlander app. Bookmark the page, or grab the RSS feed for your reader.   ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT   Rooftop Wind Turbines Fail at Toledo Government Center, Taxpayers Stuck with Bill Experimental wind turbines installed at taxpayer expense on the Michael V. DiSalle Government Center in Toledo failed less than two years after installation and are now sitting unused. Renewable energy advocates had promised the rooftop wind turbines would save taxpayers thousands of dollars each year in reduced electricity costs for the building.   Study: Fracking Exploration Could Create 47,000 Jobs in Illinois Natural gas exploration in shale formations could create more than 47,000 jobs in Illinois and spur $9 billion in statewide economic development, concludes a new study released by the Illinois Chamber Foundation.   GMO Labeling to Appear on Washington Ballot Anti-biotechnology activists submitted 350,000 signatures from registered Washington voters to put a proposed genetic modification labeling law on the state’s November 2013 election ballot. The 350,000 signatures must be verified, but are 100,000 more than necessary to put the measure on the ballot.         HEALTH CARE   Analysis: Prominent Democrats Call for Medical Device Tax Repeal It’s not often that cynical official Washington is outraged by chutzpah, but it happened recently when 18 Democrat senators and senators-elect sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid asking for a delay in the effective date of Obamacare’s medical device tax.   Affordability of Health Insurance Will Be Assessed For Individuals, Not Families We've seen a torrent of news from HHS over the past few days, particularly on the question of whether affordability would be determined by the price for individual coverage or for family coverage. This was a critical question because of a glitch in Obamacare which we've covered before. Essentially, the government had to choose how the affordability of a premium was calculated - whether it would be based on the price for an individual (cheaper, but covers fewer people) or for a family (far more expensive, but covers more people).         EDUCATION   Study: Boys With Equal Ability Get Lower Grades Than Girls A new study concludes girls get higher grades because they are less trouble in class. University of Georgia and Columbia University researchers found girls’ classroom decorum influences how their teachers—consciously or unconsciously—assess their performance   Utah Senator Proposes Private Preschool Funding A Utah state senator has proposed letting private investors put up $10 million dollars to fund more preschool for “at-risk” students eligible for special education. If the program proves kids learn from it, the state would pay the investors back.         BUDGETS AND TAXES     Virginia Republicans Steer Clear of Governor’s Transportation Tax Proposal Top Republicans are veering away from fellow Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell’s transportation-funding initiative, and a growing number of alternative plans threaten to block its passage.   Electronic Tolling An Efficient Highway Revenue Option: Report The biggest problem facing the U.S. highway system is inadequate funding. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s latest biennial “conditions and performance” report finds that just to maintain the current state-of-repair of highways and bridges, and to prevent congestion from getting worse, would require annual spending of $101 billion, compared with the current $91 billion being spent at federal, state, and local levels.        FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE   Illinois Stops Bond Sale After S&P Downgrades State’s Debt Illinois state government has canceled a $500 million debt sale, just days after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the state’s credit rating to the worst in the nation.   Supreme Court to Decide How Hard Landowners May Be Squeezed Nearly 20 years ago, Coy Koontz Sr., now deceased, sought a permit for four acres of his property in Orange County, Florida to be available for development, so he could sell the property and fund his retirement.         TECH   Obama’s New Year’s Resolutions: Power Grab the Internet — and Your Wallet It’s the New Year, the pre-dawn of President Barack Obama’s second term – in which he is free to be more “flexible,” and is resolved to engage in even more illegal, unilateral power grabs.   .      LEGAL AFFAIRS No Kidding Her An Ohio teacher is suing her school district for discrimination after they reassigned her from a high school to a junior high school and pressed her to resign.     And while you’re at it, subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast on iTunes.   Friend on Facebook   Follow on Twitter   Listen Up!   Subscribe to the Heartland Daily Podcast, the best free-market commentary on the news of the day. You can also listen to them individually at Heartland's podcast page. Explore all of Heartland's 28 years of research and commentary on free markets and free people at our home page.     The Heartland Institute is a 28-year-old national nonprofit organization based in Chicago. Its mission is to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems. For more info, visit our Web site or call 312/377-4000.     Heartland Book     Roosters of the Apocalypse is required reading for anyone interested in environmentalism, climate change, or contemporary social movements.      The Patriots Toolbox is offered as a guide to public policy for patriot-activists in the Tea Party movement as well as for candidates for public office, incumbent office holders, civic and business leaders, and journalists assigned to cover the movement.        Copyright © 2012 The Heartland Institute, All rights reserved. You are getting this email because you are subscribed to our list. Our mailing address is: The Heartland Institute One South Wacker Drive, #2740 Chicago, IL 60603

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The Next Big Step For The Tea Party Is Here! Friends, Last week Barack Obama laid out his blueprint for the next four years in his inaugural address, and the picture was clear: the era of big government is back. If Obama has it his way, it's here to stay. After four years of reckless spending, leading to record debt, and new data out this week saying that the U.S. economy shrunk for the first time since 2009, it's hard to imagine why the President would want to continue on the same disastrous path. But there is good news; if we band together and unify behind the principles in The Contract From America, we won't have to meet that fate. Our Legislative Writing Committee is prepared to start reaching out to members of Congress to craft the legislation that you voted for in last month's poll: Repealing Obamacare! Our team will also see what other alternatives there are to fight this disastrous bill! Since Obamacare was passed, scores of flaws have been spotted in the legislation and just this week a major "glitch" was detected that will block many working families from receiving health insurance.  This overlooked "glitch" is just further proof at how poorly crafted this legislation is, and the urgent need to repeal it. Our Legislative Writing Committee cannot do it alone, and putting together the coalitions that will make successful legislation possible, is expensive. We already have begun outreach so we can set up meetings with members of Congress, but to fund the committee we have set a goal of raising $5,000 by the end of next week!! This is an attainable goal, but we will only reach it if patriots like you step up to the plate and donate. We cannot afford another four years like the last four and with your help, we won't! Donate today and help our Legislative Writing Committee acquire the funds to shake up Congress with powerful legislation! In Freedom, Contract From America Team

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Tea Party Command Center Tea Party Command Center National Director, Dee Check out the discussion 'IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family' More rules....more money from the people. Your thoughts? *Please share this alert with other concerned friends* Discussion posted by National Director, Dee: In a final regulation issued Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assumed that under Obamacare the cheapest health insurance plan... Discussion link: IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family About Tea Party Command Center By joining the Tea Party, you are taking a stand for America! 26853 members 7031 photos 2069 videos 14982 discussions 206 Events 9608 blog posts   To control which emails you receive on Tea Party Command Center, click here

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Morning Briefing For February 1, 2013 1.  We Can Win (If We Start Doing the Right Things) Conservatives, we can talk all we want about fixing the message and following principles, but even if we fix both—we can't win elections if we keep using campaign tactics like it's 1999. For a real conservative comeback, we don't need to become Democrats. We need to become conservatives with brains. Right now, conservatives' technological lifeblood could use a dose of digital steroids. But, some of us on the Right are on, dare I say, the right path. Voter Gravity, the database technology tool developed with the great Political Gravity guys and American Majority Action, got some love from techPresident, but since the article is behind a paywall, I thought I'd highlight a few blurbs about Voter Gravity and the future of campaign technology. "Gravity was a novelty on the right: It was a mobile interface into voter data designed for grassroots advocates. . . .A smattering of other right-wing groups, including FreedomWorks, enjoyed the benefits of this new tool. While its deployment was limited and it had its own share of bugs, the software is a sign that there's still technological life among conservatives." . . . please click here for the rest of the post → >> Today's Sponsor 2. Baltimore Police Chief Johnson: The Folly of a Blue City Politician At yesterday's Senate hearing on gun control, Ted Cruz once again stood out as an articulate voice for commonsense. After declaring the Senate to be a "fact-free zone," he went on to destroy the myth that there is a consequential difference between an "assault weapon" and a regular semi-automatic rifle. You can watch him in action for the first 3.5 minutes of the clip. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 3.  Thanks to Democrats, poor families getting squeezed on Obamacare exchanges. They're calling it a "glitch." Goodness gracious: "Some families could get priced out of health insurance due to what's being called a glitch in President Barack Obama's overhaul law. IRS regulations issued Wednesday failed to fix the problem as liberal backers of the president's plan had hoped." . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 4.  Reflections on the American Revolution: The Generals How did America win its independence? In Part I of this essay, I looked at the population trends, foreign alliances, and equipment and weather conditions under which the American Revolution was fought. Let's add some thoughts on the leaders of the principal combatants: the American and British generals. The American command was far from perfect – but the war could have turned out very differently if the American side had not had the advantages of leadership it did, first and foremost the singular character of George Washington. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → >> Today's Sponsor Sincerely yours, Erick Erickson Editor-in-Chief, RedState Forward This Email to a Friend Take me to RedState

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Check out "IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family" on Patriot Action Network

Patriot Action Network Standing against big government and for the people! Darla Dawald, National Director Check out the discussion 'IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family' Wow, just WOW! Check it out Patriots! Darla D. Discussion posted by Darla Dawald, National Director: From Our Liberty New Team By Paul Swansen Published: January 31, 2013 In 2010 Barack Obama said insurance premiums will decrease by 3,00... Discussion link: IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family About Patriot Action Network Patriot Action Network is a social network 90295 members 38368 photos 646 songs 9254 videos 55075 discussions 2112 Events 49271 blog posts   To control which emails you receive on Patriot Action Network, click here