Category: Public Policy
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Medical school is artificially constrained and that’s why doctors are scarce
America’s doctor shortage isn’t an accident. Residency caps and accreditation choke points keep the supply low while demand keeps climbing.
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Prop 13 is the worst housing policy in America
Prop 13 froze California property taxes in 1978 and quietly reshaped the state. Decades later, it’s a major reason housing costs and inequality keep getting worse.
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The FTC’s non-compete ban went too far and small businesses are paying for it
Banning non-competes for fast food workers made sense. Banning them for senior engineers and acquired founders is a different policy — and small businesses are taking the hit.
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The rich don’t pay taxes headline is technically true and rhetorically dishonest
Headlines about billionaires’ low tax rates compare unrealized gains to income tax owed. Both the headline math and the policy debate it shapes deserve scrutiny.
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Involuntary commitment is broken in both directions
America commits too few people who need help and too many who don’t. The system fails patients, families, and communities — and reform is genuinely hard.
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The marriage penalty is real and we keep ignoring it
Two earners, one tax return, higher bill. The marriage penalty quietly costs millions of couples thousands a year — and the policy debate has stalled.
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Sales taxes are a tax on being poor
Sales taxes hit lower-income households hardest as a share of income. The regressive math of consumption taxes is well-documented and rarely contested.