Daily Policy Digest
| Why the Government Needs to Budget over the Infinite Horizon Social Security's infinite horizon gap has risen 74 percent on an inflation-adjusted basis since 2003, says Laurence Kotlikoff, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
| Regulation: The Unnoticed Problem Public policies that pick winners or prescribe one-best-way solutions will tend to freeze markets and reduce innovation... |
| It's Time to Reform Farm Subsidies The federal government spends approximately $100 billion per year on farm bill programs; of this, $23 billion goes to farm subsidy programs... |
| Federal Reserve Advocates Use of Eminent Domain for Private Gain A study posted on the New York Federal Reserve's website advocates using eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages... |
| Government Subsidizes Unions through "Official Time" In 2011, the federal government paid over $156 million for some of its employees to work as representatives for government unions, up from $139 million in 2010 and $129 million in 2009... |
| Veterans Affairs Fails to Curb Suicide Epidemic Veterans represent only 7 percent of the population, but 22 percent of all reported suicides, says Kyle Buckley, a graduate student fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis and a veteran of the U.S. Army... |
| The Affordable Care Act Subsidizes People to Quit their Jobs The Congressional Budget Office has concluded that 800,000 people will take early retirements or quit as a consequence of the Affordable Care Act... |
| U.S. Oil Notches Record Growth Crude oil production in the United States jumped 14 percent last year to 8.9 million barrels a day... |
| Lawmaker, Aides and Staff Are Worried about ObamaCare Dozens of lawmakers and aides are so afraid that their health insurance premiums will skyrocket next year thanks to the Affordable Care Act that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting... |
| Electric Cars: The Environmentalist Paradox All told, roughly two-thirds of the fuel burned to provide power to recharge the locally clean, electrified vehicles is carbon-based... |
