What is a “Fair Share” of Taxes?
Governor Jerry Brown earnestly wishes leaders of the business community to join a broad based coalition to support his proposed tax increase initiative. However, he undercuts his appeal for business support by implying in his measure that well-off business leaders are shirking their responsibilities by not currently paying their “fair share” of taxes. Section 2(d) […]
The Jobs with Most Openings in 2020
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released its 10 year employment projections, covering the years 2010-2020. These projections show us, once again, that despite the focus on “knowledge economy” occupations, these “knowledge economy” occupations with a few exceptions (notably Registered nurses) are not projected among the main job generators. As with previous BLS […]
Sneaky Govt Expansion Tax
Crossposted on CalWatchdog Katy Grimes: 20,000 California teachers found pink slips in their mailboxes recently. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the termination notices are the result of a more than $10 billion deficit and decades of reckless overspending. With California’s education bureaucracy claiming to be teetering on the edge of even more classroom cutbacks, most […]
Stunning Shift on High Speed Rail
Nothing epitomizes the abject failure of California governance more than the so-called High Speed Rail Project or, as it has been derisively labeled, High Speed Fail. To recap, in 2008 voters narrowly approved a $10 billion down payment for the construction of a high speed rail network between the Bay Area and Los Angeles that […]