Daily Policy Digest
Government Issues
| The Case for Privatizing Amtrak As a result of Amtrak taking over the nation's passenger trains, rail fares have increased by 110 percent since 1970... |
| How to Fix the Federal Housing Administration Despite constantly negative fiscal reports, the Federal Housing Administration assures Congress that future years will be better... |
| OSHA'S Role in Promoting Occupational Safety and Health Today, workplace injuries and fatalities have fallen dramatically, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is not the reason for it... |
| Internet Gambling: The Keys to a Successful Regulatory Climate Online gambling has a different cost structure than casinos, which means that any tax and licensing structures should reflect low expectations for revenue and taxes... |
| Airlines Face Acute Shortage of Pilots New requirements set forth by the federal government are forcing new pilot hires to have at least 1,500 hours of prior flight experience, a six fold increase compared to the previous requirement... |
| Economic Analysis by Federal Financial Regulators The failure to routinely conduct economic analysis on financial regulatory initiatives undercuts the pursuit for optimal results... |
| Grading the Government's Data Publication Practices Nineteen of 20 cabinet-level agencies disobeyed the public disclosure laws under the Freedom of Information Act... |
| Regulatory Reform and Housing Finance: Putting the "Cost" Back in Benefit-Cost There could be 3.9 million fewer jobs as a result of the housing regulations through the Dodd-Frank legislation and Basel III accords... |
| Crony Capitalism: By-Product of Big Government Government intervention in the economy through subsidies and regulations are a primary reason for crony capitalism... |
| Risk Assessment, Safety Assessment, and the Estimation of Regulatory Benefits Since 1981, most federal operations are expected to conduct systematic regulatory impact analysis for their largest regulatory reform initiatives... |
