Author: Amy Ridenour

Minimum Wage Employment Impact Study: How To Cook The Numbers 101

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David Hogberg examines a study the left often cites as proof that increasing the federal minimum wage won't harm employment: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, in a speechsupporting an increase in the minimum wage, claimed, According to one recent study ...
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Barney Frank Intended to Stir Racial Animus, Project 21 Members Say

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On Nancy Pelosi’s Smoking Ban

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My take on Nancy Pelosi's smoking ban: Given that the Capitol police recently confiscated a well-wrapped peanut butter and jelly sandwich belonging to my six-year-old son, I am rather amazed smoking was simultaneously allowed in the Capitol. I am not ...
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A Crying Need for Lawsuit Abuse Reform

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The Examiner had a very compelling editorial on the need for tort reform Monday. An excerpt: That there is a crying need for lawsuit abuse reform is beyond question. ...there is substantial evidence of widespread abuse and even fraud at ...
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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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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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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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