Republicans Vote For A Tax Increase
California Republicans are about to vote for a major tax increase, on California Republicans. That’s what will happen when they pass the Congressional Republican tax reform bill that does away with the state and local tax deduction to your federal taxes, widely used by middle class Californians. President Trump and Republican leaders have made a decision that their tax reform will be mainly to lower the corporate tax rate […]
California Has Become A Graveyard For Independent Candidates
As the popularity of the major parties has declined, independent and minor party candidates have been doing well. During the last fifteen years, independent or minor party candidates have been elected to state legislatures in 25 states. Also during the last fifteen years, such candidates have either been elected, or come in second, for Governor or U.S. […]
Democrats in Sacramento Should be Honest in Tax Policy
The tax plan announced by Speaker Paul Ryan is a positive move towards simplifying our tax code and making taxes more transparent to working families. While some Californians will be adversely affected by an elimination of the deductions that currently exist for state and local taxes paid, a bigger question arises: Why don’t we just […]
Dreams Deferred
In early September, President Trump announced the end of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) if Congress does not act within six months to permanently legalize their status. A lack of action by Congress would impact 800,000 young adults that have DACA status. In California alone, we have more than 230,000 DACA young people. The […]