NCPA Daily Policy Digest (11/6/09)
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National Center for Policy AnalysisDaily Policy DigestFriday, November 6, 2009 |
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Taxes THE RETURN OF THE INFLATION TAXThe Pelosi-Obama health tax surcharge will punish millions of middle-class Americans over time with tax rates advertised as only hitting "the rich," say observers... WALL STREET JOURNAL Health Issues THE COMING SHORTAGE OF DOCTORSOur aging population is challenge enough. Try to get an appointment after health care reform, says Dr. Herbert Pardes, president and CEO of New York Presbyterian Hospital... WALL STREET JOURNAL Economic Issues CASH HOARD REFLECTS FEARS OF OBAMA PLANSThe nation's largest companies are sitting on nearly $1 trillion in cash, or roughly 10 percent of their assets, the largest stash of idle money in 40 years, according to the Wall Street Journal... DETROIT NEWS Health Issues THE IMPACT OF PATENT EXPIRATION ON U.S. DRUG PRICES, MARKETING AND UTILIZATION BY THE PUBLICDrugs generally lose patent protection about 12 years after they are first sold in the United States; within five years after patent expiration, prices decline by 61 percent, say economists Frank Lichtenberg and Gautier Duflos... COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY/PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS/MANHATTAN INSTITUTE Economic Issues HOW TO AVOID POVERTY AND ENTER THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASSSocial policies will be more successful if they encourage people to do things that bring longer-term success, say observers... BROOKINGS INSTITUTION Economic Issues TEN PRINCIPLES FOR TAX REFORM: PRINCIPLE FOURMinimizing economic harm should be the dominant consideration in the selection and design of taxes, says Robert Carling, a Senior Fellow with the Center for Independent Study... POLICY |
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