Year: 2007

Congratulations Are in Order

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...to Project 21 Fellow Deneen Moore and National Center Senior Fellow Tom Borelli upon the occasion of their marriage. May you have many happy years together! ...
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Bush’s War in Africa

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With his usual impeccable timing, Joe Roche has an op-ed in the Lexington Herald-Leader on U.S. actions to combat al Qaeda in Africa just as the U.S. announces air strikes against al Qaeda in Somalia. Joe's op-ed says, in part: ...
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Nanny State

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Medpundit found herself on the wrong side of the law recently. Seems she banned smoking in her office long before her home state adopted an indoor smoking ban, but now that her state's adopted her policy, its quibbling about the ...
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Do Minimum Wage Increases Benefit Workers and the Economy? by Ryan Balis

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The Left Says: "...there is no evidence of job loss following a minimum wage increase - in fact, studies show that small businesses would benefit by a minimum wage increase." Source: "Minimum Wage," website of the U.S. House of Representatives Democratic ...
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Raising the Minimum Wage Kills Jobs, But Congress Doesn’t Appear to Care

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As House Democrats pledge to raise the federally-mandated minimum wage by 40 percent, our Ryan Balis asks: "Do Minimum Wage Increases Benefit Workers and the Economy?" An excerpt: ...the job-killing effect of higher mandatory minimum wages is well documented. As ...
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Making Health Care More Affordable

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Writing in National Review, our David Hogberg takes a look at the chance the incoming Congress will succeed in fulfilling its pledge to "make health care more affordable." ...
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Statement on Incorrect Reports Regarding the National Center for Public Policy Research and Congressional Travel

Press Release /
Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy Research has reviewed media reports stating that the House Ethics Committee has asked Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) to pay the U.S. Treasury a sum equal to the cost of a 2003 ...
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Congressional Liberals’ Plans For Medicare Will Make Private Health Insurance More Expensive

Press Release /
Washington, D.C. - The incoming 110th Congress will make health insurance more expensive if it lets Medicare "negotiate" prescription drugs, says National Center for Public Policy Research Senior Policy Analyst David Hogberg, Ph.D. "The liberal plan to reform Medicare is ...
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Will Congress Make Health Insurance More Expensive?

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The National Center has a new paper out examining the wisdom of a Congressional proposal to let Medicare "negotiate" drug prices. As our press release describes it: Congressional Liberals' Plans For Medicare Will Make Private Health Insurance More ExpensiveLetting Medicare ...
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Bowl Game Proposal a True Indicator of Race Relations, Not Kramer’s Racist Rant, by Joe R. Hicks and David A. Lehrer

Project 21 Commentary /
Some have said that Michael Richards's recent on-stage racist tirade indicated that America's racist past is not so distant. Some black leaders used it to drive the message that racism lies just beneath the surface of American life and that ...
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