Category: National Policy Analysis

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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Clinton’s Flawed China Policy: Is Clinton-Style Engagement Really Constructive? by Jason Morrow

National Policy Analysis #259 /
Was the Clinton Administration's effort to restrict the sale of U.S. guns designed to assist China's sale of illegal assault rifles in the U.S.? Maybe not. But it would explain a particularly bizarre incident occurring in Long Beach, California and ...
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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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Be Thankful for Dads

National Policy Analysis #252 /
Father's Day is not only a day to express our gratitude for all our fathers have done for us, but also a day to reflect on the importance of fathers to society as a whole. Although a January 1999 poll ...
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To All the Moms in America: Thanks

National Policy Analysis #243 /
Try this quick quiz: Who invented Mother's Day? Why is Mother's Day the second Sunday of May? Is Mother's Day changing? Four hundred years ago, the English began a holiday they termed "Mothering Sunday." Taking place on the fourth Sunday ...
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Latin America Go Home: Tobacco Policies in Foreign Countries Should Be Made by Foreign Countries, Not in U.S. Courts

National Policy Analysis #244 /
A rash of foreign governments have begun filing lawsuits against U.S. tobacco companies. The suits, filed so far by Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Venezuela, and perhaps soon by others including Russia and Brazil,1 are patterned after tobacco lawsuits filed ...
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Activists Take Aim at Corporate Involvement in Schools

National Policy Analysis #245 /
On May 20, a U.S. Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee panel will convene to answer a question that will affect the daily lives of millions of U.S. schoolchildren.1 That question: Should school districts be allowed to use educational programming, ...
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