ATLANTA — Contrary to the rhetoric of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama — and CNN’s Lou Dobbs, for that matter — free trade continues to greatly benefit American workers. That was some of the good news from Heritage’s Resource Bank meeting this morning as Ambassador Terry Miller, who directs our Center for International Trade and Economics, moderated a panel on trade. Other experts included CATO Institute’s Daniel Griswold, the IMANI Center for Policy & Education’s Franklin Cudjoe and the Dominican Republic Center for Export and Investment’s Eddy Martinez. Griswold, who has …
ATLANTA — Georgia state Rep. David Casas, speaking to conservative activists from across the country this morning at The Heritage Foundation’s Resource Bank, described how a broad coalition in Georgia helped bring school choice to special needs children and put a bill to give school choice tuition tax credits to all children on Gov. Sonny Perdue’s desk. Casas, a Republican, stressed that grassroots organizing by conservative groups was essential to turning out supportive parents for town halls and committee meetings. The legislative push had to be bipartisan, however, as some conservative legislators didn’t want public …
ATLANTA — Hundreds of conservative activists gathered here in Hotlanta this week to advance free market principles as The Heritage Foundation hosts our annual Resource Bank meeting. Resource Bank again attracted more than 500 think tank executives, public interest lawyers, policy experts and elected officials from around the world to discuss issues and strategies. At an opening luncheon yesterday, author and commentator Jonah Goldberg spoke about his New York Times bestseller, Liberal Fascism. Jonah has explained many, many times already why he chose to write the book. His message to conservatives and …
