NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 1-18-2010

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Monday, January 18, 2010 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! Taxes THE RESPONSIBILITY TAX Why are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac exempt from the White House banker tax?... WALL STREET JOURNAL Economic Issues SWEET ECONOMY ALABAMA Is Alabama a dynamic region that the rest of the United States should learn from, ask economists?... NEW YORK TIMES/YGLESIAS/SUPER-ECONOMY/REASON Economic Issues $787 BILLION IN STIMULUS, ZERO JOBS "CREATED OR SAVED" The U.S. economy dropped 85,000 jobs in December, bringing the jobs lost total to 2.7 million since the economic stimulus was passed and 3.4 million since Obama became President... HERITAGE FOUNDATION Education Issues HEAD START BASICALLY HAS NO EFFECT The Head Start government-run pre-school program has had virtually no lasting effects on participants, say researchers... GOLDWATER INSTITUTE Health Issues THE BLUE PILL OR THE RED PILL? When it comes to meds, cheaper is not always better, says Tomas J. Philipson, the Daniel Levin Professor of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and the Chairman of Project FDA of the Manhattan Institute... FORBES MAGAZINE Taxes THE BATTLE OF OREGON Can Oregon tax its way from deep recession to prosperity, asks the U.S. Chamber of Commerce?... WALL STREET JOURNAL 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. NCPA Events David M. Walker - Friday, January 29, 2010 David M. Walker, President and CEO, Peter G. Peterson Foundation and former Comptroller of the United States, will discuss his new book Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility Mitt Romney - Thursday, March 18, 2010 Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts and former Republican Candidate for President of the United States, will discuss his new book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness 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 2003-2010 National Center for Policy Analysis - All rights reserved