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In Bipartisan Vote, U.S. Senate Follows PRI’s Advice in Rejecting ‘Costly Subsidies for the Rich’
Right By the Bay | Tim Anaya
August 12, 2021
U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, introduced an amendment to the Democrat budget reconciliation bill “to ensure high-income individuals do not get government subsidies to buy expensive luxury cars.” Specifically, her amendment disallows electric vehicle tax credits from being claimed for individuals making more than $100,000 per year, or if the car being purchased cost more than $40,000.
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Listen to PRI's Next Round Podcast
Steven Greenhut – Saving California
August 9, 2021
Next Round’s guest this week is Steven Greenhut, editor of PRI’s new book Saving California: Solutions to the state’s biggest policy problems. Greenhut brings together policy experts, including Wendel Cox, Joel Kotkin, Sally Pipes, and Lance Izumi, to offer policy reforms to tackle the state’s most pressing problems, from housing affordability, to homelessness, to wildfires. We also get Steve’s take on the effort to recall Gov. Newsom.
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Infrastructure bill’s ‘buy American’ provision inflates healthcare costs
The Washington Examiner | Sally C. Pipes
August 10, 2021
The 2,700-page bill appropriates an avalanche of funding for everything from electric vehicle charging stations to public transit systems. It also includes a “Buy American” provision that requires government agencies to purchase masks, gloves, and other personal protective equipment from domestic companies. Such protectionist policies are economically indefensible. The provision will needlessly inflate spending for taxpayers.
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San Francisco’s Summer of Discontent
Right By the Bay | Rowena Itchon
August 9, 2021
Despite pleas from parents and students, San Francisco’s school board voted to keep middle and high schools closed for the entire year, even as study after study warned of the tremendous toll school closures were having on mental health and student learning — especially for black, Hispanic, and low-income students.
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Larry Elder Says the Ideal Minimum Wage Should Be $0.00 – Why Is This Controversial? It Shouldn’t Be
Right By the Bay | Kerry Jackson
August 11, 2021
The statutory minimum, though, is quite different. California companies with 26 or more employees must pay them at least $14 an hour, while those with fewer than 26 must pay at least $13 an hour. By 2023, all businesses in the state will have to pay a $15 an hour minimum wage.
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