Author: Tom Del Beccaro

Do you believe what politicians tell you?  For most Americans, it’s unlikely they would say yes – and that has been true for a long

As featured in BigGovernment.com. We live in The Divided Era of American politics – an Era defined by a roughly equal number of Democrats and

Governor Jerry Brown and the Democrats in the state legislature are failing to responsibly govern California. State Controller John Chiang said earlier this week that

It is a New Year, and California needs a new game plan. For more than a decade, California has been following the same policies. The

Once again Governor, you have called upon Californians to bail out Sacramento by calling for higher taxes.  Rather than sending us a bill for your

They say that in life, timing is everything. That certainly can be applied to politics and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proved that this week. On the very same day that a referendum was filed to preserve balance in the California State Senate and prevent tax increases, the Mayor asked for a crushing new tax on employers. Now, more than ever, the business community needs to back a public referendum on the Senate lines.

California, like the nation, has been in a seemingly endless series of budget crises. The reflexive answer from the Democrats, and specifically Mayor Villaraigosa, is to raise tax rates. Democrats now want to roll back Prop 13 protection for businesses and attempt to force them to pay higher real estate taxes. Every business will pay for those increases, whether they own land or not, because land owners/landlords will pass on those higher taxes to tenants. Those increases will weaken the California economy further and result in higher unemployment and larger deficits.