Social Security Reform Proposal Could Benefit Workers

NCPA: The federal government has two options if it wants to keep Social Security functioning, according to a new reportfrom the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).  Since 2010, benefit payments have exceeded revenues, and the deficit is only growing, according to Liqun Liu and NCPA Senior Fellows Andrew J. Rettenmaier and Thomas R. Saving.

How Social Security Reform Could Benefit Workers

Congress is once again considering changes to Social Security in an attempt to “save” the program. Social Security benefit payments have exceeded tax revenues since 2010; the funding deficit is growing and, barring reform, will continue to grow indefinitely. Higher tax revenues are necessary to fund benefits as they are currently calculated.

Why the "Rich" Can Get Richer Faster than the "Poor"

President Barack Obama has tagged the growing inequality of income over the past three or four decades as “the defining challenge of our time,” an often-repeated claim recently echoed by economist Thomas Piketty in Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Numerous social and economic factors explain why the income and wealth gaps have grown, from the rise in family breakdown to the incentives embedded in government welfare programs.

Income Inequality

McCuistion: NCPA Senior Fellow Pam Villarreal discusses the causes and solutions to income inequality with NCPA interim President and CEO Dennis McCuistion on KERA’s McCusition.

The President’s Minimum Wage Proposal

Forbes: Denying the negative consequences of raising the minimum wage leaves supporters of the proposal vulnerable to “reduction ad absurdum,” says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Dennis McCuistion

Dennis McCuistion served as interim President and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) from June to December 2014.  He as a corporate governance and strategic planning expert. …

India’s Weak Patent Rights Hurt U.S. Pharmaceutical Trade

India is one of the top global leaders in the generic pharmaceutical drug market. The third largest drug producer in the world, India is also the second largest exporter of generic drugs to the United States, behind only Canada. India’s success in pharmaceutical manufacturing prompted President Pratibha Patil to declare, in 2010, that the next 10 years will be India’s “decade of innovation.”

An Evening With Dinesh D’Souza

  An Evening With Dinesh D’Souza Seating is limited to the first 200 people who register! WHEN:    Saturday, June 28, 2014                Reception begins at 7:00 PM                 Dinner and Gala conclude at 11:00 PM WHERE:  Perot …