Daily Policy Digest
| Rare Earths Mining Potential in the United States States with rare earths resources could increase gross state product by almost $40 billion, add nearly 3,600 shovel-ready jobs and improve state revenues by $724 million... |
| Increased Farm Productivity Returns Farmland to Nature In the United States, corn production grew 17-fold between 1860 and 2010, yet more land was planted in corn in 1925 than in 2010... |
| Debt on the Rise for Seniors Between 2000 and 2011, the median amount of household debt for Americans older than age 65 more than doubled from $12,702 to about $26,000... |
| Food Stamp Use Swells as Unemployment Recedes The number of people receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits rose 70 percent between 2008 and December 2012 to a record 47.8 million individuals... |
| Falling Fertility Rates The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that the lifetime costs of medical care, primary education, clothing and food for a child are over $200,000 alone... |
| Third Edition of Freedom in the 50 States In the Mercatus Center's Freedom in the 50 States' overall freedom ranking, North Dakota comes in first followed by South Dakota, Tennessee, New Hampshire and Oklahoma... |
| Why Health Care Spending Will Explode under ObamaCare Following full implementation of ObamaCare in 2014, the government estimates that health care spending may rise by $60 billion to $70 billion per year... |
| Cyprus Deposit Tax Sets Dangerous Precedent Cyprus' deposit tax amounts to fraud and reveals the immense danger the European Union's banking system is still in... |
| Loan Guarantees Distort Free Market Loan guarantees deny capital to more competitive companies that would receive a loan if a failing business was not kept afloat by a guarantee... |
| Doctors Skeptical About Future of U.S. Health System Fifty-five percent of physicians surveyed believe that other doctors will reduce the number of hours they work because of the changes that are occurring in the health system... |
