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The Road to School Reopening - Where are We and Where Do We Need to Go?
PRI Capital Ideas | Lance Izumi
March 17, 2021
There is perhaps no bigger issue preoccupying Americans today than reopening the country’s schools. Yet, the road to reopening has been a rocky one, strewn with obstacles put up by the teachers unions and their political and bureaucratic allies. However, new empirical research demonstrates conclusively that schools can reopen safely and that failure to reopen them swiftly will result in catastrophic consequences for America’s children.
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PRI Next Round Podcast:
Homelessness in California – PRI Sacramento Policy Conference
PRI Next Round Podcast
March 15, 2021
In this podcast, Kerry Jackson and Wayne Winegarden preview their new book No Way Home: The Crisis of Homelessness and How to Fix it with Intelligence and Humanity. The panel discussion was recorded from PRI’s annual Sacramento Policy Conference in February. Also, Rowena Itchon and Tim Anaya, former gubernatorial speechwriters, in the opening round give their review of Gov. Newsom’s State of the State Address.
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Healthcare Price Controls Don’t Come For Free
Forbes | Sally C. Pipes
March 15, 2021
In recent months, two leading research organizations, the Rand Corporation and the Kaiser Family Foundation, have released plans for reining that bill in. Kaiser, for example, says, “Reducing the prices private insurers pay for health care services could help alleviate the financial burden of health care for employers and individuals with private insurance.”
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The Roth Effect Interviews Wayne Winegarden on Gig Economy, Stimulus
The Roth Effect Podcast | Carol Roth
March 16, 2021
Pacific Research Institute’s Wayne Winegarden sits down with The Roth Effect with Carol Roth to discuss his new gig economy study, “The Small Business Gig,” the Biden administrations $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, and what the future holds for small business. Roth and Winegarden also discuss the role of the Federal Reserve, massive government spending, and how government can protect gig workers.
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The Warren Wealth Tax
PRI's Right By the Bay Blog | Rowena Itchon
March 17, 2021
Warren’s plan would impose a 2 percent annual tax on households and trusts between $50 million and $1 billion. It would also put a 3 percent annual surtax on households and trusts over $1 billion. To connect faces to dollars, for tax year 2020, Americans for Tax Fairness estimates that Jeff Bezos would owe $5.7 billion in taxes; Elon Musk, $4.6 billion; and Bill Gates, $3.6 billion. Californians Larry Ellison and Larry Page would owe $2.6 billion and $2.3 billion respectively. All total, America’s ultra-millionaires would pay a combined $114 billion.
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