NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 12-17-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Thursday, December 17, 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! Health Issues THE HEALTH BILL IS SCARY When the government asserts the power to provide care, it also asserts the power to deny care, says Dr. Tom Coburn, a physician and a Republican senator from Oklahoma... WALL STREET JOURNAL Social Issues WHITE AMERICANS' MAJORITY TO END BY MID-CENTURY Last year's Census Bureau projections that white children would become a minority in 2023 and the overall white population would follow in 2042 have been updated and pushed back eight years to 2050... ASSOCIATED PRESS/CENSUS BUREAU Health Issues INDIVIDUAL MANDATES: "YOU'LL BUY IT OR ELSE" Individual mandates do not address the fundamental problem people face when buying health insurance: it is expensive, says Dr. Linda Halderman, a General Surgeon and policy adviser in the California State Senate... AMERICAN THINKER Economic Issues CUT THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX TO CREATE JOBS Arizona's corporate tax system is structurally out of whack, as very few companies shoulder an inordinate tax burden, says Steve Voeller, President of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club... GOLDWATER INSTITUTE Education Issues INNOVATION SCHOOLS RAISE LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS A new education law is bringing significant educational benefits to Colorado children; Washington state officials need to adopt the same approach, says WPC's Education Director Liv Finne... WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER 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