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Back to homepageCalifornia unemployment third worst at 10.7 percent
Aug. 17, 2012 By John Seiler In numbers released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, California’s unemployment in July remained the same as in June, 10.7 percent. But that was an improvement from the 11.9 percent of July
Read MoreMaviglio wrong on tax increase aftermath
Aug. 15, 2012 By John Seiler I like Steve Maviglio, the longtime Democratic and union activist and spokesperson, because he summarizes what those he represents are thinking. So it’s worth reading what he says on the the legislative vote for
Read MoreEven Hollywood is fleeing Taxifornia
Aug. 15, 2012 By John Seiler Hollywood’s leftist elite are big supporters of such causes as raising taxes and President Obama. The president is planning more events there in the fall to troll for campaign cash among the glitterati. Despite
Read MoreHiltzik ignores massive debt
Aug. 15, 2012 By John Seiler Los Angeles Times business writer Michael Hiltzik is an excellent reporter. But when he gets to policy, his leftist perspective comes to the fore. That can be seen in today’s article on Paul Ryan’s
Read MoreAssembly Republican, ex-Republican sell out on tax hikes
Aug. 14, 2012 By John Seiler Just a couple of months ago Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher was being hailed as a new kind of “postpartisan,” “non-ideological,” “bipartisan” politician we need more of in the state Capitol. He had quit the Republican
Read MoreI’m sharing enough
Aug. 13, 2012 By John Seiler I make a middle-class income. I never even have come close to making as much money as such rich, liberal tax-increasers as Arnold Schwarzenegger, George H.W. Bush (the first one), President Obama, Gov. Jerry
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I report from the Calif. GOP convention in Burbank
Aug. 13, 2012 By John Seiler BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN BURBANK — My drive up from Huntington Beach to Burbank to attend the California Republican Convention displayed much of what is wrong with the state. A 51-mile trip took two hours. Beach
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Third World Kalifornia
Aug. 10, 2012 By John Seiler California continues to descend into Third World status, complete with corrupt, secretive government. The latest from Dan Walters: “Let’s not mince words about what the state Senate’s Democratic leader did Wednesday. It was self-serving
Read MoreDo you think you are free?
Aug. 9, 2012 By John Seiler With inflation gearing up again, there’s one safe way to protect your money that’s existed for millennia: hold it in gold. A new bank lets you do so: “You can open accounts in dollars
Read MoreOf course Prop. 32 would slam unions
Aug. 9, 2012 By John Seiler Politics has balance. When one party gets too strong, other parties move to take it down. That’s as true of totalitarian countries, where the factions are unseen, as it is in democracies, where the
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