Spending Limit Act Would Put State on Road to Fiscal Health
Crossposted in the Sacramento Bee This article was also written by Jon Coupal and Joel Fox Over the past several weeks, ballot measures have been proposed or filed that would impose tens of billions of dollars in new or higher taxes on California families and small businesses. These proposals range from increasing the existing sales, […]
More Ballot Box Bureaucracy Heading Our Way
In June 2012, California voters will be asked to weigh in on a ballot measure that would raise $855 million in new taxes with the intention of funding cancer research programs. At first blush it would appear to be a well-intended effort to support cancer research but a closer look reveals that the so-called California […]
Small Business Wish List for 2012 – Is a “Happy New Year” Ahead for Small Business?
“I’m dreaming…of a …White Christmas…just like the ones we used to know.” by Irving Berlin So goes the well-known holiday carol that Bing Crosby croons this time of year. Small businesses certainly have things that they are dreaming of – increased business, expanding their workforce, building their customer base and supporting their communities. The question […]
The Government Spending Limit Act of 2012: A Return to Fiscal Sanity
In response to the wave of proposals to increase taxes of nearly every type, on nearly every Californian, an alternative approach to our chronic budget woes was recently filed as a proposed initiative to restore the Gann Spending Limit, which had until the early 1990’s worked to control government spending. In 1979, voters approved Proposition […]