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Back to homepageStudy finds corporate tax breaks are ‘corporate welfare’
Jan. 31, 2013 By Katy Grimes A new study just released by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation and the Reason Foundation found many California tax breaks given to corporations constitute corporate welfare, shows how they actually impede economic growth, and contribute
Read MoreSmall biz jobs up, but not in CA
Jan. 30, 2013 By Katy Grimes While small businesses across the nation created 20,000 new jobs this month, California lost small business jobs, according to Intuit Payroll’s Small Business Index. The Intuit Small Business Employment Index is a measure of
Read MoreAffluence police tee off on Mickelson
Jan. 28, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — After hearing the criticism directed toward golfer Phil Mickelson for his modest comments about California’s highest-in-the-nation tax rates giving him cause to consider relocating, I was left wondering: What country do we
Read MoreMamet: Govt. should NOT enslave us
Jan. 27, 2013 By John Seiler I got some pretty good response to my article, “Brown official: You’re our slave.” I was attacking the statement by Gil Duran, Gov. Jerry Brown’s press secretary, “We have to look beyond our personal
Read MoreFTB tax grab an acid test for ‘business-friendly’ Jerry Brown
Jan. 26, 2013 By Chris Reed There’s finally some mainstream media coverage of the astounding decision of the Franchise Tax Board to rewrite a tax break and go after profits accumulated by some business owners that date back to 2008.
Read MoreWhat I didn’t hear from Republicans this week
Jan. 26, 2013 By Katy Grimes While Gov. Jerry Brown announced a balanced budget and the magical economic recovery of California this week, too many Republicans fell all over themselves to praise him for it. It was difficult to see
Read MoreAnother CA taxpayer bites the dust…
Jan. 24, 2013 By John Seiler Michael Reagan, the Gipper’s son, writes: “Before Jan. 1, an older surgeon I know closed his practice, laid off his four employees, sold his house, and moved to Nevada. “He was still a practicing
Read MorePlastic bag ban rises from the dead
Jan. 23, 2013 By Katy Grimes The plastic bag horror movie that wouldn’t go away… It’s baaaacccckkkkk! Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, announced Monday that he is bringing back from the dead a proposal banning all plastic bags. Assembly Bill 158 would ban
Read MorePhil Mickelson: Instant hate for California’s Gerard Depardieu
Jan. 23, 2013 By Chris Reed We don’t have a clear verdict yet on the predictions that the sharp hike in income taxes paid by the rich in California, courtesy of Proposition 30, will drive them from the Golden State.
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