Author: The National Center

Forbes Memo on “Expanding the IRS As We Know It”

MEMORANDUM BY STEVE FORBES July 2, 1997 TO: MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND CONSERVATIVE LEADERS FROM: STEVE FORBES, HONORARY CHAIRMAN SUBJECT: EXPANDING THE IRS AS WE KNOW IT "A credit of up to $1,500 a year for the first two years ...
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Are You Rich? If You Live Paycheck to Paycheck, There’s a Good Chance the Clinton Administration Thinks So

Next time you hear President Clinton and his allies claim that conservatives only want to help the rich, keep in mind whom they consider to be "rich." The way the Administration sees things, the ranks of the "rich" include: 8.1 ...
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Why Doesn’t Senator Ted Kennedy Believe in Free Speech?

Michael Cannon of the free market group Citizens for a Sound Economy reports in a July 24, 1997 NET-NewsTalk Television interview that Senator Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate office apparently doesn't believe in freedom of speech for non-liberals. In mid-July Senator ...
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D.C. Initiative To Legalize Marijuana A Bad Idea, But Why Isn’t the President Saying So?

Project 21 Press Release For Release: July 25, 1997 Contact: Arturo Silva at (202) 507-6398 or [email protected] D.C. Initiative To Legalize Marijuana A Bad Idea, But Why Isn't the President Saying So? Ballot Initiative Actually Calls on Government to Distribute ...
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Administration Declines to Investigate When Major Union Exploits Workers

For two years, Rep. Cass Ballenger (R-NC), chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee, has called on the Department of Labor to investigation possible violations of the minimum wage law by... the AFL-CIO. According to press accounts, the ...
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Don’t Let Them Tell You Taxes Haven’t Gone Up

Don't Let Them Tell You Taxes Haven't Gone Up Today, the average family of four sends 24% of its annual income to the federal government. In 1948, that number was only 2%. Why? A key reason is that in 1948, ...
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Myths and Facts About Global Warming

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Myth: Global Warming will cause increased storm intensity and frequency. Fact: Severe storms are more closely associated with cold weather than warm weather. The most severe storms in the North Sea, for example, occurred during the 15th and 16th centuries, ...
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Talking Points on the Environment #33: Why Global Warming Might be Good

Global warming could save thousands of human lives. While many fear global warming could increase the intensity and frequency of storms, information offered by the George C. Marshall Institute suggests otherwise. According to that group, severe storms are more closely ...
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Talking Points on the Environment #32: Top 5 Reasons the EPA’s Proposed New Clean Air Standards Are a Bad Idea

Number 5. The number of cities in noncompliance would almost triple. Seventy-four cities have not attained the current air quality standards. According to the House Commerce Committee, that number could almost triple to 184 cities under the new standards. "Nonattainment" ...
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Talking Points on the Environment #31: EPA’s New Clean Air Standards Could Place Children at Greater Risk

In November 1996, the EPA proposed new, more stringent standards for particulate matter (soot) and ozone (smog), arguing that stringent air pollution standards could prevent some 250,000 cases of serious respiratory problems in children, some of them life-threatening. But instead ...
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