Daily Policy Digest
| Comparing the House, Senate and Obama Budget Plans The House budget would return the level of federal taxing and spending to its long-term average by reducing federal spending increases by cutting $5.7 trillion over the next 10 years, says Peter Ferrara, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
| Green Jobs: Illusive and Costly Solar generation accounts for only 500 jobs and wind technologies account for only 2,700 jobs... |
| New Tax on Hybrid Vehicles to Support Highway Maintenance A new law in Virginia will require hybrid and electric car owners to pay a $64-per-year fee to make up for what taxes these owners aren't paying at the pump... |
| How the Wheels Came Off for Fisker The failure of electric car maker Fisker represents yet another example of the federal government's poor ability to pick winners and losers in the private market, particularly with firms that seek to limit fossil fuel use... |
| Lessons from the Cyprus Bailout Cyprus should never have proposed a tax on small insured bank deposits, but should have used its financial crisis as an excuse to leave the euro... |
| Federal Aviation Administration Proposes Unnecessary Privacy Regulations on Drone Test Sites The Federal Aviation Administration should refrain from making any guidelines on privacy because its expertise is solely in regulating aeronautics, not in Fourth Amendment jurisprudence... |
| Obama Budget Proposals Raises Taxes on Middle Class For the first time in his presidency, Obama is proposing to raise taxes on people below the $250,000 threshold... |
| Federal Reserve's Huge Balance Sheet Poses Risk If it follows its current path, the Federal Reserve's balance sheet will not return to its historical norm of around 6 percent of gross domestic product until 2022... |
| Teacher Preparation Education Programs Need Reform Through journal keeping and in-class dialogues, many teachers are taught that they are activists for social justice... |
| States Could Push Part-Time Workers Into Exchanges Washington state is planning to push part-time employees who currently receive health coverage through the state into the health exchange mandated by the Affordable Care Act... |
