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The Heritage Foundation

March 13, 2014

The Heritage Foundation is a conservative research organization whose main purpose is to influence conservative public policies that are based on personal freedoms, limited government intervention, free enterprise and promotion of basic American values. Heritage Foundation is an influential organization that has promoted policies within the United States for many years. The foundation is funded through direct mail fundraising from donors. Much private and public cooperation have funded the organizations course for many years. Presidents of the United States have worked with the organization so as to promote their policies within the government. Heritage Foundation is highly regarded by the government because of its conservative nature to the public policies.

The Reagan administration borrowed their foreign policy from the foundation. George Bush administration borrowed its domestic policy from the foundation. Through its publications, the Heritage Foundation tends to promote its policies to the people hence influencing their performance in the long run. Recently, the foundation has been in the limelight for its promotion of economic freedom in Obama’s administration. The organization is also notorious in its advocacy for the removal of corruption and policies that have a negative influence to the public. President Clinton’s Healthcare plan borrowed its basic principles and policies from the Heritage foundation. His policy was basically meant to promote personal responsibility in terms of health care plan hence promoting the welfare of the society (Ehrlich & Ehrlich, 1996).

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...cy. For this reason, it is clear that the media should not engage in any activity aimed at taking sides when dealing with the policy at hand. Journalists should always monitor all the policies and arguments from the foundation so as to ensure that they have left an opportunity of judgment from the public. This will ensure that public policy has been promoted without any form of discrimination or support (Abelson, 2006).

References

Abelson, D. E. (2006). A capitol idea: Think tanks and US foreign policy. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.

Ehrlich, P. R., & Ehrlich, A. H. (1996). Betrayal of science and reason: How anti-environmental rhetoric threatens our future. Washington, D.C: Island Press.

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