NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 2-3-2010

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Wednesday, February 3, 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! Environment Issues OLD AND NEW ENVIRONMENTAL MYTHS Nine of the 10 concerns that preoccupied Greens two decades ago have become irrelevant in a mere two decades, say observers... OPPOSING VOICES/NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS Economic Issues LARGEST-EVER FEDERAL PAYROLL TO HIT 2.15 MILLION Under the Obama Administration, the number of government employees will grow to 2.15 million this year... WASHINGTON TIMES Taxes OBAMA GIVETH AND OBAMA TAKETH AWAY If the Obama Administration wants to restart the economic engine of small business, layering on new taxes is the wrong approach, says Josh Barro, a Senior Fellow with the Manhattan Institute... REAL CLEAR MARKETS Taxes MAYOR DALEY HAS HIS EYE ON JOBS FROM HIGH-TAX OREGON There is at least one prominent Democrat who realizes the folly of raising tax rates to balance state and city budgets, say observers... WALL STREET JOURNAL Energy Issues WIND ENERGY JOB GROWTH ISN'T BLOWING ANYONE AWAY Despite adding a record 10,000 megawatts last year, the wind energy industry created few jobs overall, say observers... LOS ANGELES TIMES International Issues SOCIALISM KILLS: THE COST OF DELAYED ECONOMIC REFORM IN INDIA India's socialist era, which claimed it would deliver growth with social justice, delivered neither, says researcher Swaminathan Aiyar... CATO 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 To unsubscribe, click here.