Policy Issues

PAI Analyzes New Rasmussen Poll on WI’s Governor Race

August 27, 2010, Rasmussen Poll on Wisconsin’s Governor Race. PAI Analysis:

On August 27, 2010, Rasmussen Reports released its latest poll on the Wisconsin gubernatorial race.  This poll indicates that both Republican candidates remain ahead of Democratic frontrunner Tom Barrett but only by a small amount.  This poll differs from the many others conducted since January [...]

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POLICY SNAP SHOT: WI Dept Revenue Report Indicates WI Economy Growing

Download Policy Snap-Shot Vol. 1 No. 4: WI Dept. Of Revenue Indicates State’s Economy Growing
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The Department of Revenue indicated that 24,500 jobs have been created since January 2010. The manufacturing sector, long the driving force of the state economy, has been the leading source of the employment boom. With the [...]

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President Fails to Highlight OIF Successes In Speech – WHAT?!

With the country tuning in to watch the president announce the official conclusion of Operation Iraqi Freedom, it was odd, dissatisfying and bewildering not to hear a specific highlighting of the war’s many success stories. From schools to hospitals, prisons to roads and oil to diplomacy, hundreds of personal, professional and international success stories remain [...]

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POLICY SNAP-SHOT: Actuaries’ Report Says Social Security Crisis Looming

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The annual report by the Social Security Trustees/Actuaries predicted massive and permanent deficits if Congress fails to reform this dilapidated and outmoded entitlement program.

In 1950, there were fifty workers for every one recipient of Social Security, whereas, today, there are three workers for [...]

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U.S. Senate Race Analysis: Feingold v. Johnson v. Westlake

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The 2010 Wisconsin Senate Race: A Methodical Analysis.

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Senate frontrunners Russ Feingold and Ron Johnson are becoming more visceral in their attacks on one another.  With the Wisconsin Senate race officially a “dead heat,” both Ron Johnson and Russ Feingold are intensifying their rhetoric and tone.

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The Case for a Strong International Affairs Budget

Since the height of the Cold War, the U.S. International Affairs budget steadily declined until reaching a historic low of $21 billion for FY 1995. While the significantly larger defense budget was drastically reduced, the already-smaller International Affairs budget suffered even more in terms of percentage of reduction. From 1992 to 1998, the International Affairs [...]

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FACT SHEET – Illegal Immigration, Crisis on the Border

Download Pax Americana Institute’s FACT SHEET on Illegal Immigration and the Crisis on the Border
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PAI has compiled a fast facts sheet on illegal immigration that bullet points:

American Death tolls
Mexican Death tolls
Number of U.S. & Mexican Troops on the Border
“The Wall”
Arizona S.B. 1070
U.S. v Arizona (Federal Law Suit)

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Hezbollah in the West

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By Drew Davis, Executive Director

One month ago, the Department of Defense released a report in which intelligence officials said operatives from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps were cultivating terrorist networks in Latin America that “could be called upon to attack the United States [...]

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PAI Analyzes New WI Gubernatorial Poll

June 23, 2010 Rasmussen Poll
On June 23, 2010, one week following the conclusion of the Democratic state convention, Rasmussen polling released its latest poll on the Wisconsin gubernatorial election.  Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the front runner in the Democratic primary, unlike his Republican challengers, did not receive a post-convention bounce.  In fact, both Scott Walker [...]

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