September
September 30, 2008
Idea of the Day: High-Risk Pools Won't Work for Nationwide Health Care Reform
In theory, high-risk pools could provide a viable option for high-cost individuals. In practice, using these pools as a model for nationwide reform would be extremely expensive.
September 29, 2008
Idea of the Day: Use Fannie and Freddie to Rebuild the Home Mortgage Market
Emphasizing mortgage restructuring rather than foreclosure can reduce losses and mitigate the downward pressure on home values.
September 26, 2008
Idea of the Day: Lessons from Kennedy and Eisenhower
Today, the next U.S. president can learn much from looking at that time and the approaches of Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy.
September 25, 2008
Idea of the Day: Loans to Help Automakers Go Green
Congress should fully fund the direct loans under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program to assist auto companies and their suppliers with the transition to fuel-efficient vehicle production.
September 24, 2008
Idea of the Day: Domestic Partner Benefits
The federal government could take one simple, but essential step that would immediately expand quality health coverage to millions of Americans: extending health benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, who are twice as likely to be uninsured as their heterosexual counterparts.
September 23, 2008
Idea of the Day: A Second Stimulus
The Treasury Department and Federal Reserve are intervening in financial markets on a massive scale to hold off a complete collapse wrought by their own and other agencies’ incompetent supervision of Wall Street business practices. But other stimulus measures are needed as well.
September 22, 2008
Idea of the Day: Tax Credits and Health Care Reform
Tax credits must be a sufficient size to make health insurance affordable for them to even be considered as an approach.
September 19, 2008
Idea of the Day: Address Health Care Coverage for All and Cost Containment Simultaneously
Health reform will be most successful when we try to achieve coverage for all and cost containment at the same time.
September 18, 2008
Idea of the Day: Dealing with Iraq's Budget Surplus
The United States must begin transferring financial responsibilities to the Iraqi government immediately in order to give the Maliki government the incentive to take responsibility for the well-being of ordinary Iraqi people.
September 17, 2008
Idea of the Day: Invest Greater Resources in LIHEAP
To help address upcoming winter heating needs, Congress should provide new funding to LIHEAP in the amount of $5.1 billion for the fiscal year, which is the amount that Congress is authorized (or able) to spend on the program.
September 16, 2008
Idea of the Day: Fund the Weatherization Assistance Program
In addition to helping more families with winter heating costs, investments in WAP would aid in the nation’s economic recovery.
September 15, 2008
Idea of the Day: Make Accountability Work for English Language Learners
Instead of potentially excluding half of the Latino student population from statewide accountability systems, the federal government should direct examinations into how to accelerate the development of these assessments.
September 12, 2008
Idea of the Day: Support Service Programs During Life Transitions
In addition to “getting things done” in communities, national service over the last decade has proven an effective way to support the development of those who serve.
September 11, 2008
Idea of the Day: Better Coordination on Homeland Security
The new president has an opportunity to develop a new framework for how the federal government interacts with the whole range of actors in the homeland security mission.
September 10, 2008
Idea of the Day: Improve Workplace Safety
An important step toward improving workplace safety and wage standards is to give workers a stronger voice through increased unionization.
September 9, 2008
Idea of the Day: A Green Economic Recovery Program to Strengthen the U.S. Economy
To strengthen the economy and leave it in a better position for sustainable prosperity, a new report released by the Center for American Progress proposes a green economic recovery program that would spend $100 billion dollars over two years in six green infrastructure investment areas.
September 8, 2008
Idea of the Day: Further Reduce Financial Barriers to College Completion
The vast majority of the general public does not know what opportunities for aid exist, how to access the various programs, and what one can expect to receive.
September 5, 2008
Idea of the Day: Facilitate Smooth Transfer of Students and Credits Among Institutions
The pervasiveness of student mobility raises many questions about the possibilities and challenges of movement across institutions.
September 4, 2008
Idea of the Day: Ensure All Colleges and Universities Have the Resources Necessary to Provide an Adequate Education
States are struggling with limited resources, and it is time for Congress to help by creating a program that provides funds directly to universities invested in serving the broad swath of lower-income and lower-middle-class Americans.
September 3, 2008
Idea of the Day: Create More Seamless Alignment Across Secondary and Postsecondary Education and with Other Systems
The diversity of student experiences suggests that states, institutions, and systems should work together regularly and easily to help move students quickly and seamlessly across different colleges and levels of education.
September 2, 2008