Green and Rich
California’s policy to shift to green energy is built on a program of incentives that too often are gobbled up by the rich while the middle-class and poor often struggle with energy costs. Energy cost is often charged on a tier basis – the more you use the more you pay. Not too many air […]
EDD Computers Must Be Fixed By Dec. 31
This is Part 2 of a series on the EDD. Part 1, an interview with Spokesman Dan Stephens, is here. Just after the Labor Day weekend, the California Employment Development Department released a $100 million computer upgrade. It crashed. Without warning, 150,000 jobless Californians were cut from unemployment benefits. The EDD blamed a computer glitch and said […]
Economic Recovery Means a Top-Heavy Income Tax
As California’s economy continues to improve, it’s getting more crowded at the top. The share of taxes being paid on ever higher income tax collections is concentrating even more the share of taxes on upper income taxpayers. This is even before 2012’s Proposition 30 tax increase. According to recently-released, but still dated, statistics from Franchise […]
NFIB Legal Center’s Winning Streak Continues with Three Victories in Two Days!
This has been a historic year for the NFIB Legal Center. In April SCOTUS Blog listed NFIB Legal Center as one of the top-ten most influential organizations in the Supreme Court—in terms of bringing the Court’s attention to important issues. In May we closed out a remarkably successful Supreme Court term helping to secure victories […]