As the stalemate over the budget continues into its seventh week taxpayers are troubled over mischaracterizations in the mainstream media about who is …
California Commentary
The Prop. 13 Money Machine
What if you could make an investment that returned 9 percent annually tax free? Not good enough? How about a 12 percent return in good times and no …
Charges of ‘Fiscal Terrorism’ are Silly and Won’t Balance the Budget
Last week Senate President Pro Tempore Perata accused Senate Republicans of being "fiscal terrorists" by holding up the budget. This …
The Boogeyman
To free wheeling big spending politicians David Walker is the "boogeyman." To those who want ever bigger government his exposing of their …
California’s X-Rated Tax Policy
Negotiations over the state budget which (surprise surprise) is two weeks late are at an impasse because lawmakers who advocate increased spending and …
Protecting Property Rights in California
The Constitution of the State of California provides that "All people by nature are free and independent and have inalienable rights. Among these …
Property Taxes in a Declining Market
In the last few years most California homeowners have seen the value of their homes go ever higher. With core inflation under control the rapid rise …
Health Care for All? A Taxing Burden
Legislative Democrats rolled out the red carpet for Michael Moore last week as the controversial filmmaker came to Sacramento promoting his new movie …
California Senate business freezes over ‘hell’
We should encourage lawmakers to embark on other benign silliness. As if there wasn't enough to wrangle over in the California Legislature some …
The Whining Continues
It has been 29 years since the passage of Proposition 13 and the whining by public officials continues. Somewhere Howard Jarvis is chuckling. After …