Year: 2000

August 10, 2000

The National Center for Public Policy Research 777 N. Capitol St., NE, Suite 803 * Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 507-6398 * Fax (301) 498-1301 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: https://nationalcenter.org Contents * Senate Committee Reports Out Conservation and Reinvestment Act; Prospects for ...
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Good For Thee, But Not For Me, by Mike Ramey

Project 21 Commentary /
Who could forget the sound and the fury of the recent Million Mom March (it was thousands, actually) in Washington, D.C.? Ahh, the pageantry. Ooh, the morality. Ouch - the hypocrisy! Say what? Rosie O'Donnell, the television-talk-show-host-turned-anti-gun-advocate - the woman ...
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Carnivore is Hungry for Your Privacy, by Michael King

Project 21 Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published August 2000 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. Carnivore is hungry, and ...
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Government Restrictions on Domestic Energy Development Contribute to U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil, by John K. Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #305 /
Frustrated consumers, angry over rising gasoline prices, should ask the federal government why it is fostering U.S. dependence on foreign oil by waging war against development of our nation's domestic energy industry. A major reason the United States imports more ...
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Raynard Johnson and the Ghosts of Mississippi, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

Project 21 Commentary /
On June 16, Jerry Johnson was confronted by every good parent's nightmare. Hanging from a pecan tree in his front yard was the body of his youngest child, his boy, Raynard. Seventeen-year-old Raynard was handsome, got good grades and was ...
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Clean Air Regulations Harmful to Minority Economic Gains, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #303 /
Black Americans have made remarkable progress in recent decades. The income levels of black households have tripled over the past 24 years, and the number of black-owned businesses more than doubled between 1987 and 1997. If these trends hold, racial ...
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How the Environmental Protection Agency Became a Public Health Risk, by Michael Centrone

National Policy Analysis #304 /
If the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established to safeguard the nation's environment, then why does it require people to purchase gasoline that pollutes the water and makes them sick? That, after all, is the result of the EPA's controversial ...
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Black Network Applauds Congressional Tax Relief – “When We’ve Overpaid, We Want Our Money Back.”

Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud efforts by congressional leaders to provide tax relief to all Americans through the repeal of the marriage tax and the "death tax" on estates, despite veto threats by the Clinton White ...
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Black Network Applauds Congressional Tax Relief – “When We’ve Overpaid, We Want Our Money Back.” – July 2000

Press Release /
Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud efforts by congressional leaders to provide tax relief to all Americans through the repeal of the marriage tax and the "death tax" on estates, despite veto threats by the Clinton White ...
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Public Seeks Assurances that USDA’s Proposed Organic Rule Not Misleading; Widespread Concern that Organic Labeling Will Discriminate Against Conventional Farming Practices Including Agricultural Biotechnology

Thousands of consumers, farmers, scientists, academics and legislators responded during the comment period on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) proposed organic rule asking the department to ensure that final regulations not mislead consumers into believing organic foods are safer ...
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