On behalf of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), we are writing to express support for several amendments currently under consideration for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The …
Chairman Cruz and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to submit written comments about the challenges facing low-income individuals and families in today’s economy. I am Pamela …
Chairman Weber, Chairman Loudermilk, members of the Energy and Oversight subcommittees, thank you for the opportunity to submit written comments about securing the electrical grid against solar storms and man-made …
Chairman Johnson and members of the Subcommittee, I am Pamela Villarreal, a senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis. We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization dedicated to developing and promoting private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. I welcome the opportunity to share my views about the disincentives to work that exist in the current Social Security disability insurance program.
Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I am Devon Herrick, senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization dedicated to developing …
Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I am Devon Herrick, senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization dedicated to developing and promoting private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. I appreciate the opportunity to submit this statement for the record.
Chairperson Teichman, Vice-chairpeson Shultz and members of the committee, I am Devon Herrick, Senior Fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization dedicated to developing and promoting private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. I welcome the opportunity to share my views.
Madam Chairwoman and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me today and giving me the opportunity to discuss the detrimental impact of the estate tax on small businesses and their families. Today, I am speaking on behalf of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization dedicated to developing and promoting private alternatives to government regulation and control. NCPA recently started the Family Policy Center, which focuses on finding private solutions to issues faced by women, families, and small businesses.
Twenty years ago the House Ways and Means Committee voted on whether to cap the deduction of fringe benefits by employers. That vote fell two votes short of establishing a limit that would have focused tax relief on those needs that were deemed most important for the dollars assigned.
The 20th century has been a great one for big policy ideas, both good and bad. In the bad corner: communism, fascism and socialism, three concepts based on the idea that government is smarter than people. The biggest and baddest was communism. It killed tens of millions of people and crushed the spirits and deprived of opportunity of hundreds of millions more. It kept the world at war – The Cold War – for 45 years, and was the dominating factor of two generations of American foreign policy.
It is a great honor for me to be asked to speak in the NCPA Hatton W. Sumners Distinguished Lecture Series. I have been following the NCPA activities and publications for some time and I am glad to say here that I learned a lot by reading them. The more difficult it is for me now to find something innovative, important and relevant to discuss here.