NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 11-10-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! Health Issues EMPLOYER TAXES MAY SPOOK SENATE ON HEALTH CARE An employer mandate will result in job loss and it will encourage employers not to hire employees, says John Goodman, President, CEO and the Kellye Wright Fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis... WASHINGTON EXAMINER Health Issues WARDEN PELOSI Under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's health care reform bill, Americans who don't maintain acceptable health insurance coverage and who choose not to pay a fine/tax of up to 2.5 percent of income are subject to fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to five years... INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Taxes THE NIGHTMARE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM The federal estate tax alone is responsible for the loss of between 170,000 and 250,000 potential jobs each year, according to observers... HERITAGE FOUNDATION Health Issues CANADIANS DON'T HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO ROUTINE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE Rationing, including with the use of wait times, is one of the ways to control the otherwise infinite demand for services in a country with socialized health care, says Tom Patterson, chairman of the Goldwater Institute and a former state senator... FRASER INSTITUTE Energy Issues VENEZUELA'S ENERGY SHORTAGE: LOSING POWER The economy is in recession but sales of at least two items are booming in Venezuela: water-storage tanks and portable generators, say observers... THE ECONOMIST Taxes TEN PRINCIPLES FOR TAX REFORM: PRINCIPLE SIX Taxes should be simple and easy to comply with, 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