Rick Santorum’s Failure to Appreciate America’s Religious History
Last week, Rick Santorum said John F. Kennedy’s famous 1960 speech to Baptist ministers justifying his candidacy for President as a Roman Catholic made him want to “throw up.” Santorum’s candidacy would make the voters of California throw up, and were he somehow the GOP nominee for president, the electoral results for Republicans in California […]
The LAO Report and the Income Tax Increase Initiatives
The Legislative Analyst’s Office economic and budget analysis issued yesterday should give pause to those hoping that California’s budget woes will be solved by raising income taxes on the rich. The report says it is “notoriously difficult” to determine income from capital gains taxes, which California’s budget relies upon so heavily. Capital gains taxes are […]
Another Problem that does not Deserve a Law
No one wants to see a child die and there is little that is sadder than the preventable death of a child. The question we raise today is, what is an appropriate legislative response to a sad, isolated incident? Assembly member Martin Block responded to one sad incident by introducing AB 1820, which says. “It […]
California CALA Kicks Off Create Jobs Not Lawsuits Tour
On February 23, CALA kicked off the national Create Jobs Not Lawsuits tour in Lodi. The tour will visit and team up with other reform organizations around the country in states feeling the strains of lawsuit abuse. Why did CALA kicking off the event in Lodi? It’s a hotbed of lawsuit abuse. It’s an undisputable fact that the California’s […]