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Hospital Chain Has Higher Malnutrition Rates | The San Diego Union Tribune

March 12, 2011

Shannon Brownlee, acting director of the New America Foundation think tank's Health Policy Program in Washington, DC, questioned whether the surge of malnutrition reports at Prime was the result of “a clinical decision or a business decision,” as she ...

Consumer Groups Seek To Block Former Flo TV Spectrum Sale | The San Diego Union Tribune

March 11, 2011

Media Access joined Free Press, Public Knowledge, Consumers Union and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative in filing a petition to stop the sale. AT&T didn't comment. But a spokeswoman pointed to the company's application with the ...

“Ballot-Box” Budgeting Ties Up State Finances | The San Diego Union Tribune

February 24, 2011

“You're trying to balance the budget while you're sitting in quicksand,” said Mathews, a former Los Angeles Times reporter who is now an Irvine Fellow with the New America Foundation, a global economic think tank. But that analysis is far from ...

One More Reason the Fed Stimulus Didn't Create Jobs | The San Diego Union Tribune

February 22, 2011

... "The Recovery Act often provided a buffer to the loss of revenue at the state level, rather than increasing overall infrastructure spending," wrote New America policy analyst Samuel Sherraden. ...

Study: Hispanics Say There's More Discrimination Against Them | The San Diego Union Tribune

October 28, 2010

“This is the Arizona effect,” said Tomás Jiménez, a sociologist at Stanford University, referring to tensions over that state's embattled law that would ...

California Ranks as Second-Worst Run State | The San Diego Union Tribune

October 13, 2010

In a column in The Los Angeles Times yesterday, Joe Mathews, a fellow of the New America Foundation, argued that the state's current political system is ...

Oil Spill Will Do More Than Just Harm The Environment | San Diego Union Tribune

May 9, 2010

Nigeria, for instance, has had an Exxon-sized oil spill an average of at least once a year since 1969, Lisa Margonelli, director of the energy initiative at the New America Foundation, wrote in an op-ed piece for The New York Times. Last year, there were 2,000 active spills. We don’t foot the bill for that, but those are the prices that foreigners pay so that we can have cheap oil. ...

 

Tax Time – Good For Businesses?

  • By
  • Maria Sotero,
  • New America Foundation
April 11, 2010 |

There aren’t too many tax fans around these days. Times are hard, people are working harder, and government programs designed to be solutions are often seen as part of the problem. More than ever, tax season is a dreaded time.

If only there was a simple, efficient tax program that rewarded those who work hard but struggle to get ahead. If only someone would create a tax program that benefits businesses.

And while we’re dreaming, let’s make one that creates jobs in San Diego County too.

The Speech | The San Diego Union Tribune

January 20, 2009
“I can't remember more anticipation of a speech in my lifetime than this one,” said historian Ted Widmer, director of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown ...

Governor's Legacy Still Open Question | San Diego Union Tribune

November 30, 2008
Joe Mathews, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation who wrote a book about Schwarzenegger's 2003 campaign, envisions the governor becoming “climate ...
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