Joe Barnett

Joe Barnett is a senior editor at The Heartland Institute and a managing editor of Budget & Tax News.
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Public School Board Associations Are Fracturing

Public school board associations are fracturing, with states leaving the national group for a competitor, and school districts leaving the state group in Texas. by Joe Barnett School districts that have left the Texas...

Biggest Bank Grows: JPMorgan Buys First Republic

Federal bank regulators seized the failing First Republic Bank (FRB) last week, and JPMorgan, the largest U.S. bank, and third largest in the world, bought the company on Sunday. Unlike the failures of...

Returning Discretionary Spending to FY 2022 Level (Analysis)

Returning discretionary spending to the fiscal year 2022 level, as many congressional Republicans want to do, using legislation to increase the federal debt limit as a vehicle, can be done in several...

Grapevine TX Police Accept, then Reject, Pizza Gift

Grapevine, Texas police received a gift card worth $1,500 in pizza from a local business, Patriot Mobile, but apologized for accepting it after a social media outcry, reports The Dallas Morning News. The...

Innovative Thinking Required for Net Zero Transition, Says Madden

Innovative thinking required to achieve the transition to "net zero," says Bartley J. Madden, former director of Credit Suisse HOLT.  By Joe Barnett Environment, social, and governance (ESG) rules will not achieve “net zero”...

Will Census Errors Lead to Electoral Surprises?

Will census errors in 14 states, where more than 3.5 million people were miscounted, lead to surprising results? By Joe Barnett Tomorrow’s election is the first nationwide vote after Congress was reapportioned following the...

CMS Makes Adjustments, as Medicare Heads for Insolvency

CMS makes adjustments that lower seniors' Medicare premiums, and cuts payments to physicians in 2023 that Congress could reverse. CMS Makes Adjustments, as Medicare Heads for Insolvency Medicare is being “adjusted” for 2023, with...

Inflation Relief for Seniors Shows How Rapidly Prices Rose

Inflation relief for seniors on Social Security due to an annual cost-of-living adjustment to benefits, shows how rapidly prices have risen. Most Americans are acutely aware of the effect of rising prices on...

U.S. Economy Shrank Two Quarters (Report)

U.S. economy shrank two quarters in a row, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reports in a new estimate. The BEA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, states: "Real gross domestic product...

Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness: ‘Costly, Ineffective, Unfair’

Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan will cost taxpayers, give little relief to students, and isn't legal, say education policy experts at The Heartland Institute. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (August 24, 2022) – President Biden...

Joe Barnett

Joe Barnett is a senior editor at The Heartland Institute and a managing editor of Budget & Tax News.

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