Five Tax Options for the Democrats
Democrats are now back in power, and many are saying they are not going to do anything more on taxes. Don’t believe them. It’s not merely that fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, Democrats gotta tax. It’s that there are good reasons to change the state’s tax system. The question is: which path will Democrats […]
In Business Tax Breaks Debate, The Sky’s The Limit
Businesses eyeing California tax law will be interested in how the new legislature deals with some dueling tax proposals—exempting businesses dealing with space launch facilities on the one hand and closing so-called business loopholes on the other. Of course, hanging over the debate is the question whether Proposition 13 would be amended to allow for […]
Republicans Must Make Their Own Effort on Education Reform—Part Two
In Part One, I argue that the alternatives are threefold: Behind door one, massive statewide Democrat tax hikes controlled by a one-party legislature for bloated unions and bloated social services and bloated bureaucracies. Behind door two, small, targeted voter approved education taxes as part of a Republican education strategy. Behind door three, No-tax purity and […]
Willie Brown Wants to Gut Prop. 13
Willie Brown just reminded us why in 1990 voters passed term limits largely to move him out of his seat as California Assembly-Speaker-for-Life. Brown wrote that Prop. 13 should be reformed by “cleverly” by making “a racehorse look like a donkey.” But Brown must take California homeowners and small business persons to be dumb mules. Everyone knows […]