NCPA Daily Policy Digest (11/22/10)

Federal Spending & Budget Issues

The Truth about Entitlements

It is most prudent to align our promised entitlement benefits to realistic projections, not to optimistic hopes, says Arnold Kling, an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute...

MERCATUS CENTER

Education Issues

New Harvard Report on Arizona's Tuition Tax Credit Debunks Myths

Those who oppose parental choice often claim that Arizona's tuition tax credit only benefits children from wealthy families, but the median family income for students with tax credit scholarships was almost $5,000 lower than the statewide median family income, according to a new report from Harvard University's Program on Education Policy and Governance...

GOLDWATER INSTITUTE

Federal Spending & Budget Issues

Postal Service Announces $8.5 Billion Loss

Since 2006, the U.S. Postal Service has lost $20 billion, and the organization is close to maxing out its $15 billion line of credit with the U.S. Treasury, says Tad DeHaven, a budget analyst on federal and state budget issues for the Cato Institute...

CATO-AT-LIBERTY.ORG

Energy Issues

Disarmament in America's Energy Security Battles

The European Union, which like the United States relies heavily upon coal and oil, has found little salvation through enormous investments in renewable energy alternatives, says Larry Bell, a professor at the University of Houston...

FORBES

Trade Issues

The U.S. Generalized System of Preferences: Helping the Poor, But at What Price?

The expiration of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) at the end of 2010 will allow the United States to correct the most egregious of the GSP's limitations and move toward opening the U.S. market on a permanent and nondiscriminatory basis, says Sallie James, a policy analyst with the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies...

CATO INSTITUTE