NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Wednesday, March 12, 2003

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Daily Policy Digest
Wednesday, March 12, 2003

	Government child care funding tripled from 1996 to 2003....
NCPA

	A larger economy and increased employment will offset about half of the estimated revenue loss of the Bush tax plan, according to the Council of Economic Advisers....
NCPA

	Scientists cannot look at dopamine levels or brain scans and tell the difference between pleasure and addiction....
USA TODAY

	Nonregulatory wetlands conservation is effective, say the U.S. secretaries of agriculture and interior....
NEW YORK TIMES

	Demand for home ownership will disappear if the country goes into a second down leg of a recession and jobs disappear, according to economist Gary Schilling....
DALLAS MORNING NEWS

	United States' defense spending is about 10 times as much as China -- $400 billion versus roughly $40 billion per year....
CATO INSTITUTE

	Health effects of obesity outweigh smoking or drinking say researchers....
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