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  • The NCPA book, Leaving Women Behind, details the outdated government policies that are causing problems for women and families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.

Successful Outreach

Traditional Media Outreach

Newspapers, magazines, radio, television and online media are the most economical and efficient way of distributing the NCPA message. The following factors will allow us to assess our success in increasing the level of public awareness through media response:

  • The number of people reached through print, radio, television and online outreach
  • The advertising dollar equivalent of our media coverage

NCPA Web sites and Blogs

The NCPA expands audiences dramatically through its Web sites, www.ncpa.org, www.TaxesandGrowth.ncpa.org, www.RetirementReform.org, www.familyissues.ncpa.org and http://cdhc.ncpa.org (our consumer-driven health care Web site). NCPA Distinguished Fellow Robert McTeer, Jr.'s blog conveys insights on taxes, the economy and monetary policy and promotes the NCPA's policy reform ideas. Free market ideas are also shared on NCPA President John Goodman's Health Blog and on Terry Neese's Family Policy Blog. Podcasts and video recordings of NCPA expert appearances are available on its Web sites and shared with Washington policymakers and the news media.

New Media Outreach

The NCPA is reaching new audiences through its new media campaigns on social networking sites. Follow the NCPA on: