The Heritage Foundation Papers http://www.heritage.org/research/ The Heritage Foundation Papers Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:33:13 EST The Heritage Foundation http://www.heritage.org/ui/icons/thflogo.gif http://www.heritage.org/ en-us heritage.org Copyright 2010 The Heritage Foundation Yemen Terrorist Transfers: Policies That Make Sense The terror attack on Christmas Day requires the Obama Administration to take a sober look at its Yemeni terrorist transfer policies from Guantanamo. http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm2745.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Charles Stimson HomelandSecurity Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:42:33 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm2745.cfm Medicaid Expansion Ignores States' Fiscal Crises Congress's health care bills would force more people to enroll in Medicaid--and the states would be left to pick up the tab. http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2744.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Dennis G. Smith Health Care Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:09:10 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2744.cfm Why Government Spending Does Not Stimulate Economic Growth: Answering the Critics Despite decades of repeated failure, President Obama and Congress continue to promote the myth that government can spend its way out of recession. Heritage Foundation economic policy expert Brian Riedl dispels the stimulus myth, lays out the evidence that government spending does not end recessions--and presents the evidence for what does end recessions. Hint: It's not another "stimulus package." http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/bg2354.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brian M. Riedl Economy Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:42:48 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/bg2354.cfm President Obama's Son of Stimulus: More Costs, Fewer Jobs President Obama's third stimulus plan, presented as a "jobs plan," relies heavily on government infrastructure spending, one of the least effective components of the previous stimulus plan, and is far less likely to stimulate the economy than it is to stimulate government expansion and the federal deficit, leading to higher taxes on Americans who will receive little in return. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/bg2355.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D. Economy Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:02:32 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/bg2355.cfm U.N. Dues: Obama Lets American Taxpayers Down The debate over whether the United Nations will continue to overcharge American taxpayers is over--and the U.S. wound up on the losing end. http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/wm2747.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brett D. Schaefer International Organizations Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:55:57 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/wm2747.cfm Secure Communities: A Model for Obama's 2010 Immigration Enforcement Strategy The Secure Communities program is one example of how immigration enforcement should work. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/wm2746.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Jena Baker McNeill Immigration, Citizenship and Border Security Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:13:48 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/wm2746.cfm Planning for the Future: How and Why to Salvage the Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) process is broken. Instead of establishing a road map for defense programs for the next 20 years, previous QDRs have been too budget-driven, purposefully shortsighted, and politically motivated. Congress can salvage the QDR process through thoughtful revisions and by reinforcing the guiding principles and intent of the original legislation. Congress should take particular care to protect the QDR process from arbitrary budget pressures and to provide for a truly independent judgment of the final QDR report by an outside panel. http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/bg2351.cfm The Heritage Foundation - the Honorable James Talent and Mackenzie Eaglen Defense Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:58:54 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/bg2351.cfm After Detroit: Presidential To-Do List for Plugging Gaps in Stopping Terrorist Travel More leadership from the White House is needed to advance a sensible security agenda. Here is short to-do list of measures that the Administration could move on. http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm2743.cfm The Heritage Foundation - James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. HomelandSecurity Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:37:15 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm2743.cfm Social Justice: Not What You Think It Is For its proponents, "social justice" is usually undefined. Originally a Catholic term, first used about 1840 for a new kind of virtue (or habit) necessary for post-agrarian societies, the term has been bent by secular "progressive" thinkers to mean uniform state distribution of society's advantages and disadvantages. Social justice is really the capacity to organize with others to accomplish ends that benefit the whole community. If people are to live free of state control, they must possess this new virtue of cooperation and association. This is one of the great skills of Americans and, ultimately, the best defense against statism. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Religion/hl1138.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Michael Novak Religion and Civil Society Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:20:27 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Religion/hl1138.cfm Re-Learning the Lessons from the Thwarted Detroit Airline Bombing The failed Christmas Day attack made one thing clear: The Administration has to use the systems and programs implemented after 9/11 more effectively. http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm2742.cfm The Heritage Foundation - James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. HomelandSecurity Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:36:01 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm2742.cfm