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Wayne Winegarden Talks Federal Debt Ceiling in Forbes
Forbes.com | Robert Farrington
October 6, 2021
Wayne Winegarden, a senior fellow in business and economics at the Pacific Research Institute, says that no increase to the debt ceiling will result in “short-term costs created by delayed payments, furloughed workers, and — depending on the disruptions — adverse impacts in the financial markets.”
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Zack Smith – Rogue Prosecutors
PRI Next Round
October 4, 2021
Our guest this week is Zack Smith, a legal fellow with the Heritage Foundation’s Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. Zack has been closely watching the growing movement of progressive prosecutors who flout the rule of law. In California, we see this in San Francisco and Los Angeles where both district attorneys faced recall efforts. Zack discusses how these “rogue prosecutors” have resulted in increasing crime in our cities.
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Bernie’s Not-So-Subtle Single-Payer Plot
National Review | Sally C. Pipes
October 5, 2021
In addition, the budget-reconciliation package aims to expand public coverage for low-income Americans. Already, about 75 million people get coverage through Medicaid. Democrats want to create a federally funded, Medicaid-like “public option” plan for the 4.4 million people who would be eligible for the program under the terms of Obamacare but live in one of the twelve states that have declined to expand their programs.
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Growing a Tree Infrastructure Makes Sense
Right By the Bay | Rowena Itchon
October 6, 2021
The New York Post article recently uncovered that Biden’s mega-spending bill provides for $3 billion in funding for “tree planting and related activities to increase community tree canopy and associated societal and climate co-benefits, with a priority for projects that increase tree equity.”
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Biden Plan Would Monitor What You’re Spending on Venmo, Reduce Financial Privacy
Right By the Bay | Tim Anaya
October 4, 2021
Americans for Tax Reform’s Isabelle Morales writes, “President Biden claims that this proposal is designed to ‘crack down on millionaires and billionaires who cheat on their taxes’ . . . however, it is unclear how monitoring Venmo accounts – many of which are held by younger Americans – contributes to this goal.”
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