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The Newsom Education Budget: No Bang for the Buck

In the 2019-20 budget–Newsom’s first enacted budget–California spent $103 billion in state, local, and federal funds for education, which translated to $17,423 per pupil. In the governor’s new proposed budget, total education spending comes in at a whopping $137 billion, ...

Good Intentions Cannot Justify a Flawed Federal Health Policy

A government program may be the “nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth,” warned Ronald Reagan – even if it is flawed. Section 340B of the Public Health Services Act is a case in point. Enacted ...

Canada’s Healthcare System Has No Place In The United States

When Justin Trudeau announced earlier this month that he would resign as prime minister of Canada, Donald Trump was ready with one of his go-to jokes. “Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State,” then President-elect Trump posted on ...

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Anti-crime wave crashes over crime-soaked California cities

Anti-crime wave crashes over crime-soaked California cities by John Seiler | January 10, 2025 Like the tide moving in and out along its magnificent coastline, ...
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Prop 36 and Deterrence – Sometimes Incarceration is the Right Thing

California’s death toll to crime and drug overdoses is staggering.   From 2014 to 2023, 19,396 Californians have been murdered and from 2014 to 2022, ...
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The De-crminialization, De-carceration, and De-legitimization Decade

The passage of Prop 47, Prop 57, the Racial Justice Act, and the progressive agenda of reducing so-called “mass incarceration” has meant that California was ...

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