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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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FACT SHEET – Illegal Immigration, 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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BP, Obama and Energy Policy: Implications of the BP Oil Spill

On Tuesday, June 15, 2010, President Obama addressed the nation to assure the American people that he was doing everything in his power to deal with the current and future consequences of the BP oil spill.  In the address, he asked BP to pay lost wages and damages for those affected and announced a revitalization [...]

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COMING SOON: America’s First ‘Pax Americana Index’

The Pax Americana Institute (PAI) has been collaborating with defense, diplomacy, economic and academic experts to produce the nation’s first comprehensive measure of our country’’s strength and leadership abroad: The Pax Americana Index.

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Milken Institute Global Conference Presents Solutions to World Problems

The Milken Institute Global Conference was held this week, from April 25 – April 28. Pax Americana Institute was represented amongst the 3,000 titans of industry, media, philanthropy, science and technology, research, education, energy, the environment, finance, government, and health. Over the course of three days, 560 speakers spoke on 140 panels trying to solve [...]

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“The Generosity of America.” By Adam Meyerson

The following is adapted from a speech delivered in Washington, D.C., on January 8, 2010, in the “First Principles on First Fridays” lecture series sponsored by Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship.
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The Generosity of America.
By Adam Meyerson
Adam Meyerson has [...]

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PAI Launches New Publication Series

The first in a new series of Institute easy-to-reads will be “10 Things Every Citizen Should Know About…The U.S. Constitution.” Available in print and on Amazon.com/books in the Fall of 2010.  Other PAI Publications.
All proceeds support the institute’s student internship program.

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YEMEN: A THREAT ASSESSMENT

Yemen has served as a safe-haven for Al Qa’ida Arabian Peninsula since 2001. As U.S. and Coalition Forces continue to drive insurgents out of Iraq and Afghanistan, terrorists are seeking refuge in the ungoverned, mountainous swaths of northwestern and eastern Yemen. The 30,000-strong U.S. troop surge will only expedite the transition of terrorists to places like Somalia, North Africa, and Yemen unless the United States and Yemen direct more resources to these dark corners. This threat assessment is a concise overview of the threats posed to the U.S. and U.S. interests in the region by terrorists in Yemen.

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Policy Brief — Health Care 2009: Faults of the Obama Public Option

September 2009 Pax Americana Institute Policy Brief 1
Health Care Reform 2009
Faults of the Obama Public Plan
In recent weeks, President Barack Obama has sparked a national debate in an effort to transform the future of health care in the United States. Along with many of his colleagues in Congress, the President has begun a push for [...]

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National Healthcare: Mandating Charity Destroys Its Spirit

National Health Care: Mandating Charity Destroys Its Spirit
By Drew Davis; Executive Director; 07-18-2009
Available Online At: http://www.wiscnews.com/wde/opinion/458739
The American people are the most charitable people on earth. This is a fact. I have mentioned it before in past columns. We give selflessly to international causes, societies and foundations that preserve and protect the environment, endeavors to rescue [...]

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