Author: Amy Ridenour

Expanding Rx Drug Coverage for Seniors is a Tailor-Made Issue for Republicans

National Policy Analysis #275 /
President Clinton's sweeping proposal to provide Medicare prescription drug coverage for the nation's 36 million senior citizens is a softball pitch that courageous Republicans like Ronald Reagan would have hammered out of the park. The issue, after all, is tailor-made ...
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Tastes Great, Less Filling: New Bioengineered Foods Bring Benefits to Consumers

National Policy Analysis #272 /
Let's face it. The holiday season would be just about perfect, except for one little thing: those extra pounds many of us gain because we overindulge. What if someone could engineer food so it would be less fattening and more ...
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Clinton Administration Should Reject Any United Nations Demand Limiting U.S. Defenses

National Policy Analysis #269 /
On October 21, Russia and the People's Republic of China turned to the United Nations with a simple demand. They are asking the U.N. to force the United States to cease attempts to defend itself.1 What President Clinton will do ...
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Federal Tobacco Lawsuit Could Pave Way for Litigation Tax on Other Industries

National Policy Analysis #263 /
The Clinton Administration Justice Department suffered yet another blow to its already sagging credibility September 22 when it announced the filing of a multi-billion dollar civil suit against U.S. tobacco companies. As with many pronouncements from the Clinton Justice Department, ...
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Congress Should Hold Hearings on FDIC Abuse of Citizens

National Policy Analysis #267 /
Innocent until proven guilty, right? That's what it says in civics textbooks. But in the real world, sometimes government officials want you to be guilty. If that happens, even if you are innocent, you can be in big trouble. Take ...
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Government Blames Gun Manufacturers for Crime in Public Housing, But Files Lawsuits to Keep Criminals There

National Policy Analysis #266 /
Which government activity deserves funding from your tax dollars? * Funding lawsuits to stop public housing authorities from evicting criminals; * Funding a government lawsuit against gun manufacturers on the theory that criminal violence in public housing is largely the ...
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The Future of Breast Implant Litigation May Be a Bust for Trial Lawyers

National Policy Analysis #262 /
The future of breast implant litigation is beginning to look like a bust to the nation's trial lawyers. Study after study has shown no link between breast implants and disease.1 Trial lawyers hoping to profit from future implant case awards ...
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The Internet Works Best Without Government Regulation

National Policy Analysis #260 /
"The Internet works because it is open," said Greg Simon, co-director of America Online's OpenNet Coalition.1 The OpenNet Coalition has been lobbying Congress, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and various municipalities, asking them to force cable companies to let AOL ...
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Put a Brake on Government Lawsuits

National Policy Analysis #257 /
Government Lawsuits Bypass Elected Representatives and Aren't the Best Way to Solve Social Problems We have news of perhaps America's silliest lawsuit. One branch of the federal government has fined another branch, and a lawsuit over it went all the ...
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A Federal Tobacco Lawsuit: Bad Economics, Bad Law and Bad Governing

National Policy Analysis #255 /
The way some politicians go on about tobacco, you'd never know that it is government's fine coffers that profit the most from cigarettes. Has any politician ever mentioned that government rakes in 53 cents per pack of cigarettes sold1 while ...
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