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Friday, December 30, 2016 |
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Obamacare Repeal Has Begun For Small Firms
By NCPA @ 10:59 PM :: 4462 Views :: Health Care
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Democrat politicians’ first real step towards conceding Obamacare needs to be repealed and replaced....
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Sunday, October 30, 2016 |
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Obamacare 2017 Premium Hikes 25 Percent. What's Next?
By NCPA @ 3:16 AM :: 5474 Views :: Health Care
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Back in June, it looked like the hike would be 16 percent....
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Monday, October 24, 2016 |
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Pay for Performance: Budget Busting "Incentives" in Medicare Reform
By NCPA @ 5:59 PM :: 4241 Views :: Health Care
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...MACRA imported all the worst elements of Obamacare into Medicare....
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Friday, September 9, 2016 |
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Bag Ban: A Wealth Transfer from Customers to Big Grocers
By NCPA @ 5:32 AM :: 6430 Views :: Environment, Taxes
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...retailers could gain an estimated $442 million in annual revenue from the sale of paper bags and reusable bags....
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Thursday, September 1, 2016 |
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EpiPen: A Case Study of Government Harm
By NCPA @ 4:24 PM :: 4437 Views :: Health Care
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...the government made a couple of interventions in the market that allowed the manufacturer to raise prices....
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Wednesday, July 13, 2016 |
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A Practical Approach to Occupational Licensing Reform
By NCPA @ 11:28 PM :: 4463 Views :: Small Business
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On average, a cosmetologist needed 372 days in training while an EMT needed just 33....
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Thursday, May 26, 2016 |
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Billions of Dollars Later, Veterans Health Administration Still Failing
By NCPA @ 2:05 PM :: 5702 Views :: Health Care, Military
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The results are pretty bad, according to a report by Dr. Sanjay Gupta....
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Friday, April 15, 2016 |
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Does the EITC Reduce Savings Among the Poor?
By NCPA @ 7:00 PM :: 4647 Views :: Tax Credits
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Few policies have enjoyed as much bipartisan support as the EITC....
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
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Don’t Let the Opt-Out of Common Core Testing Movement Fool You
By NCPA @ 3:19 PM :: 5859 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...teacher unions are flat out against this because they do not want their members held accountable....
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Friday, December 11, 2015 |
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Education: U.S. House Passes ObamaCORE!
By NCPA @ 1:07 PM :: 5145 Views :: Education K-12
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Common Core is being redefined as social-emotional learning, which must come first in the learning hierarchy — with academics taking a backseat....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
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Does Your State Adjust Its Income Tax Brackets For Inflation?
By NCPA @ 12:01 AM :: 5280 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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...17 states (including Hawaii) do not index at all. When tax brackets aren’t indexed for inflation, it results in what economists call “bracket creep.”....
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Monday, November 16, 2015 |
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Offshore? Let Wind and Solar Energy Subsides Expire
By NCPA @ 12:55 PM :: 5290 Views :: Energy
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Offshore wind is 2.6 times more expensive as onshore wind power and is 3.4 times more expensive than power produced by a natural gas combined cycle plant....
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Friday, November 13, 2015 |
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Organics: Another Fine Government Mess
By NCPA @ 1:32 PM :: 6462 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs
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The current Chipotle E-Coli outbreak offers an opportunity for shoppers to understand the true nature of the USDA’s organic certification program....
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 |
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The Unaffordable Care Act
By NCPA @ 1:02 PM :: 6199 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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As the sheen wears off of subsidized health coverage, and more Americans find they are paying hundreds per month for coverage that provides few benefits....
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
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NYT: The Reign of Recycling
By NCPA @ 2:13 PM :: 4805 Views :: Environment
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Despite decades of exhortations and mandates, it's still typically more expensive for municipalities to recycle household waste than to send it to a landfill....
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 |
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Study: Mixed Results from Pre-K Program
By NCPA @ 4:14 PM :: 4545 Views :: Education K-12
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...by the end of first grade, the achievement scores for both groups were again equal and by third grade the scores of children who participated in the pre-K program were lower than those who had not....
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Monday, October 26, 2015 |
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Hawaii Health Department Vulnerable to Waste and Abuse
By NCPA @ 12:30 PM :: 5309 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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An investigation by Hawaii's state auditor into the state's Department of Health....
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Saturday, October 17, 2015 |
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Labor Market Effects: Obamacare vs Hawaii Prepaid Health Care
By NCPA @ 12:15 PM :: 6427 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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...0.5 to 1 percentage point increase in the part-time fraction in high-uninsurance states relative to low-uninsurance states....
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
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Does Subsidized Housing Reduce Homelessness?
By NCPA @ 3:47 PM :: 4797 Views :: Homelessness
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A recent Federal Reserve Bank study examined the impact of subsidized housing on homelessness....
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Friday, October 9, 2015 |
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Public Sector Unions: Bastions of white-collar Privilege
By NCPA @ 4:07 PM :: 4438 Views :: Labor
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They engage in politics to expand and protect the perks of government employees who are more likely to have attended college and garner salary and benefit packages more generous than the average private sector worker....
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Friday, October 2, 2015 |
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‘Smart Growth’ Drives up Housing Costs
By NCPA @ 1:14 PM :: 7748 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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A study reveals that urban containment, or smart growth policies, have been shown to drive the price of housing up....
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Friday, September 18, 2015 |
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Economic Freedom of the World: US Ranks 16th
By NCPA @ 6:28 PM :: 4738 Views :: National News
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The Fraser Institutes Annual report measures the degree of economic freedom in various countries around the world....
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Friday, September 18, 2015 |
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'Smart Growth' Causes Hawaii Losses in Affordable Housing
By NCPA @ 5:57 PM :: 8267 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...Hawaii, California, Oregon, Vermont, Florida and Washington, which adopted some type of restrictive land-use policy over the last 30 years, all experienced some of the largest losses, in terms of home affordability....
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Saturday, September 5, 2015 |
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Drillers Unleash 'Super-Size' Natural Gas Output
By NCPA @ 10:25 AM :: 4546 Views :: Energy
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...the era of low American natural gas prices could extend for decades....
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015 |
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Big Solar's Subsidy Bubble
By NCPA @ 9:40 PM :: 4949 Views :: Energy
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...four Democrats from solar-rich states, have voiced concern that solar installation companies are engaging in deceptive marketing in order to attract new customers....
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Thursday, August 27, 2015 |
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Forbes: Fracking Is Our Clean Power Plan
By NCPA @ 4:17 PM :: 7113 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living
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The U.S. already leads the world in carbon emissions reduction thanks to the increased use of natural gas obtained through fracking....
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Saturday, August 22, 2015 |
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Federal Judge Orders EIS for Windfarms
By NCPA @ 4:19 PM :: 6113 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The judge determined that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act when it issued 30 year permits to wind-energy companies without first conducting an environmental-impact assessment....
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Friday, August 14, 2015 |
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How Free Market Environmentalism is Transforming Parks
By NCPA @ 7:31 AM :: 4232 Views :: Environment
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The U.S. Army managed Yellowstone and other national parks until the National Park Service was established in 1916....
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015 |
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Renewables Offer No Bang for Your Megawatt
By NCPA @ 1:28 PM :: 4460 Views :: Energy
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...renewables have a low capacity factor because their power sources are dependent on the elements....
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Friday, July 31, 2015 |
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Travel Taxes: The Hidden Trifecta
By NCPA @ 11:50 PM :: 5667 Views :: Taxes, Tourism
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Hotel occupancy taxes also appear to eat into the budget tourists set for their vacation trips. Such an effect was empirically observed in Hawaii in 2013....
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
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No More Bee-Pocalypse
By NCPA @ 3:50 PM :: 6753 Views :: Environment, Agriculture
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...the cover of Time magazine foretold of a "world without bees"....
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Thursday, July 9, 2015 |
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US Manufacturing Costs to Fall Below China
By NCPA @ 1:39 PM :: 6233 Views :: Energy, National News
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Rising wages in China and increased industrial productivity in the United States contributed to that trend, but the report cited hydraulic fracturing as the primary reason for the shift in costs....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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"Zero Emission Vehicles" Are Not Emission Free
By NCPA @ 2:25 PM :: 6150 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...electric vehicles generate a negative environmental benefit of about -0.5 cents per mile relative to comparable gasoline vehicles....
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Monday, June 1, 2015 |
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Why Unions Want Exemption from the Minimum Wage Hikes They Fought For
By NCPA @ 1:58 PM :: 4761 Views :: Labor
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Once the higher minimum wage bill is signed into law, with the exemption for unions, then organizing becomes a win-win for employers and unions....
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
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Wind and Solar Facilities Face No Consequences for Killing Millions of Birds
By NCPA @ 2:36 PM :: 5716 Views :: Energy, Environment
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On December 9, 2013, the Obama Administration finalized a regulation allowing wind energy companies to obtain 30-year permits to kill eagles....
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Monday, May 11, 2015 |
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Powerwall or Powerdream?
By NCPA @ 6:37 PM :: 4923 Views :: Energy
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...it would take over 7 years before the savings would cover the cost of the Powerwall....
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Saturday, May 9, 2015 |
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Could Private Exchanges Save Health Care?
By NCPA @ 6:10 PM :: 4306 Views :: Health Care
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Real choice and genuine market competition could spark the real health care change America has been waiting for....
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
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Your Electric Bill is Higher than you Think
By NCPA @ 2:27 PM :: 6528 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...Consumers pay for electricity twice: once through monthly electricity bills and a second time through taxes that finance subsidies for inefficient wind and other energy producers....
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Friday, April 3, 2015 |
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Where Do Our Tuition Dollars Go?
By NCPA @ 5:52 PM :: 3351 Views
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The reason for these new costs? "Administrative bloat," which is also known as a decline in the teaching faculty to administrative staff ratio....
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Thursday, February 5, 2015 |
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Obama's Budget: One Trillion Dollars of New Taxes
By NCPA @ 3:43 PM :: 5575 Views :: National News, Taxes
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Here are five Obama tax proposals that make no sense....
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015 |
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Jones Act: The little-discussed policy that's a major problem for international trade
By NCPA @ 4:34 PM :: 4705 Views :: Jones Act
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...Jared Meyer of Economics21 at the Manhattan Institute says the 1920 law hurts the American economy, raises prices and harms the American shipping industry....
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
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United States Ranks Twelfth for Economic Freedom
By NCPA @ 12:37 PM :: 4955 Views :: Economy
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...America's public debt "exceeds the value of the economy's annual production."....
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
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Children in Single-Parent Families Perform Worse on Achievement Tests than Their Two-Parent Peers
By NCPA @ 12:20 PM :: 5746 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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Among 15-year-old students in the United States, 20.7 percent live in single-parent families....
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Friday, January 23, 2015 |
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Improve Health Care Competition by Repealing State Laws
By NCPA @ 9:52 AM :: 3931 Views :: Health Care
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...Repeal certificate of need (CON) laws....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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Litigation Update: the Affordable Care Act
By NCPA @ 1:39 PM :: 4297 Views :: Health Care
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The Affordable Care Act is now law, but controversy over the bill is far from over....
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015 |
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You're Paying Double for Sugar
By NCPA @ 1:37 PM :: 5720 Views :: Agriculture, Cost of Living
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American sugar prices would be a lot lower if the government would stop interfering in the sugar market....
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Monday, January 5, 2015 |
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No Health Benefit from Cigarette Tax Hikes
By NCPA @ 11:42 AM :: 5639 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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Smokers earning less than $30,000 annually spent 14.2 percent of their income on cigarettes....
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Friday, December 19, 2014 |
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Reforming No Child Left Behind
By NCPA @ 4:51 PM :: 4618 Views :: Education K-12
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...reauthorization of the program must be accompanied by major reforms....
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Friday, December 5, 2014 |
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Opportunities for International Trade and Internal Growth
By NCPA @ 10:05 AM :: 7159 Views :: World News, Economy
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Completing the agreement will create the largest free trade area, in terms of both goods and services, in which the United States participates....
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