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Replace gas tax with more efficient, fairer mileage fee
The Orange County Register | Michael Thom
May 5, 2021
As the recent Pacific Research Institute study “Nickel and Dimed” shows, California drivers pay the nation’s highest gas tax. Registration fees are above those in Texas, Oregon, and many other states. But even though they spend hundreds of dollars a year in government-imposed taxes and fees, Californians have little to show for it. The American Society of Civil Engineers recently gave California roads a “D,” and the Reason Foundation’s Annual Highway Report ranked the state’s infrastructure an inexcusable forty-third out of fifty.
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Register Today ([link removed]) for PRI and the Goldwater Institute's "Arizona Luncheon – Unleashing Innovation in Healthcare by Embracing Free-Market Choices."
This is an in-person event in Phoenix, Arizona. ([link removed])
PRI’s Sally C. Pipes and Goldwater Institute’s Naomi Lopez, Director of Healthcare Policy, will discuss the future of healthcare in America and health care policy implications under the Biden-Harris administration.
When: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 @ 11 AM PST
Where: Arizona Biltmore, Aztec Room, 2400 E. Missouri Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85016
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Nolan Gray – The California Housing Crisis
PRI's Next Round Podcast
May 3, 2021
PRI’s guest in this podcast is Nolan Gray, an urban planner and currently a Ph.D. student at UCLA. Housing affordability and housing shortages are two key reasons so many Californians are fleeing the state. Nolan discusses why housing is so expensive and the regulatory barriers that are preventing more houses from being built. He also offers policy recommendations to help more Californians find an affordable place to live.
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Biden’s New Coverage Subsidies Won’t Help Uninsured Americans
Newsmax | Sally C. Pipes
May 5, 2021
Then there are the sky-high deductibles marketplace customers must submit to. This year, the deductible for a typical individual bronze exchange plan is a whopping $6,992. If a patient must spend nearly $7,000 of their own money before insurance kicks in, then it’s only sensible to ask why to bother with coverage at all.
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Biden’s Destructive Corporate Income Tax Hike
PRI's Right By the Bay Blog | Wayne Winegarden
May 6, 2021
Corporate income tax revenues relative to the size of a country’s GDP will vary for many reasons. How profitable are companies in the country? How broad is the corporate income tax base? How do firms structure themselves? All of these questions will impact the corporate tax revenues share of GDP in addition to the actual tax rate that is levied.
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Free Community College? Moi?
PRI's Right By the Bay Blog | Rowena Itchon
May 5, 2021
Gov. Newsom’s College Promise Program, in place since 2019, offers two years of free tuition for first-time, full-time students. The difference is that Newsom’s program is based on financial need and Biden’s is not. While everyone would agree that free community college can be a godsend for students in need, for everyone else, it’s hog heaven.
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California Poised for Massive State Budget Spending Increases
PRI's Right By the Bay Blog | Tim Anaya
May 3, 2021
Lawmakers currently estimate California’s budget windfall at $15 to 20 billion. Speaker Rendon’s budget advisor Jason Sisney tweeted that this could be in addition to the $15 billion windfall projected by Newson in January. None of these figures count the estimated $26 billion California stands to receive from the Biden stimulus plan.
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Court Puts the Hammer Down on Independent California Truckers
PRI's Right By the Bay Blog | Kerry Jackson
May 4, 2021
The court overruled on April 28 the decision of U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, who issued a preliminary injunction in January 2020 for the plaintiffs, the California Trucking Association. His order temporarily enjoined the state from enforcing “Assembly Bill 5’s ABC test … as to any motor carrier operating in California, pending the entry of final judgment in this action.”
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