Daily Policy Digest
Government Issues
| Washington's Ten Thousand Commandments According to the Small Business Administration, the annual cost of complying with federal regulations has exceeded $1 trillion since around 2005... |
| Why Motorists Should Pay by the Mile A more agreeable system for financing the maintenance and expansion of the nation's roadways would tax drivers instead on the number of miles driven on the roads... |
| Consumer Welfare and Television Program Regulation In making spectrum allocation decisions, the Federal Communications Commission has been heavily influenced by industry interests... |
| Airline Deregulation: Myth or Reality? Airport services, including slots and gates, are not priced according to market-based principles, with "first come" a common principle used regarding take-offs and landings... |
| Ongoing Government Failures in Air Transportation Carriers can be fined for holding passengers on the tarmac for extended periods; the economic response of airlines has been to hold back flights at the gate or to cancel them... |
| Why We Need Principles-Based Regulation With principles-based regulations, legislation would lay out broad but well-defined principles that businesses are expected to follow... |
| The Problem with Public Broadcasting Government-funded media companies are inherently problematic and impossible to reconcile with either the First Amendment or a government of constitutionally limited powers... |
| Regulation in the Pulp and Paper Industry: Costs and Consequences Between 1994 and 2010 the number of workplace injuries in the paper and pulp industry declined at a faster rate than the national rate for all private industries... |
| The Cost of Ever-Increasing Federal Regulations Estimated regulatory costs, while "off budget," are estimated to be $1.75 trillion and are equivalent to over 48 percent of the level of federal spending itself... |
| When Cupcakes Are the Enemy of School Kids Massachusetts will not only limit the bake sale capability of students -- it will also forbid students from handing out sweets such as cupcakes on their birthdays... |
