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Back to homepageHow government really works
April 5, 2012 By John Seiler Politicians like to tell us how much they’re “helping” us. How wonderful their “programs” are. But Eddie Murphy, playing a newly elected congressman, finds out how government really works in “The Distingushed Gentleman.” (Note:
Read MoreHappy Easter
All of us at CalWatchDog.com would like to wish everyone a happy and blessed Easter and Passover. Easter celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. And Passover remembers the freeing of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. Both have deep
Read MoreCongress might unrenew crony capitalism
April 6, 2012 By Chriss Street Life is getting more difficult for crony capitalists. President Obama and a bipartisan group of senators was unable convince their pals in Congress to extend ludicrously large subsidies for supposed renewable energy projects under
Read MoreLaffer flat tax would make California boom
April 6, 2012 By Brian Calle and Josephine Djuhana It should come as no surprise that the economic growth rates and prosperity for states with excessive regulations and taxes are much lower when compared to states with fewer regulations and
Read MoreWhat govt. workers really think of their mammoth pay, perks, pleasures and pensions
April 5, 2012 By John Seiler Ever wonder what government workers think of their gigantic pay, perks, pleasures and pensions? All paid for by IRS-strangled taxpayers, of course. Wonder no more. A top-ranked government official has written this little ditty
Read MoreCA Energy Schemes: ‘We are getting fleeced’
April 5, 2012 By Katy Grimes The California Air Resources Board has created a stealthy new corporation in Delaware. The Western Climate Initiative Inc., which will manage cap-and-trade programs, even has its own form of currency. WCI Inc. says it exists “to perform
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