younggiftedandblack
08-05-2005, 03:31 PM
This is long so go HERE (http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=8375) to read in depth descriptions of the programs. And go HERE (http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=8377) to see who the judges were.
A panel of 36 distinguished public policy experts and scholars—ranging from Nobel laureate Milton Friedman to Eagle Forum President Phyllis Schlafly to former House Majority Leader Dick Armey—has selected the Internal Revenue Code as the No. 1 item on this year’s Human Events list of the Ten Most Harmful Government Programs.
The programs elected by our judges don’t just cost money, they also attack our values and corrode the spirit of liberty that makes America the greatest nation.
As in previous years, we initially asked our judges to nominate programs for the list. The judges were then sent ballots listing the nominated programs. They ranked their choices 1 through 10, with No. 1 being the program they believed to be “most harmful.” A program received 10 points for each No. 1 vote it received, 9 points for each No. 2 vote, and so on. The program with the highest aggregate score—the Internal Revenue Code—was named No. 1 on the list.
When the ballots were tallied, we phoned spokesmen for the federal agencies responsible for each program to see if they could point out the constitutional provision, if any, that authorized the program.
1. Internal Revenue Code
2. Social Security
3. Medicare
4. Tax Withholding
5. Medicaid
6. Endangered Species Act
7. Bilingual Education Grants
8. Title X Family Planning Funding
9. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
10. Sugar Import Quotas and Subsidies
Dishonorable Mention
These programs were nominated by at least one judge and received votes from at least two.
Title IX (banning discrimination by sex in education programs, including athletics)
Score: 49
Agency for International Development (foreign aid)
Score: 48
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Score: 46
NIH funding of human embryonic stem cell research
Score: 43
National Endowment for the Arts
Score: 41
Davis-Bacon Act
Score: 39
Commodity Credit Corporation (agricultural export subsidies)
Score: 38
Federal hate crimes law
Score: 36
Federal privileges for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Score: 35
Violence Against Women Act
Score: 34
U.S. Postal Service
Score: 32
Food and Drug Administration
Score: 31
World Bank participation
Score: 31
No Child Left Behind Act
Score: 29
Amtrak
Score: 28
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Score: 27
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards (CAFE)
Score: 25
Ethanol subsidies and mandates
Score: 25
“Comprehensive sex ed” funding, promoting contraception
Score: 25
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Score: 24
Dairy subsidies
Score: 24
Diversity Visa Program
Score: 23
Americans with Disabilities Act
Score: 20
Cotton Program
Score: 20
Export-Import Bank
Score: 19
Fourth preference category for family-based immigration (allowing siblings of adult citizens to immigrate)
Score: 19
Health Insurance Tax Exclusion
Score: 19
Affordable Housing Program
Score: 18
Section 8 housing vouchers
Score: 18
Superfund (of the Environment Protection Agency)
Score: 18
National Endowment for Democracy
Score: 17
Federal gas tax
Score: 16
BAM! Body and Mind (CDC website for 9-13 year olds)
Score: 13
Civil Service Retirement System
Score: 13
Small Business Administration
Score: 13
Advanced Technology Program (Department of Commerce)
Score: 12
Drug Enforcement Administration
Score: 12
Child support requirements for non-welfare families
Score: 11
Community Development Block Grants
Score: 11
International Monetary Fund participation
Score: 11
Recommended “routine and comprehensive” mental health screening of children
Score: 11
Economic Development Administration
Score: 10
Federal Trade Commission
Score: 10
National Endowment for the Humanities
Score: 10
Corporation for National & Community Service (AmeriCorps and Senior Corps)
Score: 8
NIH funding of sex studies
Score: 8
Transportation Security Administration
Score: 8
Supplementary Security Income
Score: 4
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Score: 2
A panel of 36 distinguished public policy experts and scholars—ranging from Nobel laureate Milton Friedman to Eagle Forum President Phyllis Schlafly to former House Majority Leader Dick Armey—has selected the Internal Revenue Code as the No. 1 item on this year’s Human Events list of the Ten Most Harmful Government Programs.
The programs elected by our judges don’t just cost money, they also attack our values and corrode the spirit of liberty that makes America the greatest nation.
As in previous years, we initially asked our judges to nominate programs for the list. The judges were then sent ballots listing the nominated programs. They ranked their choices 1 through 10, with No. 1 being the program they believed to be “most harmful.” A program received 10 points for each No. 1 vote it received, 9 points for each No. 2 vote, and so on. The program with the highest aggregate score—the Internal Revenue Code—was named No. 1 on the list.
When the ballots were tallied, we phoned spokesmen for the federal agencies responsible for each program to see if they could point out the constitutional provision, if any, that authorized the program.
1. Internal Revenue Code
2. Social Security
3. Medicare
4. Tax Withholding
5. Medicaid
6. Endangered Species Act
7. Bilingual Education Grants
8. Title X Family Planning Funding
9. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
10. Sugar Import Quotas and Subsidies
Dishonorable Mention
These programs were nominated by at least one judge and received votes from at least two.
Title IX (banning discrimination by sex in education programs, including athletics)
Score: 49
Agency for International Development (foreign aid)
Score: 48
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Score: 46
NIH funding of human embryonic stem cell research
Score: 43
National Endowment for the Arts
Score: 41
Davis-Bacon Act
Score: 39
Commodity Credit Corporation (agricultural export subsidies)
Score: 38
Federal hate crimes law
Score: 36
Federal privileges for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Score: 35
Violence Against Women Act
Score: 34
U.S. Postal Service
Score: 32
Food and Drug Administration
Score: 31
World Bank participation
Score: 31
No Child Left Behind Act
Score: 29
Amtrak
Score: 28
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Score: 27
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards (CAFE)
Score: 25
Ethanol subsidies and mandates
Score: 25
“Comprehensive sex ed” funding, promoting contraception
Score: 25
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Score: 24
Dairy subsidies
Score: 24
Diversity Visa Program
Score: 23
Americans with Disabilities Act
Score: 20
Cotton Program
Score: 20
Export-Import Bank
Score: 19
Fourth preference category for family-based immigration (allowing siblings of adult citizens to immigrate)
Score: 19
Health Insurance Tax Exclusion
Score: 19
Affordable Housing Program
Score: 18
Section 8 housing vouchers
Score: 18
Superfund (of the Environment Protection Agency)
Score: 18
National Endowment for Democracy
Score: 17
Federal gas tax
Score: 16
BAM! Body and Mind (CDC website for 9-13 year olds)
Score: 13
Civil Service Retirement System
Score: 13
Small Business Administration
Score: 13
Advanced Technology Program (Department of Commerce)
Score: 12
Drug Enforcement Administration
Score: 12
Child support requirements for non-welfare families
Score: 11
Community Development Block Grants
Score: 11
International Monetary Fund participation
Score: 11
Recommended “routine and comprehensive” mental health screening of children
Score: 11
Economic Development Administration
Score: 10
Federal Trade Commission
Score: 10
National Endowment for the Humanities
Score: 10
Corporation for National & Community Service (AmeriCorps and Senior Corps)
Score: 8
NIH funding of sex studies
Score: 8
Transportation Security Administration
Score: 8
Supplementary Security Income
Score: 4
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Score: 2