Experts Know How Fragile Budget Figures Are
Here’s the question that haunts everyone putting together a budget: What’s the difference between an estimate and a guess? The answer, all too often, is “not much.” The experts know that, which is why their prognostications often overflow with weasel words, such as “likely,” “barring,” “assumes,” “generally,” “based on limited data” and the like.
Legislation Pending Next Week Will Severely Impact Travel & Tourism Harming Job Growth & Opportunity
The Golden State has long been synonymous with tourism. Visitors from all parts of the world travel to California to take advantage of our unparalleled natural scenery and world-class entertainment options. As our state continues to make its way out of a devastating recession that cost us more than one million jobs, the success of […]
Obamacare Myths Unravel—Ask California Dentists
A myth is defined as “ a legendary story, told over the years, usually concerning some being, hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation.” Such as it is with the Myth of Obamacare; the President and the Congressional Democrat Majority began their mythological narrative early in 2009 claiming […]
California is Richest, Poorest State
It’s fair to say that California is the richest state in the nation. We have more millionaires than any other state, and mansions dot our coastal bluffs and inland canyons. But California is also, arguably, the poorest state in the nation. We have more people in poverty — 6.1 million — and more children in […]