Eric Garner and the Unintended Consequences of High Cigarette Taxes
High tax rates on anything always lead to people gaming the system, sometimes legally and sometimes illegally.
House Approves Tax Bill Extending PTC Only Through End of 2014
Wind advocates have faced a vocal block of opponents. "Bipartisan forces want to revive the wind PTC because they benefit financially from it," IPI resident scholar Merrill Matthews said. "But thanks to the U.S. energy boom from fossil fuel production, energy for electric power generation is both abundant and affordable - and cleaner than ever."
Solving the H1B Visa Impasse
How about a market mechanism that would determine once and for all not only who is right, but that would determine what the market-clearing price for skilled immigrant labor actually is, informing future immigration policy formation?
Time for Wind Production Tax Credit To End Once and For All
Thanks to the dramatic increase in U.S. fossil fuel production, there is no longer any need for wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) subsidies, and Congress should not renew it, saving billions in taxpayer dollars.
Obama's Amnesty Will Create A Fiscal Nightmare For Entitlements
In one executive order Obama may have created his biggest income transfer scheme yet, and imposed the worst financial challenge to our two already-struggling retirement programs. And millions of Americans can expect to see their taxes go up in the future to pay for it.
Those Tax-Free, Online Cyber Monday Purchases May Be Your Last
The Internet has thrived as a place of freedom, where the long hand of government regulation and taxes have been kept to a minimum. The Marketplace Fairness Act seeks to end that era—and with it your ability to get most of your Cyber Monday purchases tax free.
Avast! Musicians, Artists and Actors Hurt by Acts of Online Piracy
Aaccording to the Institute for Policy Innovation, about $17 billion and 70,000 jobs are lost every year due to piracy, which is definitely a factor causing our poor economy.
Should new GOP Congress rescind EPA's 54.5 mpg mandate for 2025 models?
Like so many of the administration’s reforms, this one is imposed by executive fiat rather than approved by Congress—and the incoming Republican Congress should try to roll it back.
These Two States Cut Medicaid ... And Saved Money
Illinois and Pennsylvania were the two case studies the IPI used to illustrate Medicaid reform.
Great News! My Wife's Health Insurance Premiums More Than Doubled
It was completely predictable. In fact, health actuary Mark Litow and I predicted it in the Wall Street Journal last year. But now it’s hitting the pocketbook.