NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 12-01-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Tuesday, December 1, 2009 There are more than 500,000 subscribers that receive the Daily Policy Digest. Help us hit 1 million by Forwarding to a Friend. Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! Regulatory Issues OBSTACLES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING Local government policies that increase building costs and/or restrict the supply of housing are one of the primary reasons for the lack of affordable housing, according to researcher James Franko... NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS Health Issues WHAT'S AT STAKE WITH OBAMACARE Once you cut through the budget gimmicks, ObamaCare will have a 20-year price tag of more than $4.9 trillion, say observers... HERITAGE FOUNDATION Health Issues OBAMACARE TO HIKE STATE TAXES New Medicaid spending required by ObamaCare will cost Texas ($2.8 billion in extra state spending), Pennsylvania ($1.5 billion), California ($1.4 billion) and Florida ($909 million), say authors Dick Morris and Eileen McGann... JEWISH WORLD REVIEW Global Warming CLIMATE CHANGE: THIS IS THE WORST SCIENTIFIC SCANDAL OF OUR GENERATION Our hopelessly compromised scientific establishment cannot be allowed to get away with the "Climategate" whitewash, says author Christopher Booker... THE TELEGRAPH Global Warming CLIMATE CHANGE DATA DUMPED Why would scientists at the world's leading climate and temperature research institute throw away much of the data used to show a long-term rise in temperature over the past 150 years?... THE TIMES Social Issues THE MILITARIZATION OF SEX Temporary marriage has recently become popular in Lebanon, notably within Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut's southern suburbs and in southern Lebanon, says journalist Hanin Ghaddar... FOREIGN 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