Cigarette Tax or Tax Restructuring: California’s Crooked Tax System
Over the holiday period, a short piece appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle tying some big names to a new effort to raise taxes on cigarettes. According to the Chronicle, a one-dollar a pack tax would be levied with the money to help pay for the University of California and Cal State systems. Terrible tax […]
Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Congress and California
Butch Cassidy : Alright. I’ll jump first. Sundance Kid : No. Butch Cassidy : Then you jump first. Sundance Kid No, I said. Butch Cassidy : What’s the matter with you? Sundance Kid : I can’t swim. Butch Cassidy: Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill you. So went the dialogue as Paul Newman […]
Luring Businesses from California
Today’s Wall Street Journal reports efforts to convince businesses to move or expand to other states. In the article titled, Promising Businesses a Better Life Elsewhere, the report noted: “California has become a particularly attractive target lately thanks to the prospect of rising taxes and new regulations that other states think could make companies there […]
How will CEQA Changes Modernize the California Economy?
The news about the California economy is less gloomy than it was a year ago. A look at some recent reporting shows a mixed bag, but with the trends in the right direction. CNBC reported that our state’s economy is definitely turning around. The story quotes California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer as saying that “half of […]
Moving to North Dakota: The New Census Estimates
With the exception of California, all of the 10 states losing the largest number of domestic migrants were in the Northeast or the Midwest The new state (and DC) population estimates indicate a substantial slowdown in growth, from an annual rate of 0.93 percent during the 2000s to 0.75% between 2011 and 2012. This 20 […]