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California high gas prices go on trial
The Center Square | February 24, 2023
Kerry Jackson
The California Senate’s first hearing on gasoline prices was held Wednesday and his plan “was met with a dose of skepticism” ([link removed]) according to Politico. Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee chairman Sen. Steve Bradford told the committee that “we must ensure our actions that we take first (do) no harm to consumers.”
Nothing was resolved at the hearing. Nor will anything be resolved at the next hearing. Until policymakers realize that perpetually high gas prices in California are not the product of a nefarious industry preying on its customers but due to a misguided tax regime and regulatory agenda.
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Why Medicare As we Know It Can't Last
Newsmax | Sally Pipes
February 27, 2023
Which party will cut Social Security and Medicare?
Democrats and Republicans have spent much of this month pointing fingers at one another.
A new report ([link removed]) from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) suggests that both parties have cuts to old-age benefits on the docket.
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Overregulation hinders New Jersey's charities
New Jersey Monitor | Wayne Winegarden
February 21, 2023
New Jersey has long been ranked as one of the most expensive places to live and worst to do business. Add to that list a new ranking of the state as one of the worst states to operate a charity.
With over ([link removed]) 50,000 nonprofit organizations in New Jersey employing nearly 600,000 people, this development should have us all concerned.
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Biden's California Economy: Calling for national rent control
Right by the Bay | William Anderson
February 23, 2023
The Biden “Renters’ Bill of Rights” would produce the same depressing results that rent controls and other tenant-based restrictions have had in cities like San Francisco and New York. It’s only a matter of time.
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