PRI's Focus on California
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Who Is An Independent Contractor and Who Is An Employee in California?
August 20, 2019
R Street Institute’s Jarrett Dieterle joins us to discuss his research on the hottest issue of the final weeks of the legislative session, Assembly Bill 5, and the impact its passage would have on employers, our innovation economy, and Californians who want to be their own boss and work when they want to work.
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Sacramento, not D.C., is responsible for California’s unaffordable tax burden
Orange County Register | Wayne Winegarden
August 21, 2019
Californians are right to be upset about the SALT deduction cap, but their anger is trained at the wrong place. They should not be upset with Washington, who lowered the tax burden for most Californians. Instead, they should be upset with their state lawmakers.
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2020 Presidential Candidates Trying to One-Up Themselves Giving Away Free Money to College Students
Right by the Bay | Evan Harris
August 21, 2019
While Democratic Presidential candidates try to one-up each and offer to put taxpayers on the hook for a trillion and a half dollars in student loan debt, the real issues with higher education are going unchecked. Take California’s recent battles over slush funds, rising tuition, and gaming student enrollment at the state’s public colleges and universities.
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2020’s Big Tax Increases Might Not Be the Sure Bet Some Thought They Were
Right By the Bay Blog | Tim Anaya
August 22, 2019
In fact, ACA 1 received just 44 votes in Monday’s vote – 10 shy of the 54 votes required for passage. Indeed, virtually every Democrat facing a potentially tough re-election campaign in 2020 failed to support ACA 1. Several “moderate” Democrats joined them to sink the proposal.
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This Is California: Paying the Rich To Buy State-Approved Cars
Right By the Bay Blog | Kerry Jackson
August 19, 2019
California leads the country in electric vehicle sales, but it’s apparently not enough to satisfy the Sacramento meddlers. The same legislator who would outlaw gasoline and diesel automobiles now wants to increase the publicly-funded subsidy that is intended to motivate car buyers to choose EVs.
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