Independent Expenditures – California’s Super PACS
The big story in this primary election, and probably this fall, will not be the candidate campaigns, it will be the independent expenditures lavishly spent by all sorts of groups to elect favored candidates. We saw this in the primary; we’ll see it in November. This is, of course nothing new, it has been going […]
On Spending Limits and the Misuse of Robin Hood’s Name
Fellow Fox and Hounds contributor Joe Mathews took me to task yesterday claiming my stand on a spending limit was wrong because initiatives rarely work out as planned. He wrote: “Why should Fox, or anyone else, think that a spending limit would be a limit on spending?” The answer to that question is contained in […]
We Don’t Need Another Tax Proposal – We Need Jobs and Reforms!
Last week, the National Federation of Independent Business/California, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and Small Business Action Committee joined together to officially launch “Californians for Reforms and Jobs, Not Taxes”, the campaign opposed to the Governor’s $50 billion tax increase initiative. According to the independent California Legislative Analyst, the tax hike will: Raise sales and income […]
Tequila Shots for an ‘Honest Budget’
As Legislative leaders worked so diligently to pass the sham budget last week, their motive was obvious—they wanted to be paid. Even when they miserably fail at the only aspect of the job they are actually responsible for, they think they should be remunerated. When voters passed Proposition 25 in 2010, which now allowed the California […]
17 Countries; 1 Currency; No One Central Government – How to Restore Confidence Now?
Many held their collective breath last weekend to see what the Sunday vote in Greece would produce. Never mind the names, not household words – it was the Radical Leftists (Syriza), opposed to the ongoing BailOut programs which are keeping Greece from economic disaster, pitted against the Conservatives (“New Democracy”), who would keep Greece on […]