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Battling the 'Axis of Old' for Broadband
Technology Op-Ed
5.25.2004
President Bush has called for ubiquitous broadband rollout by 2007, but to reach that goal, Americans must win the fight against the Axis of Old -- entrenched interests in government and industry that are fighting the progress that comes with new technologies.
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Blue Helmets vs. Prop. 209
Education Op-Ed
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D., Sharon Browne
5.25.2004
Ever since Proposition 209, the anti-race-preference initiative, was passed by California voters in 1996, various state and local government agencies have sought a means to save race-based government programs. In a recent ruling, an Oakland judge purports to have found such a means in the form of a U.N. treaty that supposedly trumps Prop. 209.
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State Budget: The Governor Pulls a Rabbit From the Hat
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Philip Romero
5.23.2004
California's annual fiscal follies commenced in earnest last week with the release of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's revised budget. Most criticism is coming from the right, but, in fact, the budget is a better expression of conservative fiscal values than those of his Republican predecessors.
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Real competition in U.S. can lower drug costs
PRI in the News
5.21.2004
Prescription drug prices in the USA are 67% higher on average than in Canada. No wonder Congress is feeling the heat from consumers to end a ban on importing U.S.-made medicine from other nations. On Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson predicted lawmakers soon would do just that.
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Something Happened on the Way to Wireless Broadband
Technology Op-Ed
5.21.2004
Cingular and AT&T Wireless recently announced plans to merge, resulting in a bigger, more reliable network for customers. Not long after, Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America filed a petition to block the merger. Once again, so-called consumer groups are opposing market developments that help consumers.
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California Falls to the Bottom in Economic Freedom Rating
Press Release
5.7.2004
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – According to a forthcoming study, California ranks 49 out of 50 states in economic freedom. “The U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2004 Report,” published by Pacific Research Institute (PRI) in association with Forbes magazine, is featured in the newly released “Best Places” issue of Forbes.
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High-Tech Healthcare Will Improve Lives, If Given a Chance
Technology Op-Ed
5.5.2004
TV programs like The Swan and Extreme Makeover demonstrate that when medicine meets the marketplace, the results can be stunning. But while new technologies and investments drive the latest health services, entrenched political interests threaten progress. Take, for instance, the recent controversy over ultrasounds in California.
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California Legislators Harming High Tech
Press Release
5.3.2004
SAN FRANCISCO – California’s legislators are harming the high-tech industry with anti-business voting, and Silicon Valley lawmakers are among the worst offenders, according to a new Pacific Research Institute (PRI) report Punishing Innovation: A Report on California Legislators’ Anti-Tech Voting.
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