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Social Security and Medicare Cannot Be “Dipped Into”
Media Availability
8.28.2001
In conjunction with today’s release of a new CBO projection showing the 2001 budget surplus to be $153 billion, news reports have claimed that Social Security and Medicare are being “dipped into” in order to pay budget expenses.
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Davis Leaves Edison Up the River Without a Paddle
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Benjamin Zycher
8.28.2001
OK, kids, let’s play Hot Potato, the game du jour in Sacramento. I refer, of course, to the ongoing desperate effort to stave off the imminent bankruptcy of Southern California Edison, the result of a deeply flawed 1996 electricity deregulation law that was nothing of the kind, combined with highly perverse rule-making by the state Public Utilities Commission.
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Legislature's plan for Edison will force utility into bankruptcy, says economist's report
Press Release
8.24.2001
San Francisco, CA – The California state government plan for dealing with Southern California Edison’s debts, despite intentions, will force the utility into bankruptcy, shift the responsibility to other creditors, and turn back the clock to the pitfalls of excessive government regulation and inefficiency in the energy sector, economist Benjamin Zycher warned today.
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2001 State Test Scores
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
8.21.2001
It's very important to test students to see if they’re learning in the classroom and meeting the standards of knowledge enacted by our state policymakers. The question, however, is whether California’s standardized test, the Stanford-9 exam, actually accomplishes those goals. Because of key problems with the test, it’s unclear just how much progress kids are making in their learning and what it is they are learning.
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Our Uneducated Elite
Education Op-Ed
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
8.13.2001
California’s elite students proved last week that, in addition to their academic woes, they have trouble distinguishing between freedom and tyranny. This is sure to please the world’s largest totalitarian state, which the students were defending.
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The Perils of Privacy
Technology Op-Ed
8.13.2001
A financial privacy bill that would increase costs and reduce choice for consumers is finally getting some sober second thought from Gov. Gray Davis.
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San Francisco-Edison Milestones
PRI Charter School Policy Update
8.1.2001
Outreach, education, and grassroots support were the key elements of the substantial impact that the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) had in the fight to save the Edison Charter Academy (ECA). Supporting parents of ECA students was the first priority. To that end, PRI’s greatest milestone was earning the confidence of the parents. PRI had its most significant impact by introducing to parents the Institute as a community resource for school-choice issues.
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