Maine Health Care Co-op to Increase Prices
Community Health Options (CHO) has decided to increase prices for patients and customers next year– the latest sign that this Obamacare health co-op is teetering on the brink of a […]
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Federal Proposal Could Increase Business Costs by $900 Million Annually
The Department of Labor is considering two new rules that would have sweeping effects on small businesses, retirees, and investors. Though the regulations have yet to be finalized, they are […]
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Small Banking Institutions Struggle Under the Dodd-Frank Act
In 2010, following a financial crisis fueled by irresponsible lending practices, reckless risk management, misguided government policies, and the collapse of the housing bubble, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street […]
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Another One of Obamacare’s Failures
The signature “achievement” of Obama’s Presidency, Obamacare, was dealt yet another major blow last week by the realization that it likely lost billions more of our taxpayer dollars. In testimony […]
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The Clean Water Act Goes Too Far
In 1972, Congress passed the Clean Water Act under its constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce. The law enabled the EPA to establish rules to protect the quality and sustainability […]
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Solutions That Work for Maine
For several years in a row, Maine’s business climate has ranked among the worst in America, with our regulatory environment earning especially low marks. In 2015, the Pacific Research Center […]
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Common Core Conundrum: Why Homeschoolers Should Care More (Not Less) Than Everyone Else
Why does it always seem that those most vigilant in exercising forethought and taking responsibility end up on the hook for everyone else? This, of course, is true across contemporary […]
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Don’t Increase the Minimum Wage
Proponents of a higher minimum wage, led by the Maine People’s Alliance, have gathered enough signatures to put their $12 minimum wage proposal on the ballot this November. The proposal, […]
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We Should Have Been Farmers
“The mark of a healthy, dynamic market is having new firms constantly challenge the business models of old firms. Without this creative destruction, economies fail to serve consumer desires and […]
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This Version of Expanded Medicaid is Not Better
If you didn’t know better, you would think that certain legislators in Augusta suffer from short-term memory loss. Every session since the passage of Obamacare, Maine legislators have debated liberal […]
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