NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 10-15-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Thursday, October 15, 2009 Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! Energy Issues SOLAR STICKER SHOCK HITS WASHINGTON COUNTY Solar power is an expensive alternative to traditional sources of energy, says H. Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis... HEARTLAND INSTITUTE Health Issues CENSUS BUREAU UNINSURED NUMBERS RAISE QUESTIONS Do supporters of government-run health care misuse Census figures for political purposes, asks Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute?... HEARTLAND INSTITUTE/NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS Health Issues THE BAUCUS BILL IS A TAX BILL Middle-class families would get hit with a double-digit increase in their marginal tax rate under the Baucus Bill, says Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office... WALL STREET JOURNAL Social Issues NEW RESEARCH ON SPANKING MIGHT NEED A TIME OUT Three new studies aim to settle the longstanding debate over spanking children, but statistical shortcomings persist, says Carl Bialik... WALL STREET JOURNAL State and Local Issues LEGISLATURE SHOULD CALL THE LEAGUE'S BLUFF ON IMPACT FEE LAWSUIT THREAT Impact fees are just special taxes on developers and when developers pass them along to future homebuyers, who never had a voice in local politics, they amount to taxation without representation, say observers... GOLDWATER INSTITUTE Education Issues EFFECTS OF INTRODUCING KINDERGARTENS INTO PUBLIC SCHOOLS State funding for kindergartens crowded out participation in federally funded early education, such as Head Start, among the poorest five-year olds, says Lester Picker... NATIONAL BUREAU ON ECONOMIC RESEARCH About the DPD NCPA's Daily Policy Digest brings you the most wide-ranging public policy findings five times a week at no charge. DPD knows your time is valuable, so we find and summarize the most topical public policy issues from today's newspapers, magazines, websites, government reports, scholarly journals and think tanks. Visit the DPD Archives Visit the NCPA website The John Goodman Health Blog A new Consumer-Directed Health Care Blog. Forward this to a Friend Subscribe to the Daily Policy Digest. Unsubscribe: If you received this email in error, you can unsubscribe here. Please do not reply to this email address as it is not monitored. For a list of NCPA departments and corresponding email addresses, please visit www.ncpa.org/contact. We depend on the financial support of individuals. We need your help to continue our work. Join the NCPA today! Dallas Headquarters 12770 Coit Rd., Suite 800 Dallas, TX 75251-1339 Phone: (972) 386-6272 Fax: (972) 386-0924 Copyright 2003-2009 National Center for Policy Analysis - All rights reserved