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Single Payer Will Worsen California’s Healthcare System and Reduce Economic Growth
Single Payer Will Worsen California’s Healthcare System and Reduce Economic Growth Wayne Winegarden March 2024 With the introduction of AB 2200, advocates are, once again, proposing that California adopt a single payer healthcare system. Ostensibly, their proposed CalCare system would streamline payments, lower per-capita spending, guarantee “quality health care and long-term care,” and eliminate “out-of-pocket costs.”[1] Further, proponents say the taxes imposed by the state would equal the money that would have been spent on ...
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Too Much Government Spending and Volatile Tax Revenues Drive State’s Budget Problem
Too Much Government Spending and Volatile Tax Revenues Drive State’s Budget Problem Wayne Winegarden March 2024 This analysis is the first publication of Spending Watch, a new initiative from the Pacific Research Institute. Spending Watch is a resource that evaluates the revenue, spending, and economic impacts of major budget and policy proposals. The purpose of a budget is to establish an affordable spending level and then prioritize spending choices to ensure that total spending remains ...
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Reparations: A Financially Unrealistic Proposal That Will Bankrupt California
Reparations: A Financially Unrealistic Proposal That Will Bankrupt California Wayne Winegarden February 2024 With the introduction of its first set of reparations bills, the California legislature is officially considering the recommendations of the California Reparations Report from the state Reparations Task Force.1 Given these introductions, it is imperative to understand the financial implications. Some basic arithmetic demonstrates that the idea of reparations is fiscally unrealistic. According to the U.S. Census,2 there are 2.5 million “black ...
You Will Own Nothing
WATCH: PRI’s webinar with bestselling author Carol Roth
Watch PRI’s webinar with New York Times bestselling author Carol Roth, discussing her new book, You Will Own Nothing, in conversation with PRI senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden.
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Americans Pay $1,300 ‘Tort Tax,’ Fixing Legal System Would Grow Economy by 2 Percent
Americans pay a “tort tax” of $1,300 per person thanks to lawsuit abuse, and reforming the legal system could boost the U.S. economy by 2 percent over time, finds a new study released today by California-based, nonpartisan, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institute. “Frivolous lawsuits reduce economic opportunities, jobs, and tax revenues while increasing costs for all Americans,” said the study’s co-authors Dr. Wayne Winegarden and Kerry Jackson. “As our study shows, policymakers can ...
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Wayne Winegarden
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