Governors Wilson and Davis on Prop 30 and the “Fiscal Cliff”
Fox Business News anchor Neil Cavuto yesterday explored with former governors Pete Wilson and Gray Davis if by passing Prop 30 California’s action could represent a remedy for Washington’s “Fiscal Cliff” – the scheduled automatic spending cuts and across-the-board tax increases if no alternative budget solution is found. Cavuto noted that California has cut spending […]
Great – A New Generation of Voters, as Clueless as the Last
Great! A Whole New Diverse Generation of California Voters… As Misinformed as the Last! They’re young. They’re hot. They’re ethnic. And they’re the toast of California politics. They are the new, emerging generation of ethnic voters. And they could change everything. Except they’re just as woefully misinformed as the last generation. Sorry to break up […]
It’s Hard to Screw Up California — But We Try Our Best
There is a sort of upbeat NY Times article arguing that California — in part, thanks to passing the highest sales and income taxes in the nation — might be coming back, a sort of recovery that can guide the rest of the U.S. to a renewed faith in the Obama/EU/blue state way. I can also […]
Free Market Competition in Medicare
This letter was sent to John Boehner and Mitch McConnell on the topic of Medicare reform. Thanks to your efforts, debt limit negotiations are focused where they need to be—spending. The conversation in Washington, D.C. is no longer about what taxes will be raised, but rather how much and where to cut spending and reform […]