Category: National Policy Analysis

Government Energy Policy Errors Contribute to High Gasoline Prices

National Policy Analysis #283 /
First, do no harm. 2,400 years ago Hippocrates applied this maxim to medicine, but it applies just as well to the nation's energy policy. White House, Congress Examine Gas Price Reduction Strategy Options President Clinton announced March 18 a modest ...
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Government Intervention in Marketplace Harms Consumers

National Policy Analysis #280 /
One of the best things about the AOL/Time Warner merger is that AOL's acquisition of Time Warner's TV cable holdings should mean a cease-fire in AOL's effort to get government to choose sides among Internet competitors. For over a year ...
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Campaign Reform Advocates Reap Gifts from Trial Lawyers

National Policy Analysis #282 /
With all the tough campaign reform talk, you'd think there would be more coverage of specific cases in which money appears to have purchased political influence. Maybe that's because some of the most prominent campaign reform supporters receive donations designed ...
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Congressional Research Service Reports Often Written To Reflect Lawmaker’s Bias

National Policy Analysis #276 /
In his autobiography, Mark Twain apparently put words into the mouth of the English statesman Disraeli, quoting him thusly: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." The line became one of the most quoted - and ...
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Free Elian Gonzalez!

National Policy Analysis #274 /
Many supporters of sending six-year-old Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba believe the boy should automatically be reunited with his surviving parent. Those who hold this view should ask themselves: if Elian's only surviving parent was an inmate at Auschwitz, would ...
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Expanding Rx Drug Coverage for Seniors is a Tailor-Made Issue for Republicans

National Policy Analysis #275 /
President Clinton's sweeping proposal to provide Medicare prescription drug coverage for the nation's 36 million senior citizens is a softball pitch that courageous Republicans like Ronald Reagan would have hammered out of the park. The issue, after all, is tailor-made ...
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Tastes Great, Less Filling: New Bioengineered Foods Bring Benefits to Consumers

National Policy Analysis #272 /
Let's face it. The holiday season would be just about perfect, except for one little thing: those extra pounds many of us gain because we overindulge. What if someone could engineer food so it would be less fattening and more ...
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Clinton Administration Should Reject Any United Nations Demand Limiting U.S. Defenses

National Policy Analysis #269 /
On October 21, Russia and the People's Republic of China turned to the United Nations with a simple demand. They are asking the U.N. to force the United States to cease attempts to defend itself.1 What President Clinton will do ...
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Federal Tobacco Lawsuit Could Pave Way for Litigation Tax on Other Industries

National Policy Analysis #263 /
The Clinton Administration Justice Department suffered yet another blow to its already sagging credibility September 22 when it announced the filing of a multi-billion dollar civil suit against U.S. tobacco companies. As with many pronouncements from the Clinton Justice Department, ...
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Congress Should Hold Hearings on FDIC Abuse of Citizens

National Policy Analysis #267 /
Innocent until proven guilty, right? That's what it says in civics textbooks. But in the real world, sometimes government officials want you to be guilty. If that happens, even if you are innocent, you can be in big trouble. Take ...
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