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Tax subsidies hurting CA

You might think individual tax subsidies, such as the film credit for Hollywood that just was tripled to $330 million, would help California. After all, they cut the taxes of some companies. Certainly, they help those individual companies. But unless spending

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People leaving CA a ‘success’ story?

Joe Mathews presents the counter-intuitive thesis that people leaving California for Texas is a sign of Golden State “success”: Yes, California has an above-average unemployment rate and other economic problems, and many of our people and companies are relocating or expanding

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CA should emulate MI jobs creation

Commentary Dec. 21, 2012 By Chriss Street With the California unemployment still well above the national average, the Golden State might look to the Auto State for how to spur job growth. Last week, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation to

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Audacity! Mich. shows Calif. GOP how to revive party

Dec. 12, 2012 By John Seiler When I was growing up in Michigan in the 1960s, the Democratic Party mostly dominated the state. Kennedy, Johnson and Humphrey won the presidential contests. Democrats controlled the Legislature. And labor unions dominated the

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Tax slave revolt against union tyranny spreads

Sept. 18, 2012 By John Seiler The problem with public-employee unions getting collective bargaining is that they then sit on both sides of the negotiating table. “This is our opportunity to elect our own bosses,” as union leader Ronda Walen

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Bad weather: I want my tax money back!

Aug. 17, 2012 By John Seiler The only reason anyone in his right mind lives in California and pays massive high taxes is for the great weather. But the weather has been terrible. I live half a mile from the

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Laffer flat tax would make California boom

April 6, 2012 By Brian Calle and Josephine Djuhana It should come as no surprise that the economic growth rates and prosperity for states with excessive regulations and taxes are much lower when compared to states with fewer regulations and

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CA Could Have Worst Jobless Rate

John Seiler: California never has had the worst U.S. unemployment rate. During the Great Depression, we weren’t hit as hard as most other states. Hollywood and the aerospace industry took off. Food exports to other states and the world grew.

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MI Cuts Taxes; Why Not CA?

John Seiler: Michigan has been mired in a Depression a lot longer than California. But late last year its unemployment rate, long the worst in the nation, dropped to third-worst. California moved up to second-worst, behind Nevada. Michigan and California

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California Joblessness 2nd Worst

John Seiler: California’s unemployment rate for November stayed the same, at 12.4%, placing it second worst in the nation; tied with Michigan. Only Nevada is worse, at 14.3%. Michigan improved from 12.8% the month earlier. And with a new Republican

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