Daily Policy Digest
| The Streetcar Fantasy The cost of operating one streetcar mile is three to four times higher than operating one bus mile... |
| Federal Housing Administration: the Next Housing Bailout The Federal Housing Administration recently released its 2012 fiscal year actuarial review of the single family mortgage insurance fund and concluded it was insolvent... |
| An Alternative Perspective on Health Inequality People with the lowest income -- those in the 10th percentile of income -- have increased their lifespan by eight years; this gain in longevity is worth around $483,344... |
| Controversial HOT Lanes Spread Nationally A dozen highway lanes that charge cars rising tolls as traffic increases now operate across the nation and another 18 are under development... |
| The Underworked Public Employee If public-sector employees just worked as many hours as their private counterparts, governments at all levels could save more than $100 billion in annual labor costs... |
| Dispelling the Myths: Toll and Fuel Tax Collection Costs in the 21st Century The cost of collecting motor fuel taxes is greater than the widely believed 1 percent of the revenue collected... |
| BRICS: The World's New Banker? Countries like the United States have a large percent of the International Monetary Fund's voting share, allowing it to veto any major decisions... |
| American Men Find Careers in Collecting Disability In 1960, the percentage of the economically active 18-to-64-year-old population receiving disability benefits was 0.65 percent; in 2011, it was 5.6 percent... |
| Fuel Efficiency Standards The downsizing of cars in the 1970s and 1980s resulted in an additional 1,300 to 2,600 traffic fatalities in 1993 alone... |
| Higher Gas Tax Unlikely to Gain Support in U.S. Congress Since the gasoline tax aids in federal funding for transportation infrastructure, a failure to increase it would likely result in new ways to fund infrastructure projects... |
