NCPA Profile and Programs


Projects and Successes

NCPA Projects In Action

Tax and Retirement Policy Reform

  • Distinguished Fellow Robert D. McTeer, Jr., has been a leader in promoting pro-growth reforms as the NCPA spokesperson on economic and tax policy reform.
  • NCPA publications about taxing the poor, Americans' saving habits, and how to fix the alternative minimum tax are being distributed and promoted.
  • The NCPA has created www.retirementreform.org to help share solutions for retirement reform policy problems.
  • NCPA Policy Chairman Michael Whalen has become a leading expert on tax and retirement issues, with contributions to the NCPA retirement Web Site and in media appearances.

Health Care

  • The NCPA's rapid media response program tracks, analyzes and responds daily to national news on health care, counteracting bad and reinforcing good information.
  • Our State Health Care Reform Handbook and state reform initiative is helping state-based think tanks reform local Medicaid programs and state health insurance regulations.
  • John Goodman's popular blog focuses on information empowering patients with consumer driven health care solutions.

Family Policy Center

  • Distinguished Fellow Terry Neese is a leading advocate for policy change that will positively impact American families, as well as small businesses.
  • The NCPA book, Leaving Women Behind, details the outdated government policies that are causing problems for women and families
  • The NCPA and the Family Policy Center are regularly featured on networks such as CNN and Fox, as well as major radio stations throughout the country
  • The FPC has established a National Advisory Council comprised of women business owners from New York to Georgia to Arizona.The goal is at least one member per state.
  • The FPC has a featured column every month in Womenentrepreneur.com and the Oklahoma Examiner.

Environment/Energy Communications Program (E-Team)

  • The Global Warming Primer is available to middle and high school classes around the country. Eteam.ncpa.org provides market-oriented environmental solutions with more than 15,000 research and news articles.
  • The NCPA is educating Americans that for a fraction of the cost of preventing climate change, we can adapt our behavior to limit the negative impacts of global warming.
  • We have increased our exposure in trade journals, and broadcast media by more than 50 percent each of the past three years.
  • President Klaus of the Czech Republic has asked permission to translate the Global Warming
  • Primer into Czech for distribution in his country.
  • Permission also has been granted to Giancarlo Ibarguen of the Universidad Francisco Marioquin in Guatemala for translation and distribution.

Other Initiatives

  • Debate Central now hosts completely free workshops for Cross-Examination and Lincoln-Douglas debaters every fall. Because our workshops are free, students from underfunded programs are able to access the best debate training available.   
  • This year we will host the second annual I Debate: Developing Leaders with General Tommy Franks. I Debate is a low-cost five day camp that seeks to develop leadership skills through competitive debate.
  • We expanded our Junior Fellow and Internship program to give more students the opportunity to gain experience working in the field of public policy.