For Local Governments, To Tax or Not to Tax, That is the Question
Against the background of the economically devastating coronavirus plague (not in any way to minimize the ultimate tragedy now of lives lost), governments are trying figure out how to handle their lifeblood–taxation. The feds put off income tax collection until July 15. The state of California did the same. Meanwhile, there has been pressure to […]
California Should Lead the Covid response
America, I see you flailing—and failing—to respond to this pandemic. Why don’t you just let California handle it? No joke. In normal times, you wouldn’t want Californians running anything. While we are strong at creating culture and technology, our elected leaders typically struggle to manage schools, housing, and traffic. In our personal lives, Californians famously […]
Our “Splendid Isolation!”
Californians alive then and others on the East Coast can still remember the black-outs that were ordered after the infamous attack on our troops at Pearl Harbor which cost thousands of lives. As a nation far removed from the wars already long raging in Europe we did not see a need to bunker down in […]
Can flexible work help save the planet?
Until shelter in place orders are lifted, COVID-19 is causing a revolution in how we work. A “massive work from home experiment” is right now underway according to a recent ABC News report. This experiment may equate to our society test-driving a new flexible work model with the potential to dramatically reduce carbon emissions, without […]