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Why Californicating the United States isn't going well
Fox News | January 12, 2024 | Kerry Jackson
New York lost more residents ([link removed]) from July 2022 to July 2023 than California, almost 102,000 compared to 75,423, according to the Census Bureau.
But it’s the Golden State that has written the how-not-to guide. It’s the trend setter of blue state public policy, “known today for incubating ever more elaborate forms of wokeness and identity politics,” says Walter Russell Mead, as well as coercive government actions pursuing the electeds’ vision of Camelot.
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Wayne Winegarden calls Newsom's budget proposal a "bunch of budget gimmicks" in The Center Square
The Center Square | Kenneth Schrupp | January 11, 2024
“[The governor’s plan] seems to be a combination of some spending cuts and a bunch of budget gimmicks,” said Pacific Research Institute Senior Fellow for Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden in an interview with The Center Square.
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The PRI All Stars Respond to Gov. Newsom's 2024-25 Budget Plan
Next Round | Pacific Research Institute | January 12, 2024
Listen as PRI’s All Stars – Wayne Winegarden, Lance Izumi, Sally Pipes, and Steve Smith – respond to Gov. Newsom’s much-anticipated 2024-25 state budget plan. They discuss Gov. Newsom’s much lower state budget projection and spending priorities, the budget’s impact on K-12 education, whether the Governor will suspend the controversial $25 health care minimum wage increase, and how it will affect efforts to increase public safety in California.
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Public Employee Pay Savings Must Be Part of Budget Solution
Right by the Bay | Kerry Jackson | January 10, 2024
In instances when staff cuts are off the table, governments at all levels could at least wherever possible renegotiate with bargaining units as well as high-priced staff to achieve much-needed salary and benefit savings to prevent painful cuts to core services. Taxpayers deserve that much.
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PRI's 6th Annual "California Ideas in Action"
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Steve Hilton
Fox News Contributor
Founder and CEO, Golden Together
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
12 PM
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1209 L Street
Sacramento, CA
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