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Government‚ Get Out of My Face(book)
Capital Ideas
5.25.2011

The Social Networking Privacy Act (SB 242), authored by state senator Ellen Corbett‚ a San Leandro Democrat‚ would force any social networking site to make new users choose their privacy settings when they register and make the default settings private except for the user’s name and city of residence.
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Teacher Union “Mo’ Money” Show
Capital Ideas
By: Katy Grimes
5.17.2011

Last week teacher union activists descended upon the Capitol but education reform was not on their agenda. The priority was lobbying legislators to vote in favor of Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax extensions‚ and avoid a vote of the people on the tax increases.
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Mission Impossible: Medicare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board
Health Policy Prescriptions
By: John R. Graham
5.11.2011

he Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) is a new bureaucracy established by Obamacare that will limit Medicare beneficiaries’ access to certain medical goods and services—especially new prescription drugs.
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California's Cover Story
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
5.11.2011

Last month The Economist ran a cover story: “Where it all went wrong: A special report on California’s dysfunctional democracy.” The report blames “direct democracy,” the initiative process, for the state’s woes. The ruling class loves the report, but Californians have good reason to be wary.
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Shooting the Messenger: California’s Proposal to Control Health Plans’ Rate Increases
Capital Ideas
By: John R. Graham
5.4.2011

California legislators are considering a bill, AB 52, that would give the executive branch the power to decide whether health plans should be allowed to increase their premiums at rates that keep pace with medical costs. Health plans may be a politically attractive target, but giving politicians the power to approve premiums causes other problems — and doesn’t even hold down rate increases.
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