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Impact Magazine – Summer 2020

July 30, 2020 Pacific Research Institute

DOWNLOAD THE PDF .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom:56.25%; height:0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;} Letter from the President These are stressful times for our nation. Americans have faced shelter-in-place orders that...

Sally Pipes interviewed in World Magazine: Promise me anything

July 30, 2020 Pacific Research Institute

Promise me anything By Marvin Olasky Sally Pipes is president of the Pacific Research Institute and the author of False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All (Encounter). I interviewed her on Feb. 6, just after that book came out, and just before COVID-19 hit the...

Wayne Winegarden Sounds Alarm on Bill Impacting Insurance Companies

July 24, 2020 Wayne Winegarden

More legislation under consideration for business interruption claims BY: Sarah Downey, NorCal Record A new California bill addressing business interruption claims arising from the COVID-19 outbreak would include rebuttable presumptions that the business losses are pandemic-related and put the burden on insurance companies to show otherwise. Many businesses...

Wayne Winegarden Featured in Business Insider Article on Taxing Billionaires, COVID-19

July 20, 2020 Wayne Winegarden

Taxing billionaires would be a great way to fund the fight against coronavirus like AOC says — but only if the US government were drastically different By: Taylor Nicole Rogers, Business Insider The United States needs to find a way to cover the spiraling costs of coronavirus...

Damon Dunn Responds to Twitter CEO’s Support for Basic Income on NTD TV

July 14, 2020 Pacific Research Institute

Watch PRI Fellow in Business and Economics Damon Dunn respond to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey coming out in support of universal basic income with host Paul Greaney on NTD TV. https://youtu.be/6Ca5pNAg2-A?t=634...

PRI’s Tim Anaya Featured in Center Square Story on CA’s Volatile Tax System

July 09, 2020 Pacific Research Institute

Policy experts: California needs to reform its tax system By Krystina Skurk California’s reliance on a notoriously fickle tax system has exacerbated the state’s budget problems in light of Covid-19, an economics professor said. The state of California relies heavily on income tax and capital gains tax for...

PRI’s Wayne Winegarden Quoted in Free Beacon story on Bogus Gig Economy Survey

July 09, 2020 Pacific Research Institute

Labor Groups, San Francisco Push Bogus Taxpayer-Funded Survey to Support Anti-Gig Law By Collin Anderson A liberal advocacy group's own researchers raised red flags about a taxpayer-funded study used to justify a union campaign against the California gig economy . . . The survey reported that 71 percent...

PRI’s Hon. Dan Kolkey Quoted in Los Angeles Times on state executive orders

June 29, 2020 Pacific Research Institute

California’s mask order tests the limits of Newsom’s executive power By: Phil Willon Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order June 18 requiring all Californians to wear face masks came as welcome news to those in the state concerned by the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Nevada City Mayor Reinette...

Sally Pipes Mentioned in WSJ Op-ed on Biden

June 25, 2020 Sally C. Pipes

Has the Pandemic Changed Biden? Not enough to shelve his plans for trillions in tax hikes. By: James Freeman A common view is that the coronavirus will permanently change American society in fundamental ways. Already it has radically changed political campaigns in 2020. For example, the leading...

Orange County Register Editorial Quotes PRI’s Tim Anaya

June 18, 2020 Pacific Research Institute

The Legislature should pause and rework ACA25 Orange County Register Editorial Board Perhaps all Californians can agree, after more than three months of living under a state of emergency that has devastated the state’s economy and treasury, that state constitutional provisions regarding emergency powers need a few...