Judge Highlights a Business Concern in Trial Dealing with Sanctuary State
The judge hearing the federal challenge against California immigrant protection laws put his finger on a problem resulting from one of those laws: “The statute really puts the employer between a rock and a hard place,” the judge said. While greater attention at the Sacramento trial focused on California’s sanctuary state law, the dilemma faced […]
People In Black Robes Shouldn’t Write Tax Law
When will politicians and lawyers (although I repeat myself) understand that merchants, either online or brick and mortar, do not pay sales taxes except on the business to business transactions they initiate? Consumers pay sales taxes. And American consumers pay massive amounts of taxes including hundreds of billions in sales taxes on a vast array […]
Kevin McCarthy Should Stop Clinging to Trump
It’s hard to watch what House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is doing to himself. By clinging to President Trump, he’s done damage to his reputation that can never be undone. Look at the full spectrum of Trump lies, follies, paranoid fantasies (the supposed 3 million illegal votes in our state, for example), and human rights […]
Water Rationing Laws Exemplify the Malthusian Mentality of California’s Legislators
As reported in the Sacramento Bee and elsewhere, on May 31st Gov. Jerry Brown “signed a pair of bills Thursday to set permanent overall targets for indoor and outdoor water consumption.” After pressure from the Association of California Water Agencies and others, the final form of these bills, Assembly Bill 1668 by Assemblywoman Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, and Senate Bill 606 from state Sen. […]