| Taxes Most of the jobs created or saved with federal stimulus funds are in the public sector, says Veronique de Rugy, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center... BIGGOVERNMENT.COM Trade Issues We should enact pending free trade agreements, says U.S. Chamber President Tom Donohue... U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/REUTERS Health Issues The House health care reform bill costs more than President Obama's $900 billion dollar promise and its costs are in excess of $1 trillion; all told, the cost of "reform" legislation is still more than $1.5 trillion, say observers... HERITAGE FOUNDATION State and Local Issues Sacramento demands a loan from taxpayers... WALL STREET JOURNAL Education Issues Texas is one of the first states to toughen standards for teachers... HOUSTON CHRONICLE Economic Issues Taxing powers should be allocated between Commonwealth, state and local governments according to principles of fiscal federalism, says Robert Carling, a Senior Fellow at the Center for Independent Study... POLICY | 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 | |
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