Detroit Project is Hypocritical, Muddleheaded
Statement of National Center for Public Policy Research President Amy Ridenour on the anti-SUV ads being run by the Detroit Project: "The Detroit Project, which currently is running TV ads portraying owners of SUVs as supporters of terrorism, is hypocritical and muddleheaded. "It's ads say that buying gasoline -- apparently, ...
McCain and Lieberman Push for New Anti-Global Warming Legislation
BACKGROUND: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Lieberman (D-CT) plan to introduce a new anti-global warming bill this week instituting a so-called "cap and trade" system for greenhouse gas emissions. McCain, incoming chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, has scheduled a January 8 hearing on the new bill. As described ...
Legal Briefs newsletter #36: Lawsuits Cost Americans More Than Drugs
"An April 2002 study prepared by the White House Council of Economic Advisers determined that the U.S. has the most expensive tort system in the world, consuming 1.8% of GDP. At $636 per capita, it's more than twice the average percentage of other industrialized nations. Put another way, the $179 ...
Project 21 Press Release: Project 21 Member to Discuss Slave Reparations on ABC News “Nightline” Program
The African-American leadership network Project 21 is asking the Virginia State Bar to investigate NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc president and director-counsel Elaine R. Jones. "Obstructionism is the order of the day in the Senate," said Project 21 member Gregory Parker of New Braunfels, Texas. "Now we know ...
New Year Likely to Bring Another ANWR Showdown, by Christopher Burger
BACKGROUND: The stage is being set for another Senate confrontation over drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Pro-drilling Senators are considering adding an ANWR provision to the FY 2004 budget reconciliation bill. As reconciliation bills cannot be filibustered under Senate rules, supporters would need 50 rather than 60 ...
Buckle Up, Black America, by Mary Katherine Ascik
A New Visions Commentary paper published January 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web https://nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Black America needs to fasten its collective seatbelt. According to figures from the National ...
McCain and Lieberman Join the Ranks of Ecoactivists With New Legislation on Global Warming
It's a peculiar and pervasive phenomenon in the nation's capital. Invent a major problem where none exists, then propose a complicated and costly solution, create yet another bureaucratic fiefdom and hand out scads of federal grant money and patronage positions. That's apparently what Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Lieberman ...
National Center for Public Policy Research “In the News” newsletter – Spring 2003
Dear Friend, A few months ago, one of my colleagues here at The National Center got out a ruler and a calculator and figured out that, if copies of all the print media The National Center received in 2002 were laid end-to-end, the paper trail would cover the distance of ...
New Visions Commentary: Let Us Once Again Recommit Ourselves to Those Values Which Define Us, by Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Sundays in my family meant church. It was the center of our lives. In segregated black Birmingham of the late 1950s and early 1960s, the church was not just a place of worship; it was the social and civic center of our community. Throughout my life I have never doubted ...
Special Report: Climate-Gate: What Is the President Being Accused Of, Exactly? by Michael Catanzaro
"Climate-Gate" is getting a lot of attention. What is the White House being accused of, exactly? Let's take a closer look: 1) The White House is denying a "scientific consensus" that global warming is occurring and that human beings, through the use of fossil fuels, are "largely" responsible. FACTS: First, ...
Talking Points on Government Reform #1: A Plea for More Government Oversight
Only 29 percent of the public says it has "a great deal/quite a lot" of confidence in Congress.1 It's no wonder. Congress over the years has let our federal government grow to huge, unmanageable proportions. * Congress appears poised to approve a Medicare prescription drug benefit that the Heritage Foundation ...
Talking Points on Health Care #15: Facts about the Uninsured – Part I
While the vast majority of Americans (86%) have either private health insurance or health care coverage through a government program such as Medicare or Medicaid, approximately 14 percent of all Americans are uninsured. Contrary to popular perception, the uninsured are not all poor, nor are they old. Rather, data from ...
Talking Points on Health Care #16: Facts about the Uninsured – Part II
According to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, an estimated 38.4 million Americans, or about 14% of the total population of 276.5 million, were uninsured in 2000.1 However, contrary to what may be commonly assumed, the uninsured are not the same as the unemployed. The data show that ...
Talking Points on Health Care #17: Why National Health Insurance Means Waiting for Care
Some advocates argue that a universal government run "single payer" heath system is the solution to America's health care problems of rising costs and a substantial uninsured population. However, the experience of countries with such nationalized health systems shows that following their advice would simply trade one set of problems ...
Talking Points on Health Care #18: Waiting for Medical Care in Canada
The 11th annual survey of Canadian health care waiting lists conducted by the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute found that the median waiting time for non-emergency surgery and treatments in Canada increased from 13.1 weeks (3 months) in 1999 to 16.2 weeks (3.7 months) in 2000-01.1 The estimated number of Canadians waiting ...
Talking Points on Health Care #19: More Money Won’t Cure Nationalized Health Care
Supporters of single-payer government health care typically argue that long waits for medical care in countries with such systems can be blamed on those governments not spend enough on health care. However, an analysis of waiting times and health spending in the Canadian national health system found that increasing government ...
Do Americans Spend too Much on Prescription Drugs?
Many people think that Americans now spend too much on prescription drugs. In fact, it can be argued that Americans probably spend too little. One reason is that drugs are often a cost effective alternative to other therapies, such as hospitalization or surgery.1 Indeed, one recent study found that every ...
Talking Points on Health Care #21: Higher Prices Aren’t to Blame for Increased Drug Spending
In recent years American's have been spending more on prescription drugs. In 1990, 5.4% of total US health spending was for prescription drugs while by 2000 that figure had risen to 9.0%, or almost double. While still a comparative bargain at less than 10 cents of every health care dollar, ...
New Visions Commentary: Diversity By Design Hurtful to Minorities, and the Supreme Court Isn’t Easing the Pain, by Donald E. Scoggins
Affirmative action programs were created to help underprivileged minorities overcome adversity so they could take full advantage of the opportunities America has to offer. In reality, it can stifle that same opportunity, increase racial tension and create just the sort of abuse it was meant to eradicate. A new set ...
New Visions Commentary: Breaking the Mold: Herman Cain and the Rise of Black Conservatives, by Matthew Craig
Herman Cain has risen from meager beginnings to the pinnacle of the business world. Now he's now looking to apply his skills to the world of politics. His experience, coupled with his characteristic determination, make this black conservative a serious contender for the U.S. Senate in Georgia. Cain isn't from ...
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