California Tax Policy
Nathan vs. a Crowded Field of Democrats
Saturday, March 27th, 2010This Thursday, March 27, the California Association of Realtors held a candidate forum for all the candidates for State Assembly. There were six democrats some with impressive progressive resumes and one loan fiscal conservative our own Nathan Mintz. There were candidates that had worked for Henry Waxman, the taxman, and Maxine Waters, who praised Castro and Chavez (see [...]
Six months and one day
Sunday, February 28th, 2010Milton Friedman’s maxim that few things are as mobile as rich people and capital, is proven starkly by data showing the wealthy are leaving California in record numbers.
California Spending 1.1 Billion Each Year Incarcerating Illegal Immigrants
Sunday, January 17th, 2010The Federal Government can’t keep our borders secured, and we here in California are footing the bill– to the tune of 1.1 Billion Dollars last year just to incarcerate illegal immigrants who shouldn’t even be here! Full Story Here.
We have over 20,000 illegal immigrants in California prisons– at a $53,000 per year incarceration fee each. [...]
Here we go again- another tax hike proposal
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Yet another tax hike from Sacramento that they claim won’t get passed on to consumers: this one on oil companies. Alberto Torrico wants a 12.5% severance tax on oil companies to drill 1.5 billion dollars out of them to make up for him to not be able to tighten his belt. What’s even more outrageous is that he wants to put measures on the bill to prevent them from passing the cost off to consumers– how does he plan to show that one in court? What sort of complicated accounting audit scheme are they going to cook up to prove that they are passing the cost off to consumers? This is just ridiculous.
How Sacramento Policy is to blame for the Torrance Trash Fee Hike
Monday, January 11th, 2010The situation in Torrance is a drop in the bucket compared to the full cost of compliance for this bill. According to a report from the California Economic and Allocation Advisory Committee (EAAC) compliance with AB 32 will cost businesses and other entities that emit greenhouse gases between $48 billion and $143 billion to comply with over the next ten years- a huge liability which will likely drive hundreds of thousands more jobs out of the state.
