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The state’s going broke? Don’t buy it
Taxpayers increasingly are told that state government is going broke, and vital services must be slashed unless new taxes are imposed. Here’s the truth: Even with tax revenue falling below projections, even in an economic downturn, state government...
Governor’s budget ‘reform’ equivalent to dictatorship
No one involved in any way with California government thinks the state budget process is ideal. There’s the two-thirds vote requirement in each house of the Legislature that allows a relatively small minority to stymie the majority’s plain...
Iron Man first summer blockbuster
Starring the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard, “Iron Man” boasts the kind of rarefied call sheet one would typically associate with an Oscar-customized ensemble drama, not a smash-mouth sci-fi blockbuster...
A healthy direction on health insurance
Well, at least the presidential campaign will offer something of a debate on the issue of health care. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama disagree only over whether buying government-approved health insurance will be mandatory for...
Prop. 13 tax limit under fire
For years, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has mailed out fliers soliciting donations because its Holy Grail, the 1978 Proposition 13 limit on property taxes, was allegedly under fire. Those claims have usually been alarmist fantasy, as no one...
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