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Elizabeth Warren's Destructive Plan to Slash Military Budgets
22 November 2019
Giselle Donnelly, Resident Fellow in Defense and National Security at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses Senator Elizabeth Warren's desire to "take a sharp knife" to defense budgets and what happens to the morale of the men and women in uniform with such steep cuts.
30 Years After the Fall of the Wall
14 November 2019
Quin Hillyer, Columnist and Nationally Recognized Authority on the Political Process, discusses the fall of the Berlin Wall thirty years later and how we can teach younger Americans about the importance of the fall of the Wall and what it symbolized.
Medicare for All's Price Tag
07 November 2019
Sally Pipes, Pacific Research Institute's President, CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy, discusses presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren's "Medicare for All" plan and the candidate's inability to adequately explain how she would pay for it.
What's Scarier than Halloween? Trick-or-Treat Bans
30 October 2019
Daniel Ortner, First Amendment Attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses the absurd concept of threatening to jail or charge fines to trick-or-treaters, some cities that have such ordinances on the books, and how a ban on going door-to-door violates First Amendment rights.
Inside Politics: China and the NBA, Impeachment, and The Latest on the Campaign Trail
30 October 2019
Bill Conti, Partner in the Washington, DC, office of Baker & Hostetler, discusses what's behind the China/NBA firestorm, why it won't (and shouldn't) go away, impeachment, and the latest regarding the presidential candidates on the 2020 campaign trail.
Surprise Medical Billing Solution Should Be Grounded in Free Market Principles
24 October 2019
Timothy Lee, CFIF's Senior Vice President for Legal and Public Affairs, discusses why a solution to surprise medical billing must be undertaken without disrupting the patient experience or undermining the free market, and why Independent Dispute Resolution is a proven market-based solution.
Puerto Rico, Energy and the Jones Act
06 September 2019
Phil Kerpen, President of American Commitment, discusses why President Trump should grant Puerto Rico's request for a waiver from the Jones Act, a World War I era law that requires movement of goods by water between points in the United States only by means of vessels that are U.S.-built, U.S.-owned and U.S.-crewed, and the impact such a waiver could have on Puerto Rico's struggling economy.
Should Quotas Be Set for Women in the Boardroom?
23 August 2019
Anastasia Boden, Senior Attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses California's decision to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors, and why such arbitrary quotas based on faulty premises, no matter how well-intentioned, are unconstitutional.
Student Debt and Competition: Should Colleges and Universities Have More "Skin in the Game"?
16 August 2019
Mary Clare Amselem, Policy Analyst in Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation, discusses proposed legislation to expand access to career and technical education and a second proposal requiring colleges to pay 50% of the student loan balance for loans that enter default, giving colleges "skin in the game."
Untangling the Jeffrey Epstein Case
09 August 2019
Tracy Beanz, Investigative Journalist with "Uncover DC," discusses her research and the latest news regarding the Jeffrey Epstein case, how media outlets had interviewed victims yet failed to report names and crimes to the FBI, and how photos of Epstein with powerful elites are being scrubbed from some search results.
Federal Regulations and their Impacts on TV Blackouts and Cryptocurrency
02 August 2019
Timothy Lee, CFIF's Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses 1) how the increasing number of TV blackouts reconfirms the need for reform of the laws governing retransmission consent fees, and 2) why regulatory clarity is necessary now before cryptocurrencies scale up to mass adoption.
Student Debt Forgiveness: Who Really Pays?
26 July 2019
Beth Akers, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses whether college should come with a money-back guarantee, who ultimately pays with loan forgiveness programs, her latest book, "Game of Loans: The Rhetoric and Reality of Student Debt," and more.
Dealing with China and the Impacts on Cybersecurity
26 July 2019
John Strand, CEO of Strand Consult in Denmark and Co-Creator of ChinaTechThreat.com, discusses how a trade deal with China could put U.S. cybersecurity concerns on the back burner and whether a trade deal with China will make its equipment safer.
The Importance of Diversity of Thought on College Campuses
26 July 2019
Lance Izumi, Senior Director of the Center for Education at the Pacific Research Institute, discusses the importance of diversity of thought on college campuses and among college faculty, and how philosophical and political differences are causing self-censorship on the part of some students.
The Disastrous Consequences of a $15 Minimum Wage
19 July 2019
Rachel Greszler, Research Fellow in the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation, discusses a new report that devastates the $15 minimum wage and how the increased minimum wage would result in significant job losses.
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