Observations/Questions about Gov. Brown’s Road Fix Proposal
Governor Jerry Brown says we should raise per-gallon gasoline taxes 6-cents, diesel fuel 11-cents a gallon and tie these taxes to inflation. Brown also supports SB 350, the climate change legislation that proposes to cut petroleum use in transportation vehicles 50-percent in 15 years. Wouldn’t reducing the use of gasoline shrink the revenue anticipated from […]
Trump Takes the Pledge, What Happens Now?
Right now, unless the Republican party rules change quickly, many party primaries would remain winner-take-all. That means the candidate with the most votes – a plurality of even 25 or 30 percent of a state’s primary vote – could win all the delegates from that state. Many of the party’s seventeen candidates have little or no chance […]
Note to Jean Fuller: Republicans Always Raise Taxes
Jean Fuller, the latest unlucky soul to win a seat in the never-ending game of musical chairs known as the Republican legislative leadership, declared upon taking over that: “Republicans do not raise taxes.” That certainly is the stereotype. But, in California at least, it’s not the truth. Here, Republicans always raise taxes. The main reason […]
Government Meddling Led To Empty Stores, Laid-Off Grocery Workers
At 6:15 p.m. on a recent weekday, you could have thrown a bowling ball down the service deli aisle at the new Haggen store in Woodland Hills and not hit anybody, and that’s no reflection on your bowling skills. Nobody was there. Outside the store, the new carts with the Haggen logo were lined up […]