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Government Fees ‘Nickel and Dime’ Californians Out of Hundreds of Dollars Per Year
PRI | Michael Thom, Ph.D.
February 10, 2021
California “nickel and dimes” consumers with hundreds of dollars in fees annually for under-utilized services, and their repeal would give relief from the high cost-of-living and make fees more efficient and accountable, finds a new study released today by California-based, nonpartisan, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institute.
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PRI Next Round Podcast:
Representative Young Kim (CA-39) – Keynote, PRI Sacramento Policy Conference
PRI Next Round Podcast
February 8, 2021
Newly elected Representative Young Kim of Orange County provided the keynote address at this year’s virtual Sacramento Ideas in Action Policy conference. Rep. Kim discusses her first days in Congress, her legislative priorities, and her goal to forge bipartisanship in Washington.
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The surprising group skeptical of coronavirus vaccines
The Washington Examiner | Sally C. Pipes
February 5, 2021
That’s a big problem. Front-line workers are among those at highest risk of contracting the coronavirus. By holding off on getting the vaccine, they’re risking the health of the people they serve. And because they’re often first in line, their hesitancy could sow unwarranted doubt about the vaccine in the minds of the public too.
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President Biden’s Stimulus Will Harm The Economy Long-term With No Short-term Benefits
PRI Right By the Bay | Wayne Winegarden
February 10, 2021
Righting these trends requires a policy mix of fiscal responsibility and sound money that has been missing in Washington D.C. for far too long. While there is no indication that a better policy mix will be implemented anytime soon, another $1.9 trillion spending blowout will make things worse, not better.
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What’s in Senator Klobuchar’s Antitrust Bill?
PRI Right By the Bay | Evan Harris
February 11, 2021
According to Sen. Klobuchar’s press release on the bill, another key part of the bill is larger budgets for FTC and the DOJ’s Antitrust Division to “fulfill their missions and protect competition by bringing enforcement actions against the richest, most sophisticated companies in the world.”
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The EU’s ‘Farm to Fork’ Strategy Is Ill-Conceived and Destructive
European Scientist | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D. and Kathleen Hefferon
February 11, 2021
Moreover, the EU even now imports much of its food, which as described above, has significant implications for its trading partners and Europe’s future food security. The EU seems to have failed to consider that continuing on the Farm to Fork trajectory will require endlessly increasing food imports, increasing food prices and jeopardizing quality.
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