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Santa Ana considers taxing … free Skype calls! Oh, the insanity
California is known as the world leader in lots of things — pop culture, technology and wacky lifestyles. Now the Santa Ana City Council is helping the Golden State be seen as the world leader in Maniacally Stupid, Excessive Taxation.
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Split-roll tax bill strikes at Prop. 13
Almost every year in the California Legislature Proposition 13 becomes a target for those seeking higher taxes. The 1978 tax-limitation measure, among other things, requires a two-thirds vote for local tax increases. As budget maneuvers heat up in the
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Video: Taking on the teachers unions’ political agenda
Rebecca Friedrichs is an Orange County school teacher who is fighting for her right not to be associated with the political activity the nation’s most powerful union. She is ready to take her fight all the way to the United
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Video: Would a flat tax make CA’s comeback last?
CalWatchdog.com editor-in-chief Brian Calle discusses the California economic comeback with writer Stephen Moore.
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Video: Stephen Moore: CA is crushing the middle class
Stephen Moore, formerly of the Wall Street Journal, gives his take on California and what he terms its entitlement mentality.
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Video: An unsustainable recovery in California
Former California State Finance Director Tom Campbell gives his take on California’s economic outlook.
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Video: Jerry Brown’s biggest challenge in CA
Chapman University Law School Dean Tom Campbell explains to CalWatchdog.com’s editor-in-chief Brian Calle how he believes the biggest challenge Gov. Jerry Brown faces is the “regulatory death that businesses see when they look at California.”
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L.A. County ground zero for invasive state surveillance
“Enemy of the State,” the 1998 movie about government using technology to track everyone, feels less like sci-fi all the time, especially if you live in Los Angeles County. This is from the scoop by the Center for Investigative Reporting:
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Video: The wisdom of Milton Friedman
If Milton Friedman were alive today, what words of wisdom would he impart on us? CalWatchdog.com editor-in-chief Brian Calle asks Friedman’s protégé and Dean of Chapman University School of Law, Tom Campbell.
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Video: How bag ban kills jobs and might make you sick
The ban on bags at the grocery store has multiple unintended consequences. John Phillips tells Alexis Garcia why the bag ban won’t make anybody healthier. The opinions of guests on CalWatchdog do not necessarily reflect the opinions of CalWatchdog or
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