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Back to homepageFeinstein’s gun ban bill exempts govt. officials
Jan. 25, 2013 By Katy Grimes An interesting tidbit came out of Thursday’s big announcement by Sen. Dianne Feinstein about her newest gun ban legislation. The bill would exempt “weapons used by government officials.” Feinstein officially proposed banning 157 different makes
Read MoreWill CA gun control also chase away businesses, jobs?
Jan. 22, 2013 By John Seiler Here’s a question: Will more gun control laws in California chase away even more businesses and jobs than our high taxes already do? I think the answer would be, Yes. A lot of people
Read MoreProductivity slowing — bad news for budgets
Jan. 17, 2013 By John Seiler Both the U.S. and California budgets depend on continuing economic growth. Gov. Jerry Brown has cautioned that his ambitious spending plan could fall apart if growth slows. This just in: “Global productivity growth has
Read MoreGovt. robs my paycheck even more
Jan. 15, 2013 By John Seiler This morning my first paycheck of the year was plunked into my bank account. The amount is sharply down from my Dec. 31 paycheck. The government robbed me again. This was part of the
Read MoreAnother business thinking of leaving CA
Jan. 14, 2013 By John Seiler Despite assurances to the contrary from Gov. Jerry Brown and others, his Proposition 30 tax increase will drive thousands more businesses from this state. He and President Obama insist that such people must “pay
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Why we need gun rights…
Jan. 8, 2013 By John Seiler Here’s why we need gun rights. And why gun control, including that proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and President Obama, would leave us defenseless before violent criminals.
Read MoreFederal tax increase hits middle-class more than rich
Jan. 4, 2013 By John Seiler Throughout the whole phony “fiscal cliff” crisis Democrats kept saying the “rich” had to “pay their fair share” so the middle-class wouldn’t get a tax increase. Republicans insisted that they were against all tax
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‘Fiscal cliff’ tax increases will slam U.S., CA
Jan. 2, 2013 By John Seiler Congress and President Obama just worked out a deal for massive tax increases that will slam Californians. The federal tax hikes hit even the middle class, whose payroll taxes will rise 2 percentage points.
Read MoreWhat’s left in your wallet?
Jan. 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes I hope you don’t need $1,635, because that is what the average tax increase will be on the majority of Americans. According to the Congressional Budget Office, 80 percent of American households with incomes between $50,000
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McClintock schools Congress and President on fiscal cliff
Dec. 13, 2012 By Katy Grimes If you really want to cut through all of the media noise about the ‘”Fiscal Cliff,” Rep. Tom McClintock, R-CA4, does this succinctly in a speech on Wednesday. In a nutshell, McClintock explains: “In their
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