Author: George Runner

For the second time in as many years, the State of California is mailing hundreds of thousands of fire tax bills to rural Californians who

In a recent piece, Joel Fox reminds us of the 1996 Constitutional Revision Commission, on which he served. He recalls the Commission’s recommendation to eliminate

On July 1 Californians will be forced to begin paying the highest gas taxes in the nation. They have a right to be angry and

The constitutional deadline is just two weeks away and the Governor and Legislature are busy negotiating the state’s next budget. With Democrats now holding enough

Last year California voters approved two tax increases aimed at bringing billions more dollars into state coffers. But that hasn’t stopped revenue-hungry lawmakers in the

If you want to grow government these days, it seems the fashionable thing to do is invent new taxes. Two years ago, legislators conjured up

It’s a new year, and with it comes higher taxes and more government spending. In 2013, overtaxed Californians will send more of their hard-earned dollars