NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Monday, May 19, 2003

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Daily Policy Digest
Monday, May 19, 2003

	It is doubtful that the senate tax bill will create more than a trivial number of new jobs, says Bruce Bartlett....
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS

	The number of people living in impoverished inner cities fell from 10.4 million to 7.9 million from 1990 to 2000....
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION/URBAN INSTITUTE/USA TODAY

	Fewer housing units are built in New York City than in the 1920s, due to rent control, critics observe....
WALL STREET JOURNAL

	Health insurance is affordable for between one quarter and three quarters of adults who are not insured, according to Kate Bundorf and Mark Pauly....
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

	Higher-tax countries are falling behind the United States in per capita income, say researchers....
HERITAGE FOUNDATION

	Drug testing in schools does not deter student drug use any more than doing no screening at all, according a new study....
JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH/NEW YORK TIMES

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