Facts-First Policy Content.

January 16, 2025

Reforming health-care has been a perennial goal of American politicians. Many of these attempts have fallen short. Why is expanding access, improving care, and keeping costs down so hard? This brief provides an overview of the main issues. Subsequent briefs will address specific programs and proposals.

January 9, 2025

Ballot harvesting involves collecting absentee ballots from voters and delivering them to a collection spot. Critics argue that unethical harvesters could change votes on ballots, substitute new ones for the ones they collect, or only deliver ballots supporting their preferred candidates. More subtly, ballot harvesting might also allow a supervisor, professor, or other individual of authority to pressure underlings to vote as that particular individual wishes by watching them fill out ballots and then collecting them.

December 19, 2024

Since the COVID pandemic, official reports show strong job growth in America. However, jobs data released in mid-2024 led some financial analysts to argue that much of the increase was due to hiring by the federal government. If this is true, then the apparent strength of the American economy does not reflect actual business conditions. Rather, it is the result of federal government actions that artificially create the illusion of economic strength.