NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 12-08-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Tuesday, December 8, 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 NEW FEDERAL REGULATIONS THREATEN SMALL BUSINESS ACCESS TO CREDIT At a time when the economy is still struggling to recover, the last thing Congress ought to consider is an additional layer of regulation that could discourage new job creation, say Terry Neese, a Distinguished Fellow, and Bethany Lowe, a research assistant, both with the NCPA... NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS Global Warming BUSINESS FUMES OVER CARBON DIOXIDE RULE Government action to control greenhouse gas emission won't do much to combat climate change and is certain to come at a huge cost to the economy, says the National Association of Manufacturers... WALL STREET JOURNAL Health Issues DEATH PANEL IN CALIFORNIA ENDS MAMMOGRAM SUBSIDIES FOR WOMEN BETWEEN 40 AND 50 Screening for breast cancer and having access to that screening saves lives, says Dr. Willie Goffney, a surgical cancer doctor who serves on the board of directors for the California division of the American Cancer Society... LOS ANGELES TIMES Health Issues YET ANOTHER NEW ENTITLEMENT Under the Community Living Assistance Service and Supports program, taxpayers bear the risk of a shortfall -- and shortfalls have appeared for every social insurance plan ever created by Washington, says David Gratzer, a Senior Fellow with the Manhattan Institute... WASHINGTON TIMES Economic Issues STIFLING INNOVATION BY SUBSIDIZING IT The Department of Energy should get out of the subsidy business -- and energy markets, say observers... CATO INSTITUTE Economic Issues STOCK TRANSACTION TAX: YET ANOTHER TAX INCREASE A tax on stock transactions will destroy jobs, say observers... HERITAGE FOUNDATION 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