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Wayne Winegarden Responds to San Diego push to spend more on EV charging stations
San Diego Union Tribune | Wayne Winegarden
November 20, 2019
But Wayne Winegarden, senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute, a San Francisco-based organization that advocates for free-market solutions to policy issues, said ratepayer dollars should not go to building EV charging stations.
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Steve Hayward, Charles Kesler, Ryan Williams – Liberalization and the Polarization of American Politics
November 18, 2019
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be bringing Next Round listeners these 40th Anniversary Lectures from the nation’s top scholars and writers. This first lecture, titled “Liberalism and the Polarization of American Politics” is from Charles Kesler, editor of the Claremont Review, Steve Hayward, PRI senior fellow, and moderated by Ryan Williams, president of the Claremont Institute.
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Colorado’s public option is bad news
The Chieftain | Sally C. Pipes
November 15, 2019
Proponents of this “state option” claim it will expand access to affordable coverage and encourage competition in the individual market. But if implemented, it would destroy Colorado’s private insurance market and severely restrict state residents’ ability to access care.
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Kerry Jackson explains how overregulation hurts businesses in Forbes
"San Francisco and NYC Begin to See the Ugly Side of 'Fair Workweek' Laws"
Forbes | Panos Mourdoukoutas
November 16, 2019
"Simply put, government mandates make it difficult to run businesses. “When governments get involved in the private sector with mandates and regulations that dictate how companies are run, they’re making it more difficult for them to do business,” says Kerry Jackson, Fellow in California Studies at the Pacific Research Institute."
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Lance Izumi Talks Warren Education Plan on the David Webb Show
The David Webb Show, SiriusXM Patriot 125 | Lance Izumi
November 18, 2019
Lance Izumi, PRI’s Senior Director of the Center for Education, discusses Senator Elizabeth Warren’s disasterous education plan on the David Webb Show (SiriusXM Patriot Radio Channel 125).
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Understanding ‘Medicare for All’ Could Make Seniors Vote Red
American Greatness | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D. and Andrew Fillat
November 19, 2019
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, in 2017 (the most recent validated data), of the 317 million Americans, approximately 43 million are now on Medicare or Medicare Advantage and 75 million rely on Medicaid. Of the remaining 209 million, 9 million are in Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans, and 28 million are uninsured.
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Meet the obscure federal interagency committee who keeps an eye on foreign investment and national security
Right By the Bay Blog | Evan Harris
November 19, 2019
The real question is whether the federal government should have used the powers of CFIUS to curb Chinese economic influence instead before going all in on the trade tariffs in early 2017. The case by case powers for national security reviews by CFIUS could offer a more strategic attack on Chinese economic influence without the negative repercussions of tariffs.
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