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Buckeye Institute Participates in Debates on Medicaid Expansion

Posted on March 25, 2013 by admin

Our President, Robert Alt, will be participating in two upcoming high profile debates regarding the wisdom (or unwisdom) of expanding Medicaid in Ohio. This Thursday, he will be debating the Vice President of Government Affairs for Cleveland’s MetroHealth and former …

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I, Pencil: the Movie

Posted on February 28, 2013 by admin

The Buckeye Institute believes in free markets.  We know that there is simply no way in which a centralized authority can ever make wiser decisions on the allocation of scarce resources than the decentralized decision making of those on the …

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Governor Kasich Has It Right on Obamacare

Posted on November 16, 2012 by admin

Governor John Kasich is expected to opt not to set up a state exchange. This is the right decision for Ohio.  The President’s health care law is unworkable and unsustainable. Rejecting the health insurance exchanges, and equally as important the …

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Low Turnout and Bribery?

Posted on November 6, 2012 by admin

Check out our President Robert Alt’s  latest blog over at the National Review’s Battleground Ohio blog.  Check out the main points, “…But there are concerns that Democrats may have used Jay-Z and Springsteen not to just fill seats in the …

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A Slow Slog to Recovery: What the Latest Job Numbers Mean

Posted on November 2, 2012 by admin

This is a guest blog post from Rea Hederman, Assistant Director, Center for Data Analysis and Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. The October report reveals that the labor market has continued its slow slog to recovery.  The payroll survey, which …

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Could Ohio be 2012′s “Florida?” John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky on Voter Fraud

Posted on November 2, 2012 by admin

This is a must read follow up to the conversation from earlier in the week between our President, Robert Alt, and the Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakovsky regarding whether Ohio will suffer the same in 2012 that Florida did in 2000. …

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ABJ Editorial: Time for Action on Tax Expenditures

Posted on September 10, 2012 by admin

Our collaborative work on tax expenditures continues to receive support from Ohio’s editorial boards. An Akron Beacon Journal editorial from this weekend is the latest example.  The editorial notes the differing perspectives of the organizations involved and yet the unique consensus …

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