Author: The National Center

Clean Air Regulations Harmful to Minority Economic Gains, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #303 /
Black Americans have made remarkable progress in recent decades. The income levels of black households have tripled over the past 24 years, and the number of black-owned businesses more than doubled between 1987 and 1997. If these trends hold, racial ...
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How the Environmental Protection Agency Became a Public Health Risk, by Michael Centrone

National Policy Analysis #304 /
If the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established to safeguard the nation's environment, then why does it require people to purchase gasoline that pollutes the water and makes them sick? That, after all, is the result of the EPA's controversial ...
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Black Network Applauds Congressional Tax Relief – “When We’ve Overpaid, We Want Our Money Back.”

Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud efforts by congressional leaders to provide tax relief to all Americans through the repeal of the marriage tax and the "death tax" on estates, despite veto threats by the Clinton White ...
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Black Network Applauds Congressional Tax Relief – “When We’ve Overpaid, We Want Our Money Back.” – July 2000

Press Release /
Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud efforts by congressional leaders to provide tax relief to all Americans through the repeal of the marriage tax and the "death tax" on estates, despite veto threats by the Clinton White ...
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Public Seeks Assurances that USDA’s Proposed Organic Rule Not Misleading; Widespread Concern that Organic Labeling Will Discriminate Against Conventional Farming Practices Including Agricultural Biotechnology

Thousands of consumers, farmers, scientists, academics and legislators responded during the comment period on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) proposed organic rule asking the department to ensure that final regulations not mislead consumers into believing organic foods are safer ...
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Death Taxes are Killing Black Businesses, by Syd Gernstein

New Visions Commentary /
Do you ever feel like you're being taxed to death? The estates of many Americans are taxed when they die - sometimes creating terrible problems for those still living. And these unfair taxes may be the death of new African-American ...
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Gasoline Additives Fuel High Prices and Environmental Problems, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #302 /
There has never been a worse time for the government to enact policies that raise gasoline prices. In just the past 12 months, gasoline prices have skyrocketed - rising almost 45%.1 Desperate citizens are urging the government to intervene. It ...
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“Please Remember Hospice,” by Michael King

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published July 2000 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. The call came the ...
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Time for Some Child Control, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published July 2000 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Earlier this year, a ...
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Bill Clinton Makes Blacks Pay More at the Pump, by Stuart Pigler

New Visions Commentary /
With gasoline prices rising to well over two dollars a gallon in the Midwestern United States, America's love affair with the automobile may be headed toward a break-up. But before we ditch our wheels, we should first demand the government ...
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