The Fight Over Voting By Mail
A huge battle is brewing over the use of mail in balloting for the November election. Republicans, led by President Trump, believe mail voting is a dagger aimed at killing their party, Democrats believe mail ballots are a vast new source of Democratic votes. Intense as this battle is, they are both wrong. Mail ballots […]
Backers of ‘False Claims Act’ Bill Make False Claims of Their Own
The sponsors of AB 2570 – a flawed proposal to deputize profit-seeking attorneys to engage in tax collection – continue to claim that California has a $20 billion “tax gap,” despite being alerted that the that number has no basis in fact. The “tax gap” is the estimated difference between what taxpayers owe under the […]
Could California Be Setting a Model for the Nation?
There are three coronavirus response models being offered for general public consumption with varying degrees of popularity. None are particularly comforting. Each has fallacies. For purposes of discussion I will call them (1) the Utopian Model; (2) the Science-Based Model; and (3) the Doomsday Model. California’s preference hews closer to the second model with some […]
Los Angeles taxpayers on the hook for $49,700
A new report found that Los Angeles taxpayers are on the hook for $49,700. Truth in Accounting (TIA) released the City Combined Taxpayer Burden Report that analyzed the fiscal health of the 10 largest cities in the United States, including underlying government entities. Not only are city taxpayers on the hook for the city government’s […]