Measuring the Gas Tax Increase Backlash
How hot is the anger over the gas tax increase? It may be a bit early to measure in full the backlash on the gas tax increase since the tax won’t be collected until November. Even then the size of the increase may be muted some since in California gas prices tend to drop a […]
Job Killer Proposes Multiple Tax Hikes on California Employers
SB 567 (Lara; D-Bell Gardens) was identified by the California Chamber of Commerce as a job killer because it will significantly increase taxes on California businesses, who already have one of the highest tax burdens in the country. Family-Owned Businesses Hurt Specifically, SB 567 targets family-owned businesses that transfer the business upon death to other family […]
Kevin McCarthy, Trump’s Man in Congress
In the early morning hours of Saturday, January 28, the day after Trump signed his executive order temporarily banning travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, congressman Charlie Dent, a moderate Republican from Pennsylvania, put in a call to Kevin McCarthy, the six-term Republican from Bakersfield, California, and majority leader of the House of Representatives. Among the […]
Note the Missing Word……Victims
As crime rates rise and victims continue to be marginalized by some state legislators, the Los Angeles Times again provided a “criminal justice reform” advocate with a platform to expound on how the system is too harsh. This time it was Fordham law professor John Pfaff, who blamed budgetary incentives and the dark forces of prosecutors as reasons why […]