Pensions, Sure, But Let’s Not Forget Health Care Costs
With pension reform having a top place in the discussion of fiscal reforms that the state government must make to bring about balanced budgets, the cost of health care for public employees is often lost in the discussion. It shouldn’t be. Health care is another cost for both state and local government that is growing […]
Four Taxing Questions — All Bad News For Taxes On The November Ballot
Crossposted on FlashReport For those of us who think it would be terrible public policy for the voters of California to raise taxes this November, Sacramento Democrats continue to be the “gift that keeps on giving” in terms of actions that will cause the already skeptical electorate to have more reasons not to want to […]
Environmental Special Interest Squeeze San Jose Budget
There are serious problems in California cities, as anyone reading about the recent bankruptcies in Stockton and San Bernardino is well aware. The State of California has made things exceptionally difficult for city officials and staff by eliminating economic development tools while continuing a decades-old practice of seizing, shifting and diverting local revenues to try […]
California: The Road Warrior Is Here
Crossposted on PJMedia Where’s Mel Gibson When You Need Him? George Miller’s 1981 post-apocalyptic film The Road Warrior envisioned an impoverished world of the future. Tribal groups fought over what remained of a destroyed Western world of law, technology, and mass production. Survival went to the fittest — or at least those who could best scrounge together […]