Advertising
Advertising
In 2002 Google Answers responded to a question about the number of ads that Americans are exposed to each day, from radio and tv commercials...
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Sports
Sports
Sports not only builds strong bones and teamwork. Sports teams build community. We root for our home teams, whether they be high school or college...
Open Source / Open Standards
Open Source / Open Standards
Open standards and open source are essential to local self-reliance. Citizens and communities should have the right to modify the technology they use in order...
Small Schools vs. Big Schools
Small Schools vs. Big Schools
One of the most effective ways to improve student achievement and curb school violence is to reduce the size of the nation’s schools. Hundreds of...
Earned Income Tax Credit
Earned Income Tax Credit
An earned income tax credit (EITC) is a tax reduction and wage supplement for low- and moderate-income working families. To qualify, one’s income must be...
Universal Access to Pre-School
Universal Access to Pre-School
Preschool has been shown to increase students’ performance in high school, increase test scores, decrease the likelihood of being arrested for a violent offense as...
Mile-Based Auto Insurance
Mile-Based Auto Insurance
Proponents of this idea say older drivers, women, lower income drivers, households with more cars than drivers and commuters will all benefit from the new...
Medical Malpractice Insurance Rate Regulation
Medical Malpractice Insurance Rate Regulation
Proponents of caps on medical malpractice awards frequently cite California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 as evidence that caps hold down insurance rates....
Asset Building – Individual Development Accounts
Asset Building – Individual Development Accounts
From the Homestead Act to the GI Bill to home mortgage deductions, Americans have recognized that it is good public policy to help people build...
Living Wage
Living Wage
A campaign to raise the minimum wage to a “living wage” has been waged in cities around the country with great success. Over 100 cities...
Single-Payer and Universal Health Care
Single-Payer and Universal Health Care
Citizen-led efforts to institute more universal health care programs are cropping up across the country. Some are very similar to the Canadian health care system....
Local Food
Local Food
A growing number of farmers are selling their products directly to consumers. Expanding localmarkets for agricultural products connects producers with eaters and increases farmers’ incomes...
CFC’s Phaseout
CFC’s Phaseout
After proven to be harmful to the ozone layer, some governments moved to ban chlorofluorocarbons.… Read More
Environmental Preferable Purchasing
Environmental Preferable Purchasing
The US government is the world’s biggest consumer and together federal, state and local governments spend hundreds of billions of dollars annually on goods and...
Off Road Vehicles and ATV Regulation
Off Road Vehicles and ATV Regulation
All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), commonly referred to as four-wheelers, and other Off Road Vehicles (ORVs or Off-Highway Vehicles – OHVs) are facing increasing regulatory pressures....