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Warren’s ‘Big Fat Payoff to the Unions’ Education Plan
Inside Sources | Lance Izumi
November 6, 2019
Recently, Senator Elizabeth Warren released her education plan titled “A Great Public School Education for Every Student,” but the scheme should have been named “My Big Fat Payoff to the Teacher Unions.”
The publicity splash in Warren’s plan is her call to quadruple funding for the federal Title I program, which funnels money to disadvantaged students, to the tune of a whopping $450 billion over a 10-year period.
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Listen to PRI's "Next Round" Podcast
Wayne Winegarden – Overregulation Hurts Immigrant and Low-Income Entrepreneurs
November 4, 2019
Wayne Winegarden discusses his latest study in the Building Barriers to Opportunity series. The podcast examines how overregulation and misguided government policies make it harder for immigrant and low-income entrepreneurs to start a business, work their way up the economic ladder, and achieve the American Dream.
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Warren’s ‘Medicare-for-all’ is financial fantasy – There’s no way to do this fuzzy math
Featured as one of the top columns on Fox News | Sally C. Pipes
November 4, 2019
Warren has little choice but to indulge in fuzzy math. After all, doubling everyone’s taxes or delivering a blow to the economy more severe than the Great Recession is no way to win an election.
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Tales of Woe: How Dysfunctional Regulation Has Decimated Entire Sectors of Biotechnology
Federalist Society Regulatory Transparency Project | Henry Miller, M.s., M.D.
November 6, 2019
Over four decades, genetic engineering has produced monumental scientific, technological, economic, and humanitarian advances in medicine and agriculture. And yet, because of persistent over-regulation and the relentless antagonism of self-interested activists, it has realized only a fraction of its potential.
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Wayne Winegarden quoted in Washington Examiner on trade wars
The Washington Examiner | Wayne Winegarden
November 5, 2019
Employment, however, is a lagging indicator, said Wayne Winegarden, a senior economist with the free-market Pacific Research Institute. A better metric is business investment, which he argues has been “terrible.”
Gross private domestic investment declined 1.5% in the third quarter, according to Commerce Department data, after dropping 6.3% in the second quarter.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Thatcher Gala Dinner with Keynote Speaker Peter Thiel and Special Award Recipient Chris Cox
On Saturday, November 9, 2019, PRI will host its 8th Annual Baroness Thatcher Gala Dinner at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa in Newport Beach, California. We are thrilled to be celebrating our 40th Anniversary with entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel as our keynote speaker. PRI Senior Fellow Dr. Steven Hayward will lead an in-depth Q&A session with Peter Thiel that will address issues such as political bias at technology companies and campus free speech.
At the Gala, PRI board member Paul D. Tosetti, a partner at Latham & Watkins, will present the 2019 Baroness Thatcher Liberty Award to the Honorable Christopher Cox, a former PRI board member, for his commitment to liberty and for his embodiment of the principles of Baroness Margaret Thatcher.
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Doors open at 6 p.m.
Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa
900 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, California
Email Laura Dannerbeck at
[email protected] for tickets and more information. (mailto:
[email protected]?subject=PRI%20Gala%20Tickets)
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