The American Enterprise Institute prides itself on producing leading research in several key policy areas that weave a tapestry of the organization's core beliefs: respect and support for the power of free enterprise, a strong defense centered on smart international relations, and opportunity for all to achieve the American dream.
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"A Republican who offers to reduce the U.S. (corporate tax) rate to, say, 25 percent is offering something that has very little value to most corporations. They are already getting a better deal abroad."
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"I have never seen a system so involved in the drug trade as the one that exists today in Venezuela, and I have never heard of a witness who is in a better position to bear witness to the criminal activities of dozens of officials in the highest levels of that government."
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"(The Medicare Trustees Report) is an annual reminder that we are at risk of violating a moral compact we've made with ourselves that no American senior citizen should go without needed medical care simply because of lack of funds. How we decide to honor that promise without wrecking the rest of the economy through crushing taxes is perhaps the most important question we face as a nation today."
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"Here is another idea: a series of Mega Millions-like lotteries for primary and general elections, with awards that can range up to the hundreds of millions for a big general election — where your lottery ticket is your voting stub."
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"Traditional educational leadership counsels tell leaders that they should rely wholly on coaching and consensus — while placidly accepting contractual, bureaucratic, or policy barriers. Meanwhile, would-be reformers divert attention from lethargic leadership by rushing to blame 'the union.' The result is that school and system leaders operate in a timid 'culture of can't.'"
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"The depletion or sustainability criticism of conventional technologies is incorrect simply as a matter of basic economics, and is inconsistent with the historical evidence in any event."
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"For the first time in many years, we are poised to have a great national political conversation not just on broad policy issues, but on our national values. Defenders of free enterprise should remind Americans that the choice of the system that rewards merit, promotes individual responsibility, and celebrates industry is not merely an economic decision. It is also a moral imperative."
