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Wayne Winegarden Quoted in Small-Business Saturday Piece

December 02, 2019 Pacific Research Institute

Jessica Locke, a paramedic living in Linn Creek, did some traditional mall-type shopping over Thanksgiving weekend, she said Friday night at a neighborhood social gathering in Republic. Locke, who's lived in the United States since 2010 after moving from her native Germany, said she and friend Steven Belcher...

Kerry Jackson talks about how overregulation hurts business in Forbes

November 21, 2019 Pacific Research Institute

San Francisco and NYC retail and restaurant sectors are beginning to see the ugly side of socialism: store closures and layoffs, as their owners cannot keep up with local government mandates that raise the costs of their businesses. Socialism is in fashion again in America. At the local level that is, where governments...

Wayne Winegarden Responds to San Diego push to spend more on EV charging stations in SD Union Tribune

November 20, 2019 Pacific Research Institute

SDG&E wants to spend $58.4 million to build 2,000 more electric vehicle charging stations By Rob Nikolewski San Diego Gas & Electric has already spent $70 million of ratepayer funds on a pilot program that has erected thousands of electric vehicle charging stations in the region. Now...

Sally C. Pipes quoted in nationally syndicated Medicare for All op-ed

November 18, 2019 Pacific Research Institute

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants "Medicare for All," as does Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., her self-described "Democratic socialist" rival. Unlike Sanders, however, Warren claims she can finance her plan by raising taxes only on the superrich. . . . . .Democrats, of course, quickly employed their...

Sally Pipes Debates at Medicare for All Event at UC Berkeley

November 15, 2019 Pacific Research Institute

Sally Pipes, PRI's President and CEO, and Richard Scheffler, Professor of Graduate School at UC Berkeley School of Public Health participated in a debate on Medicare for All held by the Berkeley Conservative Society. ...

Sally Pipes Quoted in the Daily Wire

November 11, 2019 Pacific Research Institute

As the 2020 election looms closer, health care has choked out virtually every other issue to stand alone as the primary focus of several top-tier candidates in the Democratic primary race. . . . . .Sally Pipes, the president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute...

Watch Sally Pipes Speak on Sen. Warren’s Billionaires’ Tax on Fox Business

November 07, 2019 Pacific Research Institute

Sen. Warren's plan to spike billionaires' taxes would be detrimental to economy: Expert Pacific Research Institute CEO and president Sally Pipes discusses the constant attacks Sen. Elizabeth Warren makes on billionaires and how her health care plan and wealth tax could harm the middle class and...

Wayne Winegarden quoted in Washington Examiner on trade wars

November 05, 2019 Wayne H Winegarden

Fears that the President’s Trump’s trade war with China will lead to a recession may have faded from the headlines, but economists say it cannot be discounted. “We’re not expecting a recession anytime soon, but, that said, there are a number of headwinds, ranging from slower growth, trade...

Watch Sally Pipes on Fox Business: How Much Would a Single-Payer Plan Cost?

October 31, 2019 Pacific Research Institute

PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses 2020 Democratic contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren's plan to provide a public health care system with host Elizabeth MacDonald on "The Evening Edit" on Fox Business. Pipes makes the...

Evan Harris Responds to NCAA Move on Student Athlete Images on Newsy TV

October 30, 2019 Pacific Research Institute

NCAA Will Let Athletes Profit Off Their Names, Images And Likenesses By Adam Elrashidi The NCAA's board said each division has to draft and enact the necessary rules no later than January 2021. The NCAA, the national governing body for collegiate athletics, ruled Tuesday that student athletes will...