Daily Policy Digest
| No Substitute for a Teacher Nationally, 36 percent of teachers are absent more than 10 days per year... |
| Tax Relief for Child Care Should Be Maintained Child care merits tax relief because labor economists have proven that reductions in the cost of child care lead to increased work... |
| Toward Another Mortgage Meltdown? The mortgage loan system now in place is eerily reminiscent of the pre-housing bubble before 2007... |
| Plastic Bag Ban Leads to Increased Theft A January survey by Seattle Public Utilities reported that 21.1 percent of business owners believe an increase in shoplifting is due to the city's plastic bag ban... |
| ObamaCare Creates Moral Dilemma The burden of deciding which medical procedures are standard or culturally acceptable has been transferred from individuals and employers to the government under the Affordable Care Act... |
| Obama's Misguided Education Policy Fourteen years after Oklahoma implemented universal preschool, its fourth grade reading score is down 10 points on the National Assessment Education Progress report card... |
| Proposed Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Has Few Benefits A new regulation proposes that hybrid and electric motor vehicles make enough sound to alert the blind or visually impaired of their presence... |
| Tax Bills for Rich Families Approach 30-Year High For 2013, families with incomes in the top 20 percent of the nation will pay an average of 27.2 percent of their income in federal taxes; the average family in the bottom 20 percent of households won't pay any federal taxes... |
| California's Green Jobs: Where Did They Go? California's electricity prices are 39 percent higher than the national average and expected to rise when the state's renewable energy mandate kicks in... |
| Official Hybrid Gas Mileage Estimates May Be Overstated Hybrid vehicles are much more sensitive to driving habits and a hybrid that is driven aggressively might get far worse gas mileage than its window-sticker rating... |
