Tax Hike Support? Depends What You Ask
Chatter in the capitol has it that pro-tax advocates think their time is now to strike for more tax increases. Fresh off success in the November election, the pro-tax faction think voters are ready to support their cause as long as the tax is framed correctly – that is, putting the tax on someone else […]
Was Prop 29 a Fraud Too?
There’s an unexplored California political angle on the Lance Armstrong story: was Prop 29 – the ballot initiative he backed last spring – part of his anti-cancer cover for doping? Even asking that question will almost certainly enrage the health advocates and cancer groups who backed the initiative. But it’s still a fair question. Armstrong […]
Stunning: California Imposes 5-Year Retroactive Tax Bill on Startup Investors
Thanks to an entrepreneur, Brian Overstreet, we in California are just starting to learn that the state Franchise Tax Board has cancelled the Qualified Small Business (QSB) tax benefits and is retroactively denying the benefits for the past five years. Overstreet explained in a column in Xconomy that the QSB was designed to incentivize people starting […]
Study: Corporate Tax Breaks Don’t Always Help
A joint-sponsored study issued by the Reason Foundation and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation declared that tax breaks for corporations work against economic growth in California. Those with the best connections in the political world benefit the most in acquiring breaks while the economy suffers, the study suggests. One prime example noted by the authors […]
Food Allergies a Disability?
Recently there was a settlement with Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts that will require the University to serve gluten-free foods and make other accommodations for students who have celiac disease. At least one student had complained to the federal government after the school would not exempt that student from a meal plan even though the student couldn’t […]