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Good 1% vs. bad 1%
YouTubes like this give me hope that young folks are figuring out what’s going on. After all, they’re the ones on the hook for the $16 trillion federal debt, $1 trillion in their own college debt and numerous other debts.
Read MoreLocal Governments Face Bankruptcy Quandary
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a CalWatchDog.com Special Series of 12 in-depth articles on municipal bankruptcy. Bankruptcy is the boogeyman haunting governments across America. It’s not a question of if more cities will file for bankruptcy, but how
Read MoreDeVore Explains Why He Left for Tex
One of California’s best Assemblyman of recent years was Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine. He especially was good on the state budget. Term-limited, he left office, then left California. As with so many others who splilt, the Golden State became the Pyrite
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Your Tax Money Stays in Vegas
The state is broke and cutting budgets sharply. Yet the prison guards are heading for a high time in Vegas — at the taxpayers’ expense. Reports the State Worker: The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has set aside about $350,000 to pay
Read MoreGovt. Raids Calif. Raw Milk Producer
If you want a treat, drink some raw milk. It’s tastes so much better — and is better for you — than the chalky pasturized stuff. The same with raw cheese and butter. It does cost more. That is, if
Read MoreCrash! CA Revenue Will Nosedive
Crash! The 2011-12 budget passed by the Democrats in the Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown just a month ago projected $4 billion in extra revenues. Ain’t gonna get it. It was a delusion then and it’s an even
Read MoreAssembly Must Open Secret Budget
The leadership in the California Assembly seems to think it’s the Supreme Soviet, the legislative body of the old Soviet Union. It’s not. The Assembly represents the people of California. And the people have the right to know what’s going
Read MoreCalif. Jobless Above Twice Mexico’s
There’s a lot wrong in Mexico. The recent murder spree is one, although that’s largely because the Mexican government is following U.S. government orders to intensify the “war” on drugs. The Mexicans should tell the Yanqui to get lost. Another part
Read MoreFBI Checks Cop Killing in Fullerton
On July 5, Fullerton police beat to death an unarmed, harmless man, Kelly Thomas. The great Friends for Fullerton’s Future investigative news site has been breaking this story, and the Fullerton PD’s cover up of the six thug-cops, for weeks.
Read MoreJerry Brown Killed This Business
Gov. Jerry “Jobs Killer” Brown quickly is replacing departed adulterer Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as California’s second-worst governor. (Gov. Earl Warren always will be the state’s worst governor for stuffing loyal Japanese-Americans into concentration camps during World War II.) The Mercury
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