NCPA Daily Policy Digest (8/2/10)
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National Center for Policy AnalysisDaily Policy DigestMonday, August 2, 2010 |
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Social Security Issues SOCIAL SECURITY JITTERS? BETTER PREPARE NOWExpect benefit cuts to Social Security, says Laurence J. Kotlikoff, an economics professor at Boston University... NEW YORK TIMES Taxes THE BIGGEST TAX INCREASE IN U.S. HISTORY?The Justice Department is calling the ObamaCare mandate a tax; if so, it will represent the biggest tax increase in the history of the United States, says Merrill Matthews, a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation... FORBES Energy Issues A GOP ENERGY ALTERNATIVECalif. Rep. Devin Nunes's nuclear proposal would do more to reduce carbon emissions than any Democratic plan on the table, says columnist Kimberley A. Strassel... WALL STREET JOURNAL Energy Issues DO AMERICANS CONSUME TOO LITTLE NATURAL GAS?While industrial customers face prices that are close to marginal cost (2.5 percent markup), most residential and commercial customers face prices closer to average cost (40 percent markup), says Claire Brunel... NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH Education Issues THE CASE FOR SATURDAY SCHOOLSchool children in China attend school 41 days a year more than most young Americans and receive 30 percent more hours of instruction, says Chester E. Finn Jr., a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and Chairman of the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education... HOOVER DIGEST Global Warming CLIMATE CHANGE LINKED TO MASS MEXICAN MIGRATION TO UNITED STATESScientists are predicting another consequence of climate change -- mass migration to the United States... JEWISH WORLD REVIEW/PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES |
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