NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 10-29-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Thursday, October 29, 2009 Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! Economic Issues FIRST-TIME FRAUDSTERS Leave it to Congress to design a program that even a four-year-old can exploit, say observers... WALL STREET JOURNAL International Issues THE BIG MAC'S CURRENCY LESSON Debasing one's currency makes a country poorer, not richer, say observers... WALL STREET JOURNAL Federal Spending & Budget Issues STRENGTHENING THE BUDGET A stronger budget process will help only if members of Congress are determined to get spending and deficits under control, say Reps. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas)... WASHINGTON TIMES Health Issues PUBLIC PLAN OPT-OUT The state opt-out proposal for the so-called public option is a ruse within a ruse, says Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies at the Cato Institute... NATIONAL JOURNAL Regulatory Issues OBAMA AND GOOGLE The President relies on Google executives for tech and economic advice, but his own regulators are starting to scrutinize the online-ad behemoth, say observers... FORTUNE 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