NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 11-09-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Monday, November 9, 2009 Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! Economic Issues NEW BUSINESS, NOT SMALL BUSINESS, IS WHAT CREATES JOBS Nearly all net job creation since 1980 occurred in firms less than five years old, according to report... KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION/WALL STREET JOURNAL Trade Issues FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT THE U.S.-KOREA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: THE COST FOR AMERICAN WORKERS AND COMPANIES Failure to implement the U.S.-Korea free trade agreement could result in the loss of 345,017 U.S. jobs, according to report... U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Federal Spending & Budget Issues EXPANDING MEDICAID MEANS REDUCING EDUCATION Budget gimmicks to protect the federal budget will wreak havoc on state budgets, say observers... HERITAGE FOUNDATION Taxes THE WORLD'S BEST TAX HAVEN: IN AMERICA, BUT UNAVAILABLE TO AMERICANS Delaware is the number one tax haven in the world, according to the Financial Secrecy Index; this is good news for U.S. competitiveness, say observers... CATO INSTITUTE/GUARDIAN Social Issues MARRIED WITH CHILDREN PAVES WAY TO HAPPINESS Satisfaction with life goes up as family size increases, study finds... JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES/MSN.COM Taxes TEN PRINCIPLES FOR TAX REFORM: PRINCIPLE FIVE Redistribution is better pursued through the allocation of government expenditure than through the tax system, says Robert Carling, a Senior Fellow with 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