Issue Snap-Shot Series

Layman’s Terms: The Effects of Unrest in the Middle East on U.S. Gas Prices

Posted by Energy Security Fellow in Filed under Hot off the PAI Press, Issue Snap-Shot Series on March 10, 2011

The Effects of Unrest in the Middle East on U.S. Gas Prices Unrest in the Middle East has been occurring for the last couple of weeks, which shouldn’t be news for most. The local effect for Americans is the rise in gas prices that have occurred as a result of the unrest. I recently was [...]

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conflict, gas, Libya, Middle East, prices

WI Dept. of Workforce Development Sends Mixed Signals on Growth of WI’s Economy

Posted by Deputy Policy Director in Filed under Hot off the PAI Press, Issue Snap-Shot Series, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Forecast on December 27, 2010

Download PAI Summary & Analysis of WI Dept. of Workforce Development Report PAI PAI WI Dept. of Workforce Development Sends Mixed Signals on the Growth and Stability of the State’s Economy The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development released a report indicating that unemployment in Wisconsin decreased from 7.8 percent in October to 7.6 percent in [...]

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Department, Dept, economy, Growth, Report, WI, Wisconsin, Workforce Development

SnapShot Series: Analysis of the Roadmap For America’s Future

Posted by Senior Political Analyst, PAI in Filed under Hot off the PAI Press, Issue Snap-Shot Series, National, National Forecast, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Forecast on September 21, 2010

Issue Highlights In January 2010, Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), the Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released version 2.0 of his seminal plan for American economic revitalization, A Roadmap For America’s Future. This detailed document outlines an ambitious, conservative solution for improving America’s economic situation and plainly rebuts the Left’s accusation that conservatives have [...]

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2010 election, entitlements, Medicaid, Medicare, Paul Ryan, Social Security, tax reform

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

Posted by Deputy Policy Director in Filed under Issue Snap-Shot Series, Policy Issues, Wisconsin on September 1, 2010

Download Policy Snap-Shot Vol. 1 No. 4: WI Dept. Of Revenue Indicates State’s Economy Growing Issue Highlights SECTION 1 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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Department, Dept, economy, Growing, Report, Revenue, WI, Wisconsin

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

Posted by Deputy Policy Director in Filed under 7-Day Forecast, Issue Snap-Shot Series, National, National Forecast, Policy Issues on August 23, 2010

Issue Highlights Section 1 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 every one beneficiary. By 2040, the Social [...]

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Accounts, Financial, Insolvency, Liabilities, Mandates, Pay As You Go, Personal, reform, Social Security