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Back to homepageIs Cap and Trade a much larger Enron scam?
Sept. 13, 2012 By Warren Duffy It happened again. First, earlier this year the California Independent System Operator reported to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission suspicion that J.P. Morgan Chase was guilty of a plot to keep electric power off
Read MoreBuy now: Amazon sales tax hits Saturday
Sept. 13, 2012 By John Seiler If you live in California and have been thinking of buying anything on Amazon.com, do so today or Friday. On Saturday, Sept. 15, the state imposes its sales tax — 8 percent or so
Read MoreWill Gov. Brown kill self-driving cars as threat to bullet train?
Sept. 13 By Chris Reed Gov. Jerry Brown gave another hallucinatory endorsement to the bullet-train project in a weekend interview on CNN, depicting the plan as necessary for California’s future. But the growing, glowing reports about the incredible promise offered by
Read MoreSteyer defends Prop. 39 to raise taxes on business
Sept. 13, 2012 By Katy Grimes Most of us would think that wealthy people would be more interested in sponsoring ballot initiatives to cut taxes, not to increase them. But of the three tax-increase ballot initiatives on the November ballot
Read MoreHow federal ‘stimulus’ didn’t help California’s economy
Sept. 13, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi How has the stimulus program of President Obama affected California? Have things gotten better? We can see the answer for the whole state by looking in detail at how stimulus money was spent in
Read MoreGadfly radio on schemes, theft, lies and the Calif. government
Sept. 12, 2012 By John Seiler Our colleague Martha Montelongo’s great Gadfly Radio yesterday featured the theme “schemes, theft, lies and the California government” — which pretty much sums it up. Featured guests are Richard Rider, the San Diego tax
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I resent Gov. Jerry Brown’s fat insults
Sept. 12, 2012 By John Seiler To quote the late, great comedian Chris Farley, “I have what doctors call a little bit of a weight problem.” But with one exception, I don’t mind fat jokes. After all, my favorite comedians
Read MoreCalifornia Budget Project analysis of Prop. 30 slights slam to business, jobs
Sept. 12, 2012 By John Seiler Sometimes the left-leaning California Budget Project produces worthy studies. Its new analysis of Proposition 30 isn’t one of them. Being pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown and the state’s powerful government-worker unions, Prop. 30 would
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