Author: Amy Ridenour

Environmentalism versus Poor (Again)

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The current pro-ethanol fad in the United States apparently is a factor in making poor Mexicans cut back on corn tortillas, a dietary staple, says a January 27 Washington Post article by Manuel Roig-Franzia: Thick, doughy tortillas roll hot off ...
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Like Welfare Queens of Yore

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Another big business wants a handout from taxpayers: The owner of the Washington Wizards has asked the District for $50 million to renovate Verizon Center, and city officials are discussing whether to honor the request and pay for it with ...
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Paul Krugman: Master Spinner

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The National Center's health policy analyst, David Hogberg, is impressed by Paul Krugman -- by Krugman's mastery of spin, that is. Here's David's look at the way Krugman is covering some of President Bush's recent statements on health care reform: ...
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How About Disclosing Conflicts of Interest?

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I notice that Senator Barbara Boxer's press release, reprinted below, does not include a conflict of interest disclosure by the businesses that signed this agreement, detailing their financial interest in passage of the legislation: Boxer Hails Landmark Agreement By Industry, ...
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Far Be It for Me to Disagree with Jim Webb…

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...but when he says "the settlement of Jamestown... marked the first step in the long journey that has made us the greatest and most prosperous nation on earth," he's forgetting that the first European settlement in what would become the ...
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On the State of the Union

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We issued a couple of press releases on the President's State of the Union speech tonight. This one gives thumbs up to the President's health care proposals, while this one gives thumbs down to the President's call for increasing fuel ...
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‘The Big Ripoff’ Comes To Health Insurance

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After seeing the Washington Post's "Universal Health Coverage Attracts New Support; Onetime Foes Become Unlikely Advocates, Citing Rising Costs and Tougher Access" by Christopher Lee in Monday's Washington Post, I asked the National Center for Public Policy Research's health care ...
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On Government Health Care: Dead Men Tell No Tales

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Our David Hogberg has reviewed a New York Times column on universal health care and -- surprise -- found it wanting. An excerpt: [Paul Krugman says], Some say that we can't afford universal health care, even though every year lack ...
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2009-2017: Number of Social Security Recipients to Grow Five Times Faster than the Number of Workers

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Willisms says: "From 2009-2017, the number of retirees receiving Social Security will grow by 23.9%, the number of workers by only 4.3%. In other words, the number of retirees will grow more than five times faster than the worker population." ...
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The Committee on World Travel and Junkets

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I had been planning to post on Rep. John Dingell's response to the creation of a new House committee on global warming, but Pat Cleary did it so well, I'll just recommend his post ...
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