Daily Policy Digest
| Funding Rules Test Schools The Karnes, Texas, school district has long been among the poorest in the state -- and it remains so, local officials say, even though an oil boom has sent property values surging eightfold in the past two years... |
| 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... |
| Myths and Realities of Social Security Replacement Rates Social Security's replacement rate is intended to provide equity in benefits over time, but there are some misunderstood features that have some unintended consequences for the overall evaluation of the program... |
| The Medical Device Excise Tax: Another Barrier to Innovation Net profits for medical device firms could be reduced anywhere between 6.8 percent and 40 percent as a result of the Affordable Care Act's excise tax on medical devices... |
| Germany Promotes Competition with Shift to Territorial Taxation System To make its companies more competitive internationally, Germany reduced the combined tax rate on corporate income from 56 percent to 30.2 percent in 1998... |
| Five Pathways to Fundamentally Reshaping American Schooling Schools should function as a general contractor, bringing in different organizations that excel in teaching the various subjects... |
| How the Government's Unconstitutional Actions Hurt the 99 Percent Coercive government policies threaten to limit economic freedom, thereby increasing the power of political elites and hurting the poor and working classes... |
| More Employers Embrace High-Deductible Health Plans to Pare Costs The cost of a high-deductible medical plan with a health savings account is $7,833 annually per employee compared to $10,007 for a preferred-provider organization plan... |
| Federal Housing Administration Nears Need for Taxpayer Funds The Federal Housing Administration is projected to need more money to pay off its projected losses than it has in its reserves... |
| Tax Hikes over $250k: End of the Upper Middle Class? According to Salary.com, the cost of living in New York City is 105.7 percent higher than in Peoria, Illinois... |
