The Judges for 2006

Thirty-eight distinguished public policy experts and scholars nominated and selected the 2006 HUMAN EVENTS 10 Most Harmful Government Programs. Dick ArmeyFormer House Majority LeaderChairmanFreedomWorks Charles BairdAssociate Dean for Academic AffairsDirector of the Smith Center for Private Enterprise StudiesCalifornia State University, East BayJohn BerthoudPresidentNational Taxpayers UnionBrian BishopDirectorRhode Island WiseUse David BoazExecutive Vice PresidentCato InstituteMichael CannonDirectorHealth Policy […]

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Thirty-eight distinguished public policy experts and scholars nominated and selected the 2006 HUMAN EVENTS 10 Most Harmful Government Programs.

Dick Armey
Former House Majority Leader
Chairman
FreedomWorks

Charles Baird
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Director of the Smith Center for Private Enterprise Studies
California State University, East Bay

John Berthoud

President
National Taxpayers Union

Brian Bishop

Director
Rhode Island WiseUse

David Boaz
Executive Vice President
Cato Institute

Michael Cannon

Director
Health Policy Studies
Cato Institute

Allan Carlson

President
The Howard Center

Tim Carney
Author
The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money

Don Devine
Second Vice Chairman
American Conservative Union

Michelle Easton

President
Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute

Chris Edwards
Director of Tax Policy
Cato Institute

Paul Gessing
President
Rio Grande Foundation

John C. Goodman

President
National Center for Policy Analysis

Paul Gottfried

Professor of Humanities
Raffensperger Chair
Elizabethtown College

P.J. Hill
George F. Bennett Professor of Economics
Wheaton College

Nyle Kardatzke
Head of Sycamore School
Senior Fellow
The Heritage Foundation

Mark Krikorian
Executive Director
Center for Immigration Studies

Larry Kudlow
Host of CNBC’s “Kudlow & Company”

Herb London

President
Hudson Institute

Nancie Marzulla
President
Defenders of Property Rights

Jason Mattera

Spokesman
Young America’s Foundation

Thomas McClusky
Government Affairs Director
Family Research Council

Howard Phillips

Chairman
The Conservative Caucus, Inc.

Daniel Pipes
Director
Middle East Forum

Sally Pipes
President
Pacific Research Institute

Brian Riedl
Grover M. Hermann Fellow for Federal Budgetary Affairs
The Heritage Foundation

Ron Robinson
President
Young America’s Foundation

Andy Roth
Director of Government Affairs
The Club for Growth

Terrence Scanlon
President
Capital Research Center

Phyllis Schlafly
Founder and President
Eagle Forum

William Shughart II
Robert M. Hearin Professor of Economics
University of Mississippi

Robert Spencer
Director
Jihad Watch

Steve Stanek
Managing Editor
Budget & Tax News
The Heartland Institute

Michael Tanner
Director of Health and Welfare Studies
Cato Institute

Rogers Wade
President and CEO
Georgia Public Policy Foundation

Bob Williams
President, Senior Research Fellow
Evergreen Freedom Foundation

Walter Williams
John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics
George Mason University

Wendy Wright
President
Concerned Women for America

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