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Aug. 9, 2012 By John Seiler Anti-capitalists always complain that entrepreneurs exploit loopholes in all those nice laws liberals and progressives pass to help the environment, the baby seals, the rain forests, etc. You can bet that will happen with
Read MoreThe right way, the wrong way, and the Poway of school bond financing
Aug. 8, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Imagine you can get in a time machine and fast-forward to the year 2032 in the Poway Unified School District, the third largest school district in San Diego County. In that year, $981 million in
Read MoreHearing: Bulk of school spending will go to construction
Aug. 8, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Lawmakers say they want to help California’s failing schools. They say they are concerned about the dropout rate and low test scores in California’s public schools. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom
Read MoreHealth care is free!
Aug. 8, 2012 By John Seiler The Washington Post notes of Obamacare: “Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law 28 months ago and largely upheld in June by the Supreme Court, it’s illegal for insurers to charge consumers a
Read MoreTaxing the ‘rich’ is in the air
Aug. 8, 2012 By John Seiler “Tax the rich” is a mantra not only in America, but globally. In California, Gov. Jerry Brown is insisting that anyone making $250,000 or more a year is “rich” and should pay more. At
Read MoreVideo: Explains why Calif., USA going bankrupt
Aug. 7, 2012 By John Seiler This short video explains why the California government and the U.S. government are going broke. Tax-takers now outnumber taxpayers. When are the taxpayer-slaves going to revolt and break their chains of bondage?
Read MoreChicken protests show progress in culture wars
Aug. 7, 2012 By John Hrabe Whenever you’ve got trouble, and I mean trouble with a capital T, authoritarians’ first impulse is to ban it. And it doesn’t matter if that trouble is rap music, violent video games, or a
Read MoreIgnorance abounds in gun control stories
August 7, 2012 By Katy Grimes Within minutes of the most recent Colorado and Wisconsin massacres, breathless reporters and opportunistic lawmakers began calling for more gun control laws. In their haste for politically correct stories, and with visions of legacy
Read MoreStockton police chief rips off $204K pension
Aug. 6, 2012 By John Seiler Highway robbery was supposed to be illegal in California. But after just eight months on the job, Stockton Police Chief Tom Morris grabbed a $204,000 pension. No wonder state pension funds now require hefty
Read MorePark fund scandal a ruse to grab gas tax funds from off-roaders
Aug. 6, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi The first wisdom of politics is that things often are not what they seem. This appears to be the case with the much ballyhooed report that former California State Parks Director Ruth Coleman “hid”
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