Wayne Winegarden
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Read latest about state pension problem
ESG and CalPERS Sub-par Investment Returns
CalPERS has one core social responsibility – maximizing returns to help secure the retirement of millions of current and future pensioners. The pension fund is also a major proponent of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing. CalPERS claims that ESG “disclosures provide important metrics to understand how a company’s practices ...
Commentary
Greater Immigration Can Alleviate Troubling Skilled Nurse Shortage
Immigration, always a strength for the U.S. economy, has the potential to fill a dangerous and growing labor shortage of skilled nurses. According to nurse.org’s 2023 State of Nursing report, “91% of nurses believe the nursing shortage is getting worse, and 79% report that their units are inadequately staffed.” And it’s not just ...
Blog
Read more about broken 340B program
340B Advocates Strike Back
There are many reasons why government programs fail to deliver on their intentions, regardless of how well meaning they may be. The rhetoric from too many 340B recipients exemplifies a primary obstacle: Reforms that are necessary to correct a program’s glaring flaws or its fundamental unsustainability are demagogued and labeled ...
Commentary
Bipartisan Price Transparency Reforms Will Improve Outcomes
Beneficial healthcare change is occurring – in a bipartisan manner too. The reform, referred to as the Transparency in Coverage (Tic) rule, improves the functioning of the healthcare market; and unlike the calls for price controls or increased government distortions, improving the efficiency of the healthcare market can achieve the ...
Business & Economics
Read why tort reform is important for the economy
Tort Reform Offers A Win-Win Stimulus For The Economy
Alleviating the long-term burdens created by tort abuse should be a top priority regardless of the economic outlook. Considering our current economic struggles, however, the benefits from effective tort reform are more important than ever. The inflationary surge that began in mid-2021, even if it is ending, has left far ...
Commentary
Imposing Price Controls Is Never The Answer
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee is currently reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), which is supposed to help us prepare for the next public health emergency. Never missing an opportunity to impose price controls on anything and everything, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wants to ...
Blog
Read about California's outmigration problem
California: Economic Laggard or Leader?
Digging into the analysis quickly reveals that California’s top five ranking results from the state’s past achievements, not its current economic health nor its future growth prospects. Documenting this reality is essential because the state’s top ranking can be easily misconstrued as confirmation that California’s current policy mix is promoting ...
Business & Economics
Read the latest on ESG
There The SEC Goes Again
President Biden’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is increasingly becoming an advocate for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) activists to the detriment of its core mission. In its latest iteration, the SEC is using its enforcement discretion to roll back recent reforms to rule 14a-8. These changes make it more ...
Electric Vehicles
Wayne Winegarden Discusses New Energy Study on EV Mandate on The DeMaio Report
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden joined The DeMaio Report to discuss his latest study “Sapping California’s Energy Future” and his findings that CA will fall 21.1 % short of power needed to meet Governor Newsom’s 2045 EV mandate. Listen at the link below:
California
Newsom wisely channels Jerry Brown on state budget
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s just released “May Revise” budget plan is generating criticism from a surprising source — legislative progressives. The Newsom administration projects that the shortfall has grown by $9.3 billion to $31.5 billion. Adding to the problem, California can’t count on a federal bailout and the national economy is ...
Read latest about state pension problem
ESG and CalPERS Sub-par Investment Returns
CalPERS has one core social responsibility – maximizing returns to help secure the retirement of millions of current and future pensioners. The pension fund is also a major proponent of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing. CalPERS claims that ESG “disclosures provide important metrics to understand how a company’s practices ...
Greater Immigration Can Alleviate Troubling Skilled Nurse Shortage
Immigration, always a strength for the U.S. economy, has the potential to fill a dangerous and growing labor shortage of skilled nurses. According to nurse.org’s 2023 State of Nursing report, “91% of nurses believe the nursing shortage is getting worse, and 79% report that their units are inadequately staffed.” And it’s not just ...
Read more about broken 340B program
340B Advocates Strike Back
There are many reasons why government programs fail to deliver on their intentions, regardless of how well meaning they may be. The rhetoric from too many 340B recipients exemplifies a primary obstacle: Reforms that are necessary to correct a program’s glaring flaws or its fundamental unsustainability are demagogued and labeled ...
Bipartisan Price Transparency Reforms Will Improve Outcomes
Beneficial healthcare change is occurring – in a bipartisan manner too. The reform, referred to as the Transparency in Coverage (Tic) rule, improves the functioning of the healthcare market; and unlike the calls for price controls or increased government distortions, improving the efficiency of the healthcare market can achieve the ...
Read why tort reform is important for the economy
Tort Reform Offers A Win-Win Stimulus For The Economy
Alleviating the long-term burdens created by tort abuse should be a top priority regardless of the economic outlook. Considering our current economic struggles, however, the benefits from effective tort reform are more important than ever. The inflationary surge that began in mid-2021, even if it is ending, has left far ...
Imposing Price Controls Is Never The Answer
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee is currently reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), which is supposed to help us prepare for the next public health emergency. Never missing an opportunity to impose price controls on anything and everything, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wants to ...
Read about California's outmigration problem
California: Economic Laggard or Leader?
Digging into the analysis quickly reveals that California’s top five ranking results from the state’s past achievements, not its current economic health nor its future growth prospects. Documenting this reality is essential because the state’s top ranking can be easily misconstrued as confirmation that California’s current policy mix is promoting ...
Read the latest on ESG
There The SEC Goes Again
President Biden’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is increasingly becoming an advocate for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) activists to the detriment of its core mission. In its latest iteration, the SEC is using its enforcement discretion to roll back recent reforms to rule 14a-8. These changes make it more ...
Wayne Winegarden Discusses New Energy Study on EV Mandate on The DeMaio Report
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden joined The DeMaio Report to discuss his latest study “Sapping California’s Energy Future” and his findings that CA will fall 21.1 % short of power needed to meet Governor Newsom’s 2045 EV mandate. Listen at the link below:
Newsom wisely channels Jerry Brown on state budget
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s just released “May Revise” budget plan is generating criticism from a surprising source — legislative progressives. The Newsom administration projects that the shortfall has grown by $9.3 billion to $31.5 billion. Adding to the problem, California can’t count on a federal bailout and the national economy is ...
