Author: Amy Ridenour

Protesters Oppose War, Yet Support Deadly Policies at Home

National Policy Analysis #461 /
As the U.S. military continues liberating the Iraqi people from Saddam Hussein's murderous dictatorship, American protesters on the political left continue to march, shouting "no blood for oil."1 The claim that the U.S. has gone to war to acquire Iraqi ...
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A Federal Asbestos Trust Fund: Better for Victims, Better for the Economy

National Policy Analysis #463 /
Amid the happiness and perhaps relief within the White House that the war in Iraq has been so successful is this unsettling fact: President Bush is reenacting the political scenario that doomed his father's 1992 reelection bid. The senior President ...
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SUV Owners Deserve Tax Audits, Sierra Club Says

National Policy Analysis #460 /
The Mercatus Center at Virginia's George Mason University reports that businesses with 100 employees or less spend a whopping $2,500 per employee simply to comply with federal regulations. This doesn't count state or local regulations, or taxes. Now a major ...
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‘No Blood for Oil!’ The Dolphins Cried… And Other War Stories

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BACKGROUND: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, better known as PETA, has released the following statement: "The Pentagon recently announced that in addition to troops, the U.S. military is using chickens, dogs, dolphins, pigeons, and sea lions to fight ...
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Protesters Claim War is About Oil, Yet Oppose Safe Nuclear Energy & Domestic Energy Alternatives

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BACKGROUND: As the war to replace the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq continues, protesters on the political left continue to claim that the U.S. government's military action is designed to acquire Iraqi oil.1 TEN SECOND RESPONSE: Gulf War II is ...
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Hans Blix Worries… About Global Warming

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DATE: March 15, 2003 BACKGROUND: In an interview with MTV dated March 13, U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said: "On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other ...
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Sierra Club Calls on IRS to Audit SUV Owners

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BACKGROUND: The Sierra Club on February 11 issued a press release beginning: "The Sierra Club today urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to aggressively audit the returns of taxpayers who take advantage of a tax loophole subsidizing their purchases of ...
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Asbestos Litigation: It Costs as Much as War

National Policy Analysis #447 /
Asbestos, the talc-like mineral once used in everything from fire retardant wallboard to automotive brake linings, is much in the news because of a blizzard of class-action lawsuits against what sometimes seems to be every American who runs a business ...
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A Transparent Free Market is Our Best Corporate Cop

National Policy Analysis #449 /
On the back of a dollar bill appears a reproduction of the Great Seal of the United States. Upon it rests the motto "Annuit Coeptis" - meaning, "God favors our undertakings." The phrase refers to the hand of Providence in ...
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I’ll Have Fries With That… Next Spring

National Policy Analysis #448 /
As Winston Churchill famously observed, democracy is the worst political system in the world - except for all the others. The same is true for capitalism. Some argue that recent scandals at WorldCom, Global Crossing, Enron and elsewhere are proof ...
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