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Scott Peterson Needn't Fear The Death Penalty
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
11.17.2004
SACRAMENTO, CA - Listen to the TV talking heads or read press stories and the question everyone seems to be pondering is whether Scott Peterson will get the death penalty. There is huffing and puffing about the class and race issue, i.e. whether a good-looking affluent white male will actually receive the ultimate penalty. The reality is that the death penalty in California has become irrelevant because it's virtually never carried out.
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A Flatly Simple Plan
Capital Ideas
By: Anthony P. Archie
11.11.2004
SACRAMENTO, CA -Last week, President Bush outlined his agenda for a second term, stating that his goal was to simplify a "complicated and outdated'' tax code. If Bush really wants to make the tax code simpler, he should implement a flat tax.
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FCC Brightens Future of Broadband
ePolicy
11.9.2004
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today took a step in the right direction to promote broadband rollout, but there’s still more work to be done, according to the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a California-based think tank.
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U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2004 Report
PRI Publication
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D, Ying Huang, Robert E. McCormick
11.1.2004
About five years ago several scholars at Clemson University decided to investigate the link, if any, between economic freedom and economic activity in the United States. There was a tried-and-true technique of creating indexes of freedom across countries and across time, but the effort then was the first attempt to examine the impact of economic freedom on life inside the United States.
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Flu Facts - Policy Points on the Flu Vaccine Shortage
PRI Special Report
By: Sally C. Pipes
11.1.2004
On October 5, the United States learned that it had lost access to roughly half of its expected influenza vaccine supply when the British Government shut down production at Chiron’s Liverpool plant. Chiron, based in Emeryville, CA, is the only remaining supplier for the U.S. market. The reason was bacterial contamination in some of the vaccines.
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The U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2004 Report
PRI Study
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D, Ying Huang, Robert E. McCormick
11.1.2004
The U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2004 Report is an important tool, grounded in rigorous statistical analysis, for measuring how friendly (or unfriendly) each state government is toward free enterprise and consumer choice. By providing a metric of economic freedom, the Index also encourages a discussion in public forums and in state legislatures about each state's level of economic freedom, areas for policy reform, and the consequences of inaction. As the report shows, two effects of limiting economic freedom are that people flee economically oppressive states and residents are made poorer, both outcomes merit further reflection.
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