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• ANALYSIS: Is Managed Competition Dead in San Diego?
  Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
  Adam Summers
  May 6, 2013
• ANALYSIS: San Diego, San Jose Lead the Way in Local Pension Reform
  Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
  Adam Summers
  May 6, 2013
• BCFC Outlines $795 Billion in Federal Budget Savings
  Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Federal Government Privatization
  Adam Summers
  April 15, 2013
• Congress Takes on Postal Service Reform—Again
  Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Federal Government Privatization
  Adam Summers
  April 15, 2013
• Space Privatization Update
  Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Federal Government Privatization
  Adam Summers
  April 15, 2013
• Leave It to California
  Furloughs Lead to Higher Leave Payouts to State Workers
  Adam Summers
  April 9, 2013
• California Must Reform Tax Code to Spur Economic Growth
  State Should Eliminate Special-Interest Tax Breaks, Lower Business Taxes for All
  Adam Summers and Jon Coupal
  February 11, 2013
• Minimum Wage Hike Would Hurt California Economy
  Long Beach is now suffering the unintended consequences of minimum wage laws
  Adam Summers
  February 1, 2013
• California, Los Angeles Drowning in a Sea of Taxes, Regulation, and Debt
  Public Knows Burdensome Regulations Are Sending Jobs to Other Cities and States
  Adam Summers
  December 3, 2012
• California State Legislature to Vote on Budget
  Will lawmakers implement real austerity measures?
  Adam Summers
  June 25, 2012
• Californians Being Taken for a Ride on High-Speed Rail
  Why California's latest high-speed rail plan lacks merit
  Adam Summers
  April 27, 2012
• USPS Is $14 Billion In the Red This Year, So It Promotes Junk Mail
  Why privatization is a better tactic to save the U.S. mail
  Adam Summers
  March 22, 2012
• California Barking Up the Wrong Tree with Pet Groomer Licensing Bill
  Adam Summers
  March 1, 2012
• Time to Face Reality on the California High-Speed Rail Project
  Cost estimates keep soaring but Gov. Brown keeps pushing the rail system
  Adam Summers
  January 27, 2012
• About that Debt Ceiling Deal and Those Spending Cuts
  Why the S&P downgrade could be just the beginning
  Adam Summers
  August 17, 2011
• Brown v. Plata Ruling Highlights Need for Reform (Not Tax Increases)
  A multi-faceted approach is necessary to finally reform California's correctional system
  Harris Kenny and Adam Summers
  June 2, 2011
• Time to Eliminate the Blight of California's Redevelopment Agencies
  Examples in San Jose and other areas show how redevelopment agencies fail taxpayers
  Adam Summers
  April 26, 2011
• California High-Speed Rail
  The next stop is bankruptcy
  Adam Summers
  April 3, 2011
• Evaluating the Nunes Pension Reform Bill
  New legislation is a step in the right direction, but more fundamental reforms are needed
  Adam Summers
  March 1, 2011
• Lessons from the Bell, California Fiasco
  High government salaries means soaring pension costs that taxpayers cannot afford.
  Adam Summers
  August 24, 2010
• Bell Isn't Only California City That Should Re-Examine Pensions, Salaries
  High government salaries mean soaring pension costs that taxpayers cannot afford
  Adam Summers
  August 19, 2010
• Instant-Runoff Voting Would Be Better Alternative to Open Primary for California Voters
  Proposition 14 won't cure state's political or fiscal problems
  Adam Summers
  June 7, 2010
• Open Primary Would Close Doors to Voter Choice and Participation
  California's Proposition 14 would shut out minor political parties
  Adam Summers
  June 7, 2010
• Getting Serious About Pension Reform in Atlanta
  How to fix the city's massive pension problem without tax increases
  Adam Summers
  March 3, 2010
• Let the Private Sector Compete to Provide Public Services and Watch the Savings Roll In
  Outsourcing and managed competition are proven common-sense, nonpartisan strategies for reducing costs and improving services
  Leonard Gilroy and Adam Summers
  February 14, 2010
• California Needs to Stop Defined-Benefit Pensions
  Government’s pension obligations are a looming disaster that can be eased by 401(k)-style retirement plans
  Adam Summers
  December 7, 2009
• California Voters Were Railroaded on High-Speed Rail
  Wildly inaccurate ridership predictions could cost taxpayers billions
  Adam Summers
  December 2, 2009
• Rising Pension Costs, Falling Revenues Lead to a $179 Million Budget Deficit in San Diego
  Adam Summers
  October 19, 2009
• Don't Blame Voters for California's Budget Woes
  Big spending pols falsely claim citizen ballot initiatives have tied their hands
  Shikha Dalmia, Adam Summers and Adrian Moore
  October 9, 2009
• Public Pension Problems Mount for Local CA Governments
  Lawmakers fail to make necessary reforms as unfunded liabilities continue to grow throughout the state
  Adam Summers
  September 22, 2009
• California Parks Need User Fees
  Only 13 of the 279 parks and beaches are financially self-supporting
  Adam Summers
  September 1, 2009
• California Budget Deal Is a Bad Band-Aid
  State once again fails to address the spending and structural problems that cause deficit
  Adam Summers
  July 29, 2009
• Recap of California Voters' Rejection of Special Election Measures
  Taxpayers smartly say no to Sacramento's so-called budget reforms
  Adam Summers
  July 20, 2009
• California Must Control State Pension and Benefit Costs
  Currently facing an unfunded liability of over $48 billion for state retiree health and dental benefits
  Adam Summers
  June 22, 2009
• Is America Following the Policies that Caused Japan's "Lost Decade"?
  Federal government is repeating many of the same mistakes that created Japan's Lost Decade
  Anthony Randazzo, Michael Flynn and Adam Summers
  June 10, 2009
• Getting California Back on Track
  Rip up the government's credit cards, institute a spending limit, and prioritize programs based on effectiveness
  Adam Summers
  April 22, 2009
• State Governments Face Deficits and Fiscal Trouble Because of Spending
  From 2002 to 2007, state spending rose 50 percent faster than inflation
  Adam Summers and Michael Flynn
  April 9, 2009
• California's High Taxes and Burdensome Regulations Drive People and Businesses Away
  State's credit rating is worst in nation and businesses say it is the worst place for entrepreneurship
  Adam Summers
  March 26, 2009
• Innovative Solutions Needed to Fix L.A.’s Budget
  L.A. should follow Chicago's lead on public-private partnerships
  Adam Summers
  February 23, 2009
• The Fallacy of "Fiscal Stimulus"
  Stimulus during the Great Depression delivered an unemployment rate of 25 percent
  Adam Summers
  February 2, 2009
• California's Spending Addiction
  What caused the deficit? State spending has increased 92 percent in 10 years
  Adam Summers
  January 26, 2009
• Hair Braiders, Barbers and Interior Designers Need Licenses in Missouri
  State has fewest occupational licensing regulations, but could get better
  David Stokes and Adam Summers
  December 10, 2008
• Just Say 'No' to More Bond Debt
  Voters have to supply the fiscal restraint Sacramento lacks
  Adam Summers
  October 23, 2008
• California's High-Speed Rail Plan Is Flawed
  Bond measure Proposition 1A's $10 billion won't begin to cover the costs of a proposed high-speed rail line
  Adam Summers
  October 6, 2008
• Swimming in Red Ink, California Wants to Borrow More Money
  Bonds will worsen already dire budget situation in California
  Adam Summers
  September 9, 2008
• California's Budget Crisis Continues
  State still doesn't have a budget, but plenty of bad ideas are coming out of Sacramento
  Adam Summers
  September 3, 2008
• Gay Marriage on California's November Ballot
  The state shouldn't be in the marriage business at all
  Adam Summers
  August 14, 2008
• California's High-Speed Rail Plan Wildly Overestimates Ridership Numbers
  Real costs of rail are downplayed
  Adam Summers
  July 29, 2008
• San Diego Can Benefit from Private Trash Collection
  Private sector already handles over 75 percent of nation's garbage collection
  Adam Summers
  June 16, 2008
• Taco Wars in Los Angeles
  Government seeks to help restaurants by chasing away taco trucks
  Adam Summers
  May 21, 2008

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