Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Steven Greenhut: Guards union adds insult to injury
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association the state prison guards’ union is complaining about, and pursuing legal action against, the California government because of the supposed unfairness of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s furlough policy, which the union says forces some of its members to work on furlough days without ...
Business & Economics
California’s Corporate Exodus
In his final state of the state address, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger maintained his vision of California’s bright economic future. Shortly before the governors speech, however, another company joined Californias ongoing corporate exodus. The Northrop Grumman Corporation, a major military contractor, is moving its headquarters from southern California to the Washington ...
Business & Economics
Jon Coupal: Prop. 13 blameless for state crisis
When California voters approved Proposition 13 by a landslide in 1978, they launched a nationwide revolt for lower taxes. Critics now blame that revolt for our current fiscal crisis. That charge needs to be considered in the light of actual data about property taxes in California. Prop. 13 limits property ...
Business & Economics
Opinion: The Crisis That Went to Waste
(Jan. 26) “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” That’s what White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said in November 2008 to justify the incoming administration’s bold policy proposals including, especially, health care reform. In one sense, Emanuel was right. Generally speaking, in times of ...
Business & Economics
The Entrepreneur’s Insurance
The Pacific Research Institute has a new report that sketches out what the U.S. would be were people free to buy what it calls entrepreneurs coverage for health insurance, otherwise disparagingly known as bare bones coverage. Such policies dont have the requirements (payments for chiropractors, marriage counselors, pregnancy benefits for ...
Business & Economics
ANOTHER VIEW: Gilbert Arenas, guns and government
North County Times, January 24, 2010 The National Basketball Association is in the spotlight for an incident involving guns and taking heat from some observers. The way the NBA has dealt with the incident, however, forms a stark contrast to the way government deals with cases of misconduct, even those ...
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GREENHUT: Will financial mess offer some hope for California?
Americans have a deep-seated sense that things have gone awry in our Republic, and they’re struggling to give voice to their frustrations. The victory of Scott Brown —- an unabashed Republican in the liberal Democratic bastion of Massachusetts —- might not be the equivalent of the “second shot heard round ...
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Public Employee Unions Are Sinking California
An old friend of mine has a saying, “Even the worm learns.” Prod one several hundred times, he says, and it will learn to avoid the prodder. As California enters its annual budget drama, I can’t help but wonder if the wisdom of the elected politicians here in the state ...
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Steven Greenhut: Public roused and testy
Americans have a deep-seated, inchoate idea that things have gone awry in our Republic, and they’re struggling to give voice to their frustrations. The Senate victory of Scott Brown an unabashed Republican in the liberal Democratic bastion of Massachusetts might not be the equivalent of the “second shot ...
Business & Economics
What’s keeping state in sorry shape
SACRAMENTO Technically speaking, it’s not hard to figure out how to solve California’s permanent fiscal crisis if you just ignore the political mountains that would have to be moved to implement the fixes. A few good starting points: imposing a strict spending limit on legislators, reducing pension benefits ...
Steven Greenhut: Guards union adds insult to injury
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association the state prison guards’ union is complaining about, and pursuing legal action against, the California government because of the supposed unfairness of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s furlough policy, which the union says forces some of its members to work on furlough days without ...
California’s Corporate Exodus
In his final state of the state address, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger maintained his vision of California’s bright economic future. Shortly before the governors speech, however, another company joined Californias ongoing corporate exodus. The Northrop Grumman Corporation, a major military contractor, is moving its headquarters from southern California to the Washington ...
Jon Coupal: Prop. 13 blameless for state crisis
When California voters approved Proposition 13 by a landslide in 1978, they launched a nationwide revolt for lower taxes. Critics now blame that revolt for our current fiscal crisis. That charge needs to be considered in the light of actual data about property taxes in California. Prop. 13 limits property ...
Opinion: The Crisis That Went to Waste
(Jan. 26) “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” That’s what White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said in November 2008 to justify the incoming administration’s bold policy proposals including, especially, health care reform. In one sense, Emanuel was right. Generally speaking, in times of ...
The Entrepreneur’s Insurance
The Pacific Research Institute has a new report that sketches out what the U.S. would be were people free to buy what it calls entrepreneurs coverage for health insurance, otherwise disparagingly known as bare bones coverage. Such policies dont have the requirements (payments for chiropractors, marriage counselors, pregnancy benefits for ...
ANOTHER VIEW: Gilbert Arenas, guns and government
North County Times, January 24, 2010 The National Basketball Association is in the spotlight for an incident involving guns and taking heat from some observers. The way the NBA has dealt with the incident, however, forms a stark contrast to the way government deals with cases of misconduct, even those ...
GREENHUT: Will financial mess offer some hope for California?
Americans have a deep-seated sense that things have gone awry in our Republic, and they’re struggling to give voice to their frustrations. The victory of Scott Brown —- an unabashed Republican in the liberal Democratic bastion of Massachusetts —- might not be the equivalent of the “second shot heard round ...
Public Employee Unions Are Sinking California
An old friend of mine has a saying, “Even the worm learns.” Prod one several hundred times, he says, and it will learn to avoid the prodder. As California enters its annual budget drama, I can’t help but wonder if the wisdom of the elected politicians here in the state ...
Steven Greenhut: Public roused and testy
Americans have a deep-seated, inchoate idea that things have gone awry in our Republic, and they’re struggling to give voice to their frustrations. The Senate victory of Scott Brown an unabashed Republican in the liberal Democratic bastion of Massachusetts might not be the equivalent of the “second shot ...
What’s keeping state in sorry shape
SACRAMENTO Technically speaking, it’s not hard to figure out how to solve California’s permanent fiscal crisis if you just ignore the political mountains that would have to be moved to implement the fixes. A few good starting points: imposing a strict spending limit on legislators, reducing pension benefits ...
