Year: 1999

Economic Sanctions Against a Small U.S. Possession are Unwarranted, Says Group

Efforts by the Clinton Administration and several elected officials to place economic sanctions on a small U.S. possession are unwise and unwarranted, says The National Center for Public Policy Research. On Thursday, April 29, Senators Spencer Abraham (R-MI) and Ernest ...
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Earth Day No Holiday for Black Americans

Black Leadership Network Faults Anti-Minority Environment Policies Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 find fault with the beliefs and goals of radical environmentalists who are celebrating Earth Day on April 22. These activists regularly promote drastic regulations that ...
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Earth Day No Holiday for Black Americans – April 1999

Press Release /
Black Leadership Network Faults Anti-Minority Environment Policies Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 find fault with the beliefs and goals of radical environmentalists who are celebrating Earth Day on April 22. These activists regularly promote drastic regulations that ...
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Americans Are Better Off Than We Think

National Policy Analysis #238 /
Quiz: Which are true? A. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. B. Americans have less free time every year. C. Americans are being left with inferior service jobs because manufacturing jobs are being shipped overseas ...
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The Campaign Against Urban Sprawl: Declaring War on the American Dream, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #239 /
From the White House to Main Street, urban sprawl is the latest environmental crisis vexing America. The Clinton Administration and environmentalists warn that urban sprawl, or unregulated suburban development, undermines our quality of life. They argue that urban sprawl exacerbates ...
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Bill Would Fund Parks, Hockey Rinks to Rescue Oceans

National Policy Analysis #240 /
Only politicians would try sell the idea that best way to reduce environmental threats to the oceans is to spend more money on ice hockey rinks, parks and other recreational facilities in cities. But that's precisely what some of our ...
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Government Hinders Environmental Progress, Free Market Advances It

National Policy Analysis #241 /
The free market can be one of the most powerful forces for solving the nation's environment problems if government doesn't stand in the way. Two cases in point are the experiences of Benjamin Cone of North Carolina and the Lexmark ...
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Congress Considers Tax Limitation Constitutional Amendment

National Policy Analysis #242 /
In the year 1057, Lady Godiva urged her husband Leofric, Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes on the people of Coventry. Leofric replied that he would do so only if his wife rode naked through the town marketplace. Lady Godiva ...
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Authority, by Eddie Huff

Project 21 Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published April 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Court, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202/543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web https://nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. I got a chuckle ...
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The Case for Private Environmental Stewardship, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #250 /
There's just no pleasing some people. Twenty-nine years ago, the first Earth Day was held to raise public awareness to very real environmental problems this nation faced. Today, two-thirds of the American people consider themselves environmentalists and the private sector ...
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