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Not much doin’ on prescription drug prices
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Laura Dykes
1.29.2001
Despite warranted reservations, shortly before Election Day, former President Clinton signed legislation allowing the reimportation of pharmaceuticals into the United States. Clinton admitted the legislation “will do nothing for seniors and others struggling to pay high prescription bills.” Upon closer inspection, one finds that, in this case, there is little difference between doing “something” and doing nothing about prescription drug costs.
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Bush Picks Pacific Research Institute Experts for Key Environmental Posts
Press Release
1.25.2001
President George W. Bush has named three environmental experts associated with the California-based Pacific Research Institute (PRI) to top positions in his Cabinet and Transition Advisory Teams: Gale Norton, nominee for Secretary of Interior; Steven Hayward, Transition Advisory Team for the Environmental Protection Agency; and Terry Anderson, Transition Advisory Team for the Dept. of the Interior.
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How To Create an Energy Crisis
Environmental Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
1.14.2001
Contrary to current belief, creating an energy crisis in California is not a simple matter. To achieve skyrocketing utility bills and brownouts at current levels, with the threat of worse to come, requires a complicated series of steps and considerable determination.
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California’s Electricity Crisis
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
1.9.2001
A recent New York Times article blamed California’s energy crisis on the state's supposed “blind faith in markets.” Many politicians in Sacramento are repeating this refrain, with some calling for government takeover of the power industry. Trouble is, government, not the market, caused this crisis in the first place.
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Handicapped parking puts public on the spot
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Joelle Cowan
1.5.2001
Coast to coast, parking spaces are so scarce that squabbles erupt. A major reason for the dearth of spaces is the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its rigid mandates.
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The Role and Importance of Think Tanks
By: Sally C. Pipes
1.1.2001
Think tanks deal with ideas, and as you know, ideas do have consequences. We believe in the idea of a democratic society of free individuals taking responsibility for their own behavior, a civil society with a limited government, and economic activity taking place in a free market. These are the principles to which the Pacific Research Institute is dedicated.
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Improving Teacher Quality in California
Education Op-Ed
By: Thomas Dawson
1.1.2001
During the recent campaign, education took center stage in almost every race. In order to boost student achievement, voters were told, our teachers need to be paid more, not only to attract the best and brightest, but to avoid a massive teacher shortage. These mistaken ideas are all refuted in a new study by the Pacific Research Institute.
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