The National Center for Policy Analysis announced today that an episode of the nationally syndicated program DebatesDebates, a series of 22 programs which are sponsored by the NCPA, will be made available to stations starting today, Wednesday, Sept. 29.
The Democratic Party used to have a legitimate claim to represent the interests of the poor. No longer.
The main reason there wasn't more public enthusiasm about the $792 billion tax cut bill that Congress passed and President Clinton vetoed seems to be that people really didn't understand what was in it.
The projected federal budget surplus offers a rare opportunity to reform Social Security and eliminate its current multi-trillion dollar unfunded liability.
While the politicians in Washington continue to bicker about the surplus, one small town in Texas has met the challenge head-on. The result is a shining example of the ingenuity that can occur in government at the local level.
Responding to the President's decision to veto the tax cut approved by Congress, National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Bruce Bartlett issued the following statement.
Talking about his life on the court and the difficult process that placed him there, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was the featured speaker at the National Center for Policy Analysis' recent Sumners Lecture Series luncheon, which will air on Saturday, Sept. 25, on the C-SPAN cable network.
Several serious solutions for reforming Social Security have emerged in the U.S. Congress, including those with bipartisan support.
Are the public schools failing our kids? Should market-based competition come to the rescue? Or would a greater financial commitment solve the problem?
It's New Years Eve 1999. You're standing in the cold in New York's Times Square with a million of your closest friends, or perhaps you're curled up on your sofa under a warm blanket watching Dick Clark on the television. The big ball that has become an American tradition initiates its decent, and the 1900s starts to say its final farewell. As the ball nears its final destination you grab your loved one to bring the new century in with a passionate embrace. Then, just as the clock strikes twelve, all the lights go off, and you are left sitting in total darkness.
National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Policy Analyst H. Sterling Burnett will take part in a panel discussion entitled, "Guns, Gunowners and the Courts."
Why do I not feel reassured when government antitrust regulators tell us they are protecting consumer choice in the marketplace?
The National Center for Policy Analysis announced today that an episode of the nationally syndicated program DebatesDebates, which was sponsored by the NCPA, will be made available to stations starting Wednesday, Sept. 14.
Congratulations to Al Gore. His new health care reform plan proposes a major step toward eliminating severe inequities in the tax law and giving needed relief to the millions of people who must buy their own health insurance or go without.
The political market place is so rigged to protect incumbents that it amounts to a monopoly.
Offering his opinion on some of the great legal, political and social questions of the day, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will be the featured guest at the National Center for Policy Analysis' next Hatton W. Sumners Distinguished Lecture Series luncheon.
Question: Do you think the federal government is more careful with money and makes wiser spending decisions than you do? That is the real issue regarding the bill that Congress has passed that would cut taxes $792 billion over 10 years.
This study uses a simulation model to evaluate a number of proposals to reform the Social Security system. Our analysis is sufficiently broad to allow us to form some general conclusions about the process of Social Security reform.