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The Moves (Out of California) Just Keep on Coming
Many California legislators seem to believe in open borders â not just the border to Mexico but also the borders to Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon. Businesses are slipping out of state through those boundaries at an alarming rate because of the difficult conditions lawmakers have forced on them. And it ...
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California Now Has the Nationâs Highest Gas Taxes
In June 2011, a group of Republican lawmakers gathered at a Ford dealership in downtown Sacramento for a celebratory press conference. They were gathered to celebrate what they were calling, âFreedom from Higher Taxes Day,â the day when temporary tax increases were enacted in 2009 as part of a tough ...
Business & Economics
Loan rate-cap bill would harm consumers
The California Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday (June 26) on a bill that caps consumer loan rates and threatens to sever a vital credit lifeline for many. Oddly, three commercial lenders who offer the kind of loans subject to this regulation support it. Assembly Bill ...
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Are ESG Funds a Proxy for the Green New Deal?
After being soundly defeated in the Senate 0-57 (43 Democrats voted âpresentâ), the Green New Deal continues to languish in the House. Roll Call reported the following excuse from Speaker Nancy Pelosi: âI canât say weâre going to take that and pass it because we have to go through our ...
Commentary
How socialist price controls will harm American patients
The Trump administration is planning to propose one of the biggest changes to Medicare in decades. The draft rule aims to reduce government spending by linking Medicare drug reimbursement rates to the rates in more than a dozen other Western countries that use price controls to hold down pharmaceutical spending. If implemented, ...
Agriculture
Read Wayne Winegarden’s Comments on Administration’s Trade Wars in Bankrate
The Trump administrationâs trade wars are whipping Fed policy back and forth By Sarah Foster President Donald Trumpâs trade wars just might prompt the Federal Reserve rate cut heâs been clamoring for â but for the wrong reasons. Weeks after the White House slapped higher duties on Chinese imports and threatened ...
Charter Schools
Lance Izumi Writes About Importance of Charter Schools in TeachThought
While most traditional public schools continue to adhere to a one-size-fits-all model of curriculum, instruction, and learning, sometimes dubbed the âMcDonaldizationâ of education, public charter schools have the flexibility to implement more individualized learning models that promote curiosity, inquiry, and critical thinking. In a recent article, Terry Heick observed, âin education as ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Discusses Fears of US Recession in Yahoo! Finance Article
US recovery closes in on 10 year milestone as fears abound that the party is ending By Calder McHugh As the U.S. economy inches closer to a record-setting decade of sustained growth, experts are increasingly worried that a cliff â caused by a multi-front trade war âcould be looming . ...
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Words Mean A Different Thing When It Comes to Socialism, Says Americaâs Top Pollster
In the classic work Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, the character Humpty Dumpty says that âWhen I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean â neither more nor less.â Responding, Alice (of Wonderland fame) says, âThe question is whether you can make works ...
Business & Economics
Worker Freedom at Risk in California
When the state Supreme Court issued a ruling last year threatening workersâ ability to operate as independent contractors, it sent a chill through the gig economy. The temperature dropped a few more degrees recently when the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals determined the standards outlined by the California court ...
The Moves (Out of California) Just Keep on Coming
Many California legislators seem to believe in open borders â not just the border to Mexico but also the borders to Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon. Businesses are slipping out of state through those boundaries at an alarming rate because of the difficult conditions lawmakers have forced on them. And it ...
California Now Has the Nationâs Highest Gas Taxes
In June 2011, a group of Republican lawmakers gathered at a Ford dealership in downtown Sacramento for a celebratory press conference. They were gathered to celebrate what they were calling, âFreedom from Higher Taxes Day,â the day when temporary tax increases were enacted in 2009 as part of a tough ...
Loan rate-cap bill would harm consumers
The California Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday (June 26) on a bill that caps consumer loan rates and threatens to sever a vital credit lifeline for many. Oddly, three commercial lenders who offer the kind of loans subject to this regulation support it. Assembly Bill ...
Are ESG Funds a Proxy for the Green New Deal?
After being soundly defeated in the Senate 0-57 (43 Democrats voted âpresentâ), the Green New Deal continues to languish in the House. Roll Call reported the following excuse from Speaker Nancy Pelosi: âI canât say weâre going to take that and pass it because we have to go through our ...
How socialist price controls will harm American patients
The Trump administration is planning to propose one of the biggest changes to Medicare in decades. The draft rule aims to reduce government spending by linking Medicare drug reimbursement rates to the rates in more than a dozen other Western countries that use price controls to hold down pharmaceutical spending. If implemented, ...
Read Wayne Winegarden’s Comments on Administration’s Trade Wars in Bankrate
The Trump administrationâs trade wars are whipping Fed policy back and forth By Sarah Foster President Donald Trumpâs trade wars just might prompt the Federal Reserve rate cut heâs been clamoring for â but for the wrong reasons. Weeks after the White House slapped higher duties on Chinese imports and threatened ...
Lance Izumi Writes About Importance of Charter Schools in TeachThought
While most traditional public schools continue to adhere to a one-size-fits-all model of curriculum, instruction, and learning, sometimes dubbed the âMcDonaldizationâ of education, public charter schools have the flexibility to implement more individualized learning models that promote curiosity, inquiry, and critical thinking. In a recent article, Terry Heick observed, âin education as ...
Wayne Winegarden Discusses Fears of US Recession in Yahoo! Finance Article
US recovery closes in on 10 year milestone as fears abound that the party is ending By Calder McHugh As the U.S. economy inches closer to a record-setting decade of sustained growth, experts are increasingly worried that a cliff â caused by a multi-front trade war âcould be looming . ...
Words Mean A Different Thing When It Comes to Socialism, Says Americaâs Top Pollster
In the classic work Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, the character Humpty Dumpty says that âWhen I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean â neither more nor less.â Responding, Alice (of Wonderland fame) says, âThe question is whether you can make works ...
Worker Freedom at Risk in California
When the state Supreme Court issued a ruling last year threatening workersâ ability to operate as independent contractors, it sent a chill through the gig economy. The temperature dropped a few more degrees recently when the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals determined the standards outlined by the California court ...
