Category: Health

Activists Attack Bio-Engineered Food Despite Benefits to the Poor and the Sick; Environmental Groups Join in Attack on Technology that Aids the Environment

Press Release /
For Immediate Release: November 23, 1999 Contact: Amy Ridenour (202) 507-6398 or [email protected] Activists Attack Bio-Engineered Food Despite Benefits to the Poor and the Sick Environmental Groups Join in Attack on Technology that Aids the Environment Instead of Giving Thanks ...
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Is Summertime Smog an Increasing Threat to Public Health?

National Policy Analysis #268 /
There's no need to sweat summertime smog. Despite the hype, air quality is better now than it has been in decades. By now, most Americans are acquainted with code red days, ozone action days, ozone awareness days, and other smog ...
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Linking Abortion to Crime Could Label Unborn Black Americans as Crooks

Press Release /
A new study proposing that legalized abortions have caused a reduction in crime is causing great concern among members of the African-American leadership network Project 21, many of whom fear such ideas could be used to resurrect racist population control ...
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When Birth Control Could Lead to Race Control, by Jackie Cissell

New Visions Commentary /
Years ago, I was called an extremist when I spoke out about the 1930s-era "Negro Project." Now, a dangerous new study entitled "Legalized Abortion and Crime" has African-Americans in shock because it could threaten the very survival of the race ...
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Social Security Reform Would Give More Americans the Benefits of Stock Investing

National Policy Analysis #247 /
Any discussion of how well Americans are doing should begin with an acknowledgement of something we often forget: Americans have a higher standard of living today than ever. Technological advancement is one reason, but so is economic prosperity. In 1970, ...
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Social Security is Unfair to Black Americans, by John Meredith

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published March 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct NE, Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected] Reprints permitted provided source is credited. If a group of strangers living ...
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Black Americans Would Benefit From Private Social Security Accounts

New Visions Commentary /
President Clinton's announcement in his January State of the Union speech that he supports investing Social Security funds in the stock market was a half-step in the right direction for saving Social Security. Unfortunately, the President's prescription did nothing to ...
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Crazy Court Cases Show: Bad Science Makes Bad Law

National Policy Analysis #216 /
A court once determined that dropping a can of orange juice can cause breast cancer.1 In another court, an "expert" witness testified that breast implants cause drunk driving -- even in persons who have had their implants removed.2 A conflict ...
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The Time is Now for Social Security Privatization, by Glen Turpening

National Policy Analysis #212 /
Social Security is a great idea - but only on paper. Although Social Security has worked for decades, this "pay-as-you-go" system where the current workforce pays the tax revenues to provide retired Americans with an income will only operate smoothly ...
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Medicare’s 11th Hour? What’s Next? by Glen Turpening

National Policy Analysis #211 /
Medicare, the nation's health care safety net for Social Security recipients, is on precarious financial footing. Increasing demands are expected to place such a strain on Medicare's cash reserves that Medicare will begin running serious deficits within the next decade ...
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