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Health 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
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Video: 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 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”
Read MoreTrial lawyers want more money
August 6, 2012 By Katy Grimes Trial lawyers are not content to win medical damages cases and get paid a chunk of the damages awarded to the plaintiff. They are going after a bigger piece of the insurance pie. Senate
Read MoreCourse list at Arnold’s new USC think tank
Aug. 6, 2012 By John Seiler Last week, über-moderate, Herr Post-Partisan Depression, ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger funded a new think tank in his dishonor at USC. As if he hadn’t done enough in his seven years as governor to wreck the state.
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Cruz win in Texas blazes victory path for CA GOP
Aug. 6, 2012 By John Seiler California Republicans are gathering this weekend for their convention in Burbank. For inspiration, they should look to what is happening in neighboring states. Two years ago, Republicans nominated for governor Susana Martinez in New
Read MoreThe devil and Jerry Brown quote tax scriptures for own purposes
Aug. 3, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi On August 2, California Gov. Jerry Brown erroneously invoked the following passage from the Christian New Testament in support of his proposed package of tax increases under Proposition 30 on the November ballot: “For
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