NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 2-1-2010

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Monday, February 1, 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! Social Security Issues WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY There are several things we can do to save Social Security, says author David Walker, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and former comptroller general of the United States... RANDOM HOUSE Federal Spending & Budget Issues TOO BIG TO FAIL? DON'T COUNT ON IT, SAYS DAVID WALKER We need a fiscal commission that recommends budget controls, reforms in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, our tax system and various other changes, says David Walker, author of "Comeback America"... DALLAS MORNING NEWS Economic Issues IF JOBS ARE JOB ONE: FIRST, DO NO HARM If President Obama really wants to spur job creation, he must start making promises about what the government will not do, says Josh Barro, a Senior Fellow with the Manhattan Institute... INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Economic Issues A DARK SECRET ABOUT CREATING JOBS IN AMERICA If Obama wants to create jobs, he should start by passing policies that encourage the millions of potential American entrepreneurs to take the plunge and their potential investors to fund them, says James Sherk, the Bradley Fellow in Labor Policy at the Heritage Foundation... HERITAGE FOUNDATION State and Local Issues WASHINGTON BUSINESSES MORE HIGHLY TAXED THAN OREGON FIRMS Firm location studies show that taxes matter in location decisions when other factors are equal... WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR A COMPETIVE ECONOMY Privatization Issues NEW ZEALAND ROLLED BACK GOVERNMENT AND REBUILT ECONOMY New Zealand's experience illustrates that fundamental reform, rethinking and shrinking of government should be welcomed, not feared, says Byron Schlomach, director of the Goldwater Institute's Center for Economic Prosperity... GOLDWATER INSTITUTE 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 Mitt Romney - Thursday, March 18, 2010 Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts and Republican Candidate for President of the United States, will discuss his new book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness as a part of the Hatton W. Sumners Distinguished Lecture Series. 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