NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 11-04-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! Taxes STIMULUS JOB CREATION = BIGGER GOVERNMENT 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 OBAMA ON EXPORT-DRIVEN GROWTH; DONOHUE ON HOW TO GET IT We should enact pending free trade agreements, says U.S. Chamber President Tom Donohue... U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/REUTERS Health Issues THE TRUE COST OF THE HOUSE HEALTH BILL: $1.5 TRILLION 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 CALIFORNIA STEALIN' Sacramento demands a loan from taxpayers... WALL STREET JOURNAL Education Issues TEACHERS' TRAINERS MUST MAKE THE GRADE, TOO Texas is one of the first states to toughen standards for teachers... HOUSTON CHRONICLE Economic Issues TEN PRINCIPLES FOR TAX REFORM: PRINCIPLE TWO 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 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. Connect with the NCPA on: 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