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Back to homepageJohn's May Revise Predictions
John Seiler: Gov. Jerry Brown next Monday will produce his May Revise to his January Budget proposal. Here are my predictions. The base line is that the January proposal included $12 billion in tax increases. Republicans have balked at that.
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LAO Rings Death Knell for High-Speed Rail
APRIL 11, 2011 By JOHN SEILER The high-speed choo-choo is dead. A new report by the Legislative Analyst effectively drives a silver railroad spike through its heart. In 2008, voters passed Proposition 1A, the grandiloquently named Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train
Read MoreArnold and Maria are Splitsville
John Seiler: It’s too bad that ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, are splitting up. That’s their personal business. But it’s worth remembering that Maria dominated Arnold during the last five years of his governorship. Californians thought they
Read MoreInternet Tax Would Kill Businesses
John Seiler: I’ve been writing about the suicidal idea for California to tax Internet sales. In a comment to that post, a small business operator wrote how it would kill his business, and others like it. I thought it worth
Read MoreCalifornia on the Peso Standard?
MAY 9, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Californians keep looking for ways to boost our economy, which also would bring in more revenue to the state government. The Legislature still is struggling with a budget deficit of about $15 billion, after
Read MoreTaxes Up – No Need for Increases
John Seiler: A month ago, I was the first to point out that ongoing tax cuts in California were producing a better economy — which included increases in tax receipts. I wrote: Another factor is marginal tax rates. At some
Read MoreCEOs Rank CA Worst State for Business
MAY 5, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Once again, California garners the booby prize for business climate: For the seventh year in a row, CEOs rate Texas as the #1 state in which to do business and California as the worst. North Carolina maintained its #2 rank,
Read MoreNew Internet Tax Looting Scheme
MAY 5, 2011 By JOHN SEILER It just never stops. Never, never, never. The attacks on California taxpayers by the Looting Government Class (LGC) just keep coming. The latest: SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – With California deep in debt, a controversial plan
Read MoreGuard: 'greatest entry-level job'
John Seiler: This is from a brochure from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations; the job of prison guard… has been called “the greatest entry-level job in California” — and for good reason. Our officers earn a great salary, and
Read MoreKings Wars Could Slam CA Taxpayers
MAY 4, 2011 By JOHN SEILER For now it looks like the Kings professional basketball team will keep dribbling in Sacramento. Just as the team seemed ready to decamp to Anaheim, Sacramento threw a three-pointer and kept the team. The
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