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Making Gray Davis Accountable
Technology Op-Ed
5.30.2002
California's Governor Gray Davis is in hot water over his acceptance of $25,000 from Oracle Corporation following the state's no-bid $95 million dollar e-government deal with the company. And while the governor probably wishes he had never heard of e-government, Americans want more of it in the form of e-accountability.
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California Government Policies Still to Blame for Electricity Crisis, Despite Enron
Press Release
5.28.2002
San Francisco, CA — Despite recent Enron revelations, California’s electricity crisis of 2000-2001 was a product of misguided government policies, not corporate misconduct or market forces. This is revealed in Power to the People: An Economic Analysis of California’s Electricity Crisis and Its Lessons for Legislators, a new study by economist Benjamin Zycher, released today by the Pacific Research Institute.
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Payback on spending spree
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
5.24.2002
California’s budget deficit now stands upwards of $22 billion, up from $17 billion earlier in the year, $12.4 billion at the end of 2001, and $4.2 billion last May.
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Trial Lawyers For Privacy
Technology Op-Ed
5.16.2002
America's technology community has good reason to wonder whether Democratic Senator Ernest "Fritz" Hollings has something against it. In March, he introduced a harmful digital-rights management bill and now he's proposing burdensome privacy regulations that only apply to online business.
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Feds prove careless with Medicare
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
5.10.2002
Those about to go on Medicare, and many already on it, may be surprised that doctors are increasingly unwilling to accept them as patients. The problem does not lie with doctors but our political elite. Instead of true health-care reform they have offered a faulty price-fixing system.
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Fine Wine?
Business and Economics Op-Ed
5.5.2002
This spring brought good news for wine enthusiasts. Not only did Justin Vineyards release a very good 1999 Cabernet Sauvignon, but two federal judges ruled in favor of scrapping state laws in Virginia and North Carolina that essentially banned the online sale of wine to consumers.
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