Bonds = Delayed Tax Increases

John Seiler: For years now — even decades — I’ve called government bonds “delayed tax increases.” That’s because the bonds, eventually, must be paid off with money from the general fund. And if other government spending is to continue —

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State Printer Decides Election Date?

SEE RESPONSE FROM DGS AT END OF STORY. Katy Grimes: While speaking with Republican Sen. Bob Huff yesterday about budget negotiations, an interesting twist in the process came to light. If the governor does not get legislators to approve his

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Not Another Tax!

John Seiler: “Smoke ’em if you got ’em” was a saying back when I as in the U.S. Army 30 years ago. Now it’s “Tax ’em if you got ’em.” Lance Armstrong, the famed bicyclist, is obsessed with raising California

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Brown Late, Budget in Turmoil

MAR. 1, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Gov. Jerry Brown was late delivering key realignment revisions to California legislators, who seemed befuddled at budget hearings Monday. The report, on a proposed constitutional amendment on realignment, was made available Feb. 28 to

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Go John and Ken!

John Seiler: Especially when there’s a hot California politics topic in the air, I try to listen to KFI AM 640’s broadcast of John and Ken weekday afternoons. If you’re not in the Los Angeles area, you can listen to

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