Pay Attention Business Community: A Proposal to Raise SIX Taxes on Business
I see in the San Francisco Chronicle op-ed page our old tax-raising friends Lenny Goldberg and Roy Ulrich of the California Tax Reform Association are at it again promoting not one … not two … or even three tax increases — but six! Voters have expressed time and time again at the polls that they […]
When is Cheating not a Disgrace?
Am I the only one flabbergasted that Peter Gleick was reinstated as president of the Pacific Institute? Last February, Mr. Gleick confessed to obtaining documents under false pretenses from a conservative think tank – with the aim of discrediting that very think tank. More to the point, he apparently assumed the identity of and represented […]
Top 10 Pavlovian Responses in California Politics
News item: Gov. Jerry Brown recently labeled Republicans’ automatic opposition to any talk of increased taxes a “Pavlovian” response. The reference was to the great Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov, and his finding that the presence of food causes dogs to salivate. Brown was right about the Republicans. But he was also unfair in just picking […]
Gov. Brown’s Taxing Problem
Cross-posted at Prop Zero Prospects for resolving California’s budget mess rest squarely on Governor Jerry Brown’s relationship with the state’s voters. He’s got to personally convince a public skeptical of government and loath to trust politicians to approve new taxes to help fill a cavernous budget hole. Californians have got to feel comfortable with his […]