Daily Policy Digest
Government Issues
| Internet Kill Switch Would Be Complex and Expensive Outrage at the five-day shutdown of Egypt's Internet and mobile phone network has given opponents of the "kill switch" in America and elsewhere some powerful arguments... |
| Regulation without Representation The total cost of federal regulations last year was over $1.75 trillion... |
| Food Safety Bill Will Not Make Food Safer In its bid to legislate safe food, Congress is about to embark on another unarmed expedition into the tortuous territory of unintended consequences... |
| Calls for Professional Licensing Spread Licensing requirements can prohibit low-income workers from breaking in to entry-level trades... |
| Growing Federal Payroll Since 1999, the federal government has grown by over 4.5 million employees... |
| End Public Funding for Political Campaigns Government expenditures on election campaigns are an unnecessary burden on taxpayers that do nothing to reduce the influence of special interest money in politics... |
| Reinvent Government Americans do not want only a smaller government; they want a more productive government... |
| Distracted Pedestrians Prompt New Laws A recent increase in pedestrian fatalities is once again prompting lawmakers to regulate the use of electronic gadgets by pedestrians and motorists... |
| Not So High-Speed Trains The allusion to an American future with trains at speeds exceeding 150 miles per hour rests on a shaky foundation... |
| Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation Public-private partnerships empower motorists by allowing them to become consumers, not merely users, of our nation’s roadways... |
