Since Politicians Are Humorless, Ballot Initiatives Host Own Roast
News item, from the Sacramento Bee The California Center for Civic Participation’s much-anticipated fundraising dinner, known for delivering raunchy lines and lots of laughs, couldn’t nail down a politician willing to take the heat. The center announced in a letter sent to supporters this week that it has postponed until 2013 what was to be […]
The Buffet Rule, Reagan, JFK, and Tax Fairness
President Barack Obama beats the drum for his tax hike on the rich emphasizing the “Buffet Rule,” named for investor Warren Buffet, in which no millionaire should pay a higher tax rate that his secretary. It’s all about fairness, the president declares. President Obama quoted former President Ronald Reagan, a Republican icon, in fighting for […]
New High-Speed Rail Biz Plan Crashes into Reality
Crossposted at CalWatchDog What a train wreck. Barreling down the tracks in one direction, on April 9 a congressional committee launched a probe California’s high-speed rail project over charges of conflicts of interest and questionable spending of federal dollars. Barreling head-on toward it from the other direction, on April 12 the California High-Speed Rail Authority voted to […]
Conservatives Should Flock to Support New Congressional Bill
Since many Democrats running the White House and United States Senate are pushing for more regulation and bigger government, major victories for economic freedom like the repeal of President Obama’s healthcare plan and wholesale, free-market reform of the tax code aren’t likely in the near future. That’s why anyone who favors a freer, less regulated […]