Daily Policy Digest
| America's Roads Aren't Crumbling Urban interstates with "poor" pavement dropped from 6.6 percent to 5.4 percent between 1989 and 2008... |
| Farmland: Yet Another Bubble? With prices rising by double-digits in six of the last seven years, farmers are witnessing the value of their farms skyrocket -- Iowa land selling for $2,275 per acre in 2003 is now selling for $8,700 per acre... |
| The Dangers of Misapplied Internet Privacy Policies The current online advertising market operates efficiently because ads about products and prices reach potential buyers effectively and quickly... |
| Civilian Doctors Wary of Accepting Military's TRICARE An estimated 620,000 Pentagon health care recipients struggle to find private doctors who will accept them as patients... |
| Department of Energy Awarding Billions in Energy Subsidies Despite Sequester More than $1.2 billion in cash payments has been awarded to renewable energy projects by the Department of Energy and the Treasury Department since the beginning of the year, despite the sequester... |
| The Case for Across-the-Board Spending Cuts Virtually every government program, from defense to Social Security, has grown by an average of 35 percent between 2008 and 2013... |
| Reforming Medicare's Cost-Sharing Requirements Reforming Medicare's cost-sharing requirements could reduce government spending by billions... |
| Republicans Must Provide Clear Economic Outlook Republicans need to provide a fresh outlook on the benefits of conservative economics while explaining the Great Recession in terms of the free market... |
| Why Differentiating between Taxes and Fees Is Important By labeling taxes as different things, such as a fee or surcharge, policymakers are avoiding legal protections for taxpayers that have been in place for many years... |
| Global Warming Slows to Crawl, Puzzles Scientists Research shows that temperature increases since 2005 are already at the low end of projections derived from 20 climate models... |
