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California's To-Do List
Capital Ideas
11.29.2006
When the legislature reconvenes next week, the state's elected officials will most likely push an agenda that maintains the status quo. But California's taxpayers deserve a legislature that will tackle some of the state's most nagging problems. Lawmakers could start by reforming the state's public employee pension system.
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How Arnold can honor Milton Friedman
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
11.22.2006
Milton Friedman, who recently passed away, was the greatest economic thinker of the 20th century. His technical expertise, consistent philosophy of freedom and liberty, courage and determination, plus the ability to communicate his ideas to ordinary people, made Friedman a giant not only in his field, but in politics and public policy worldwide. Milton Friedman was also a Californian, by choice, and it would be a tribute to this great man if his friend, newly re-elected governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, would honor his memory by championing Friedman's best-loved cause: school choice.
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GMO debate needs facts, not hysteria
Environmental Notes
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D
11.21.2006
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have touched off much debate in the agricultural and environmental sectors. Vocal opponents of this technology believe it poses dire threats to the environment. Where these opponents are successful in scaring producers away from GMO crops, industry, rural communities and the environment suffer.
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Questionable Cure for a Questionable Crisis: The Massachusetts Health Plan Takes Shape
PRI Study
By: Sally C. Pipes
11.16.2006
Massachusetts made history when it passed a law requiring residents to purchase health insurance or face fines beginning in July 2007. The bipartisan plan has been hailed as an innovative way to achieve universal health insurance coverage. It places responsibility on the individual to purchase health insurance under threat of fine, asks employers to subsidize insurance or pay a fee, and puts the government in charge of brokering plans that it promises will be affordable.
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Sense and Sequestration: The Carbon Sequestration Cycle Explained
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D
11.15.2006
Though there is no conclusive proof of the effects of CO2 on climate change, there is growing public concern that greenhouse gases are a potential cause of global warming. With carbon dioxide comprising more than 80 percent of the man-made greenhouse gas emissions, policymakers are looking toward carbon sequestration—the process in which carbon is captured before or after emission and stored long term—as one approach to decreasing CO2 emissions.
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How to get biggest bang for bond bucks
Capital Ideas
By: Rachel Chaney
11.15.2006
Last Tuesday, California voters passed Proposition 1D, approving $10.4 billion in bonds for school construction projects. The money will fund facilities from the elementary to university level to relieve overcrowding and repair older schools. Total state costs are estimated at $20.3 billion, including principal and interest.
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Carly's Choice
By: Sally C. Pipes
11.14.2006
Tough Choices, a new memoir by Carly Fiorina, contains some fascinating revelations and good advice. It also confirms the observations the Contrarian made when Hewlett-Packard fired Carly last year.
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