Daily Policy Digest
| Drones: Look to the Sky! Discussion about drones should consider the civilian, commercial and scientific applications of drones, as well as limits on how this new technology can be used, says Evan Carr, a research associate with the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
| Soaring Social Security Disability Rolls Headed for Collapse In 2009, Social Security's Disability Insurance began paying out more in benefits than it took in from payroll taxes; by 2016, it is set to run out of money... |
| Medical Claims Costs to Rise in Individual Market under Health Law Medical claims costs -- the biggest driver of health insurance premiums -- will jump an average of 32 percent for Americans' individual policies under President Barack Obama's overhaul... |
| Health Law Could Boost Use of Temp Workers The Affordable Care Act could prove to be a boon for temporary staffing companies as employers outsource jobs to sidestep complex requirements for medical insurance... |
| Comparing the Ryan and Murray Budget Plans Tax reductions under Rep. Paul Ryan's budget would raise gross domestic product and labor income by 6 percent, which equals roughly 8 million additional full time jobs... |
| The State of Health Care Spending The variation in Medicaid spending over a 40-year period, as a percent of state gross domestic product, was from two to three times greater than the variation in private sector spending, according to a new study from the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
| Energy Efficiency, Not Efficiency Mandates Producers have a much better ability to meet consumers' demands than any government mandate or subsidy program... |
| Green Jobs Haven't Lived up to Obama's Promise America can boast only 500 green jobs in solar electric power generation, but 886,000 green jobs in government... |
| A Better Strategy for Faster Growth Appropriations legislation should focus on the coming fiscal year and the next, not on 10-year multitrillion-dollar totals that the current Congress can't control and the public can't understand... |
| 50 States, 50 Different Tax Regimes As a percentage of state income, New York has the highest tax burden at 12.8 percent, followed by New Jersey at 12.4 percent and Connecticut at 12.3 percent... |
