Proposition 13 Still the Favorite Scapegoat
In an April 17 op-ed piece in the San Jose Mercury News, state Senator Don Perata complains that in California we are witnessing the hollowing out of the middle class because of what he sees as an...
View ArticleShare the Poverty
After the bill that would have criminalized spanking was withdrawn as part of Sacramento lawmakers' efforts to showcase their best behavior while their allies fire up an initiative campaign to extend...
View ArticleThe Last Taxpayer
Several news reports over the last week had me thinking of the 1973 Charlton Heston movie Soylent Green, an "Al-Gorean" view of the earth's future as a dying planet no longer able to provide enough...
View ArticleThe Boogeyman
To free wheeling, big spending politicians, David Walker is the "boogeyman." To those who want ever bigger government, his exposing of their dirty secrets is a nightmare. So who is this man who has...
View ArticleCity Unions to L.A. Taxpayers: Peel Me A Grape
Los Angeles city government is in trouble. Projections are that it will face a budget deficit of at least $400 million in the coming fiscal year. But the financial bind in which the city finds itself...
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