Repeal the Federal Job Tax
Employment has declined in most states, but the federal government continues to tax it. Employers in the 50 states will send an estimated $7.2 billion to Washington, D.C., in federal unemployment insurance taxes this year.
Are We In A Recession Or Is This A Mind Game?
Some observers claim the U.S. economy is recovering; others say we are in recession. Both are describing the same economy, yet their perspectives are polar opposites.
Harry C. Alford
President and CEO, National Black Chamber of Commerce
Kill the Snake
There's a lot we don't know about Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But there's a lot we do know, too. Since promising to dispose of all his weapons of mass destruction in 1991, Saddam has ignored 16 United Nations Security Council resolutions. The dictator's defiance goes well beyond international resolutions. The Butcher of Baghdad has done nearly everything in his power to lead his nation to a violent confrontation with the West.
Mental Health Parity Mandate: A Debate on the Pros and Cons
Please join us for a discussion on the proposed mental health parity mandate. Is it worth the price? Who gains and who loses?
Should Congress Further Mandate Mental Health Parity?
The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) will host a briefing to debate the pros and cons of the proposed mental health parity mandate, as well as possible methods for controlling costs.
Global Experience Proves Social Security Reform Possible – Needed
As the election season heats up, opponents of reforming Social Security with personal retirement accounts are painting them as reckless, untested and dangerous. Experience from around the world, however, indicates that this just isn't the case.
So Far, So Good
One year ago today, America suffered its worst day since Dec. 7, 1941. Reeling from an attack by an unknown and unseen enemy, we were suddenly feeling at risk in ways we didn't expect or understand. With airliners smacking into towers and bodies falling a hundred stories to the ground, everything seemed to have fallen apart. But one thing was clear: America was at war. Pessimists quickly assumed that this was it for America. The prosperity, independence and dominance it had known in the world since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 were over. And, now, everything would be worse.
The Case against Mental Health Parity, Part II: Predictable Harms
Advocates of mental health parity propose legislation that would require all private health insurance to establish the same deductibles and co-payments for physical and mental health care services.
How to Save Social Security
President Bush's bipartisan Social Security reform commission delivered its final recommendations for repairing Social Security in December 2001.
Shareholders Can Fix American Businesses
President Calvin Coolidge said that the business of America is business. If that's true, America is in bad shape. American business values have dropped considerably in the past year. Industries with fertile balance sheets and flush income statements today clamber for market share, while residual industries, suppliers and vendors simply try to survive.
State of Despair
Statism has proved itself a failure for more than three-quarters of a century in every sort of nation around the world. Soviet and Chinese statist policies failed. Statist policies failed in India, Tanzania and Chile. And now they are failing in Zimbabwe, Kenya and most of Africa. One would think that repeated failures would have discredited the idea of state power at the expense of individual liberty.