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Protect CA Taxpayers Act More About Protecting Big Spending

After spending the holiday season consulting liberal academics, State Senate Democrats on Thursday unveiled their answer to President Donald Trump’s tax cut law. Calling their proposal an effort to “protect California residents” from the federal tax cut proposal that was signed into law just before Christmas, Senate Bill 227 would ...
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Social Security Beneficiaries Reach an All-Time High

An oft-cited survey from 1994 found that one out of every three respondents age 18 and 34 said they were more likely to see a UFO than receive a Social Security check.  Fast forward 23 years later — last November, the U.S. reached a record number of Social Security beneficiaries ...
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New Studies Confirm the Obvious – $15 Minimum Wage Hurts California Job Opportunities

The negative impacts of setting — and increasing — minimum wages should be beyond debate by now. The economic science is settled. Yet California policymakers continue to believe in unicorn economic fantasies. For example, more than a dozen cities and counties in the Bay Area have changed their minimum-wage ordinances ...
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With Silicon Valley Exodus Looming, Lawmakers Must Make Tax Relief Top 2018 Priority

Last week, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman said in an interview that tech companies are already beginning an exodus away from expensive coastal areas such as Silicon Valley and Los Angeles toward more affordable cities in America’s heartland. He said that the trend will likely be accelerated in response to the ...
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2018’s challenge: Too many jobs, not enough workers

By Danielle Paquette Employers nationwide are grappling with a problem that threatens to stall economic growth: vacancies — and lots of them. In Maine, where flurries can fall as late as April, the state transportation department is struggling to find snowplow drivers, thanks to the increasingly tight labor market. Ski resorts in ...
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Looking Back on 2017: Rolling Back Red Tape

Looking back on 2017, perhaps the most under-reported story of the year has been President Trump’s success in cutting back regulations.  Back in January at the start of his administration, Mr. Trump signed an executive order requiring agencies to cut two regulations for every new one added to the books. ...
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How Will the New Tax Law Impact Small Business?

By Matt D’Angelo The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act aims to spur economic growth across the United States by adjusting tax structures for small businesses and corporations. The bill has officially been passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, so it will now head to President Trump ...
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Wayne Winegarden – Why Did the Government Swallow the 340B Fly?

PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden joins us to talk about his new study on the 340B program, a well-meaning yet very important government program designed to help the needy afford prescription drugs that, in practice, is being abused and shortchanging those it was intended to help.
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Tax Win Will Be Huge for Trump, But Don’t Bank on Political Windfall

By Stephen Collinson In decades to come, people will talk about the Trump tax cuts as they now reminisce over the Reagan, Bush and Kennedy giveaways. Barring a last-minute cataclysm on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump is set to savor a major tax reform package before Christmas and finally secure ...
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PRI’s Wayne Winegarden Talks Tax Reform on Sirius XM Radio

Listen to PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden discuss the latest developments in the debate over tax reform in Washington with host Tim Farley on the Sirius XM POTUS channel’s “Morning Briefing”. Click here to listen to the interview.
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Protect CA Taxpayers Act More About Protecting Big Spending

After spending the holiday season consulting liberal academics, State Senate Democrats on Thursday unveiled their answer to President Donald Trump’s tax cut law. Calling their proposal an effort to “protect California residents” from the federal tax cut proposal that was signed into law just before Christmas, Senate Bill 227 would ...
Blog

Social Security Beneficiaries Reach an All-Time High

An oft-cited survey from 1994 found that one out of every three respondents age 18 and 34 said they were more likely to see a UFO than receive a Social Security check.  Fast forward 23 years later — last November, the U.S. reached a record number of Social Security beneficiaries ...
Blog

New Studies Confirm the Obvious – $15 Minimum Wage Hurts California Job Opportunities

The negative impacts of setting — and increasing — minimum wages should be beyond debate by now. The economic science is settled. Yet California policymakers continue to believe in unicorn economic fantasies. For example, more than a dozen cities and counties in the Bay Area have changed their minimum-wage ordinances ...
Blog

With Silicon Valley Exodus Looming, Lawmakers Must Make Tax Relief Top 2018 Priority

Last week, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman said in an interview that tech companies are already beginning an exodus away from expensive coastal areas such as Silicon Valley and Los Angeles toward more affordable cities in America’s heartland. He said that the trend will likely be accelerated in response to the ...
Business & Economics

2018’s challenge: Too many jobs, not enough workers

By Danielle Paquette Employers nationwide are grappling with a problem that threatens to stall economic growth: vacancies — and lots of them. In Maine, where flurries can fall as late as April, the state transportation department is struggling to find snowplow drivers, thanks to the increasingly tight labor market. Ski resorts in ...
Blog

Looking Back on 2017: Rolling Back Red Tape

Looking back on 2017, perhaps the most under-reported story of the year has been President Trump’s success in cutting back regulations.  Back in January at the start of his administration, Mr. Trump signed an executive order requiring agencies to cut two regulations for every new one added to the books. ...
Business & Economics

How Will the New Tax Law Impact Small Business?

By Matt D’Angelo The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act aims to spur economic growth across the United States by adjusting tax structures for small businesses and corporations. The bill has officially been passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, so it will now head to President Trump ...
Business & Economics

Wayne Winegarden – Why Did the Government Swallow the 340B Fly?

PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden joins us to talk about his new study on the 340B program, a well-meaning yet very important government program designed to help the needy afford prescription drugs that, in practice, is being abused and shortchanging those it was intended to help.
Business & Economics

Tax Win Will Be Huge for Trump, But Don’t Bank on Political Windfall

By Stephen Collinson In decades to come, people will talk about the Trump tax cuts as they now reminisce over the Reagan, Bush and Kennedy giveaways. Barring a last-minute cataclysm on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump is set to savor a major tax reform package before Christmas and finally secure ...
Business & Economics

PRI’s Wayne Winegarden Talks Tax Reform on Sirius XM Radio

Listen to PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden discuss the latest developments in the debate over tax reform in Washington with host Tim Farley on the Sirius XM POTUS channel’s “Morning Briefing”. Click here to listen to the interview.
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