Comments on: Report: CA economic outlook grim, but actual performance not so bad

By: Redness teddy

Redness teddy — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:23:13 +0000

I’m pretty certain that ol dick rider is also a ski vies poster too??

By: Ulysses Uhaul

Ulysses Uhaul — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 03:09:20 +0000

Groups like Ragwus and John Birch Society and Illuminati etc etc are CWD topics by unbalanced types…so sad…they live in mom’s basement posting in their skivvies!

By: SkippingDog

SkippingDog — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 01:55:11 +0000

ALEC is a far right organization, not merely “right leaning.” It’s conclusions are as valid as similar claims by the John Birch Society.

By: bob

bob — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 17:56:11 +0000

OK, so Colliefornia has the highest poverty rate in the nation, but with Democrats running everything what could possibly go wrong?

Maybe we could get a franchise from Morris Dees and open the Colliefornia Poverty Law Center. There’s a lot of money to be made off poverty, just ask Morris. And if you disagree with anything I say you must belong to a hate group!

By: Richard Rider

Richard Rider — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:23:51 +0000

I’m not sure how the study came up with the 30th ranking for CA sales tax. The Tax Foundation places our tax RATE (including local sales tax and considering what is taxed) at 40th (10 states worse).
http://taxfoundation.org/article/state-and-local-sales-tax-rates-2016

I suspect the reason is that the ALEC study uses the PER CAPITA figures. In CA people spend so much on HOUSING (rent, mortgage, taxes, etc.) that they have little money left to spend on goods subject to the sales tax.

FINALLY — an advantage to being “house poor”!! 😉

By: Richard Rider

Richard Rider — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:17:00 +0000

While we are the 10th worst state for corporate income taxes, the more important stat is that we are THE worst west of Iowa (except for oil dependent Alaska). Its these Western states that are our economic competitors for businesses.

Moreover, CA tries to tax the corporate earnings of a business that does ANY business in California. And seeks to tax corporate earnings in other states (unlike almost all other states’ tax policies).

A CA business is deemed by Sacramento to be an ATM machine for politicians and attorneys. Aside from retail businesses, all others should flee the Golden State.