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Back to homepageGive officials 100% pay cut
Nov. 26, 2012 By John Seiler The California Citizens Compensation Commission just cut our wonderful state officials’ pay by 5 percent. Gov. Jerry Brown’s salary will drop to “only” $165,288 a year. But don’t cry for Brown, California. As Laer
Read MoreDo the math: 55% taxes loom for $300K-plus earners in California
Nov. 25, 2012 By Chris Reed Matt Miller, a quirky and interesting writer-thinker for a lefty think tank (the Center for American Progress), has a warning for Gov. Jerry Brown. Writing in the Washington Post, Miller does the math and
Read MoreHow to break up California
Nov. 24, 2012 By John Seiler California obviously is a preposterously large state. Its 38 million population is greater than the population of 209 of the 242 countries listed by Wikipedia. It’s greater than Algeria, Canada, Uganda, Iraq, Peru, Venezuela,
Read MoreFossil-fuel-phobic Brown, Nichols pine for world that will never be
Nov. 21 By Chris Reed The California media’s never-is-heard-a-discouraging word coverage of AB 32 and the recent cap-and-trade auction continues. But what’s astounding is that just a week ago, the International Energy Association declared that fracking had the U.S. on
Read MoreThings Californians are thankful for this year
Nov. 21, 2012 By John Seiler Here are the things Californians are thankful for this Thanksgiving 2012: Gov. Jerry Brown is thankful California voters are such turkeys they believed his $6 billion tax hike would go to kids, instead of
Read MoreCA tax increases fund unaccountable spending machine
Nov. 20, 2012 By Mark Landsbaum On Nov. 6, Californians voted to raise taxes, but weren’t told the whole story. They repeatedly were told their state government was frugal to the point of pain, yet still in dire need of
Read MoreGov. Brown’s Prop. 30 ego trip: How … Schwarzeneggerian!
Nov. 19, 2012 By Chris Reed There was a triumphal quality to Jerry Brown’s speech Friday at the Moscone Center in San Francisco that went beyond the governor doing some chest-thumping over the success of Proposition 30. In repeatedly mocking
Read MoreMcClintock: Election will bring pain to CA
Nov. 19, 2012 By Katy Grimes Abraham Lincoln said that if the voters get their backsides too close to the fire, they’ll just have to sit on the blisters for a while. After the Nov. 6 election, Californians have some
Read MoreIt’s official: California now a Third World republic
Nov. 18, 2012 By John Seiler Dan Walters writes: “About a quarter-century ago, I wrote a book about California’s social, economic, demographic and political evolution and quoted a couple of academics as predicting ‘the possible emerging of a two-tier economy.’
Read MoreProp. 30 retroactive tax violates Constitution
Nov. 18, 2012 By John Seiler One little known aspect of Proposition 30 is that it increases income taxes retroactively for 2012. Approved by 54 percent of California on Nov. 6, the initiative grabs $6 billion a year, mainly by
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