Category: National Policy Analysis
Excessive Regulation of Mountaintop Mining Puts American Jobs at Risk, by Caroline May
At the very time President Obama is trying to convince the public that job creation is his number one priority, his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking steps that could cost nearly 53,000 Americans their jobs. Since Obama took office, ...
A Wake Up Call to Anti-Mining Environmentalists: We Need Copper, by Caroline May
President Barack Obama heralds green renewables as key to a strong economy and energy independence, but without vigorous domestic copper production, his goals will be difficult to reach. Copper, the world's preeminent electricity and heat conductor, is a necessity. The ...
Obama’s Ocean Policy Initiative: Washington’s Latest Power Grab
As if the sputtering U.S. economy weren’t in enough trouble already, the Obama administration is cooking up a new scheme that will extend the heavy hand of Washington to where it has never gone before. Unveiled with precious little fanfare ...
Murkowski Resolution Can Block EPA Power Grab, by Tom Borelli, Ph.D.
Next week, the Senate will determine whether it sides with “we the people” or if in the name of environmental protection our elected representatives support a drastic expansion of government that will trample our liberties for no measurable environmental benefit ...
The Medicare Technology Crunch, by Matt Patterson
Procedures, Technologies and Medicines Covered by Private Insurers Aren’t Necessarily Covered by Medicare Introduction Technological innovation contributes to Americans’ unparalleled standard of living, and is key to our vibrant, dynamic economy. The health sector is no exception: According to economist ...
After ObamaCare, The Deluge, by Matt Patterson
Some disasters strike suddenly, wrecking havoc in the dead of night: lightning, tornadoes, earthquakes. Others, a hurricane, for example, can be seen coming far in advance. Meteorologists can warn about such a storm, but that is no guarantee that 1) ...
Is America About to Become Even More Dependent on China? by Caroline May
The Case for Domestic Rare Earth Elements (REEs) Exploration and Excavation China is already the largest holder of U.S. debt, yet if the pending “Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act” becomes law, Americans could find themselves even more beholden to the ...
ObamaCare Would Drive Doctors Out of Business, by Matt Patterson
If ObamaCare passes, you may lose your family doctor. Oh, and good luck finding a new one. That's the stunning conclusion of a new study by the Medicus Firm, as reported by Recruiting Physicians Today, a newletter published by the ...
On Health Care, President Obama Does His Team No Favors, by Matt Patterson
The recent health care summit was both political theater of the highest order and a clarifying public moment, casting in stark relief the relative values and prospects of both sides of the debate. Temperamentally, President Barack Obama did his team ...
White House Health Care Plan Contains Back Door to a Public Option, by Matt Patterson
President Barack Obama's new health care proposal - more of an outline than an actual plan - builds largely on the Senate bill passed in December, and like that plan contains no "public option."1 But there is built into the ...
