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Michael Hiltzik ❤ Big Brother IRS
May 30, 2013 By John Seiler I often have criticized Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik for almost always favoring more government — more taxes, more spending, more controls. But I have to commend him for his recent column, “Showing
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Hiltzik mangles gun statistics
Feb. 18, 2013 By John Seiler In the Los Angeles Times’ continued attack on our gun rights, Michael Hiltzik writes: “Consider the most important statistic related to California’s gun laws. In 1981, before the most stringent rules were adopted, California’s
Read MoreHiltzik ignores massive debt
Aug. 15, 2012 By John Seiler Los Angeles Times business writer Michael Hiltzik is an excellent reporter. But when he gets to policy, his leftist perspective comes to the fore. That can be seen in today’s article on Paul Ryan’s
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Lance Armstrong should have kept fighting
Aug. 27, 2012 By John Seiler With a name like Lance-Arm-Strong, Lance Armstrong should have kept fighting the anti-doping charges against him. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency just supposedly “stripped” him of his seven titles, although it’s not clear if they
Read MoreL.A. Times Attempting Suicide
Commentary MARCH 5, 2012 By JOHN SEILER Today the Los Angeles Times is charging for visiting its site online. This is a suicide attempt that will severely damage the paper. Its parent company, Tribune Co., long has been in bankruptcy,
Read More$594,976 Vac Pay for Gov. Worker
John Seiler: Incredible. Even after all that has been revealed about the immense government-worker pay, perks and pensions that have bankrupted California state and local governments, more shocking revelations keep coming up. This is from today’s L.A. Times: Reporting from
Read MoreL.A. Times Goes Tax Berserk
John Seiler: The L.A. Times’ tax obsession goes back decades. I remember back when George Deukmejian was governor (1982-1990), the Times was especially fanatical about increasing taxes. So one of the governor’s advisers sent the Times management an unofficial bill
Read MoreCar tax: Another call for boosting it
On Monday, I wrote a research piece on how the car tax cut in 2003 is not to blame for California’s budget deficits. I cited a couple people blaming the cut for the deficits, and saying the old, high car
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