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Can Taxpayers Afford New Union Giveaways?
The LAUSD Strike and the State Budget Deficit: Train Wreck Ahead
While coverage of the recent strike by Los Angeles teachers and school staff members has focused on the immediate wage demands of the unions and the impact on students and their families, the bigger and looming issue is how California’s growing state budget deficit could impact any collective bargaining agreement. ...
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Reparation Dollars and Non-Sense
How Much Could You Have to Pay in Reparations?
In 2020, Gov. Newsom signed into law the establishment of the first in the nation task force to propose recommendations to address the history of slavery in the U.S., despite the fact that California joined the union as a “free state.” We’ll save the discussion on the misguided policy of ...
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State Budget Update: Scandal, Calls to Resist Cuts Mask State’s Growing Budget Shortfall
California’s budget problem is growing at an alarming rate. A new report recently released by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s office forecasts, based on updated revenue projections that the stat will face “a large budget problem by about $7 billion” over what Gov. Newsom projects for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 fiscal ...
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They’re Baaack! Sacramento Liberals Once Again Propose a ‘Wealth Tax’
Last week, San Jose Democratic Assemblymember Alex Lee once again proposed a “tax on extreme wealth in California.” Under Assembly Bill 293, “extreme wealth” is defined as “households with net worths of more than $50 million.” If enacted, a 1 percent tax would be applied to wealth over $50 million, ...
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Shocking! Why California Policymakers Are So Often Caught by Surprise
California is always in the national news and too often for not-so-good reasons. A couple of recent events has left much of the rest of the country wondering how this ever-swaggering state is continually caught off guard. There’s really no mystery here. The answer is obvious. When it was announced ...
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Cali’s Climate Change Budget Cuts Show Programs Are More About Politics Than Cutting Emissions
Sobered by the reality of a budget deficit, the governor has proposed cutting money for climate programs. It was surely a hard choice, but practical. Something has to go and there’s no better place to show spending discipline than by holding back funds dedicated to a political fantasy. After years ...
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State Budget Update: Budget Deficit Could Be Far Worse Than Initially Thought
While noting that the Newsom plan does some good things like continuing to pay down debt and making modest budget cuts, PRI senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden wrote of the proposal in the Orange County Register that, “it avoids some of the tough budget choices these ...
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On brink of recession, Newsom and lawmakers must budget cautiously
Gov. Newsom on Tuesday proposed a roughly $297 billion state budget plan for the 2023-24 fiscal year. In contrast to last year’s nearly $100 billion surplus, the administration projects $29.5 billion in lower than estimated revenues and a $22.5 billion shortfall. The Newsom spending plan does some good things – including paying ...
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State Budget Update: ‘Nothing to See Here’
Back in 2003, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf became a notorious figure in global media for his press statements at the start of the War in Iraq. Declaring that “Baghdad is safe” and “(American) infidels are committing suicide by the hundreds in the gates of Baghdad” as US tanks raced through the ...
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State Budget Update: California Faces $25 Billion Budget Shortfall
When I last wrote about California’s state budget picture, Gov. Newsom was warning in his September veto messages about the state facing lower-than-expected tax revenues in the first months of the new fiscal year, and urging lawmakers to “remain discipline when it comes to spending.” With ongoing inflation and economic ...
Can Taxpayers Afford New Union Giveaways?
The LAUSD Strike and the State Budget Deficit: Train Wreck Ahead
While coverage of the recent strike by Los Angeles teachers and school staff members has focused on the immediate wage demands of the unions and the impact on students and their families, the bigger and looming issue is how California’s growing state budget deficit could impact any collective bargaining agreement. ...
Reparation Dollars and Non-Sense
How Much Could You Have to Pay in Reparations?
In 2020, Gov. Newsom signed into law the establishment of the first in the nation task force to propose recommendations to address the history of slavery in the U.S., despite the fact that California joined the union as a “free state.” We’ll save the discussion on the misguided policy of ...
State Budget Update: Scandal, Calls to Resist Cuts Mask State’s Growing Budget Shortfall
California’s budget problem is growing at an alarming rate. A new report recently released by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s office forecasts, based on updated revenue projections that the stat will face “a large budget problem by about $7 billion” over what Gov. Newsom projects for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 fiscal ...
They’re Baaack! Sacramento Liberals Once Again Propose a ‘Wealth Tax’
Last week, San Jose Democratic Assemblymember Alex Lee once again proposed a “tax on extreme wealth in California.” Under Assembly Bill 293, “extreme wealth” is defined as “households with net worths of more than $50 million.” If enacted, a 1 percent tax would be applied to wealth over $50 million, ...
Shocking! Why California Policymakers Are So Often Caught by Surprise
California is always in the national news and too often for not-so-good reasons. A couple of recent events has left much of the rest of the country wondering how this ever-swaggering state is continually caught off guard. There’s really no mystery here. The answer is obvious. When it was announced ...
Cali’s Climate Change Budget Cuts Show Programs Are More About Politics Than Cutting Emissions
Sobered by the reality of a budget deficit, the governor has proposed cutting money for climate programs. It was surely a hard choice, but practical. Something has to go and there’s no better place to show spending discipline than by holding back funds dedicated to a political fantasy. After years ...
State Budget Update: Budget Deficit Could Be Far Worse Than Initially Thought
While noting that the Newsom plan does some good things like continuing to pay down debt and making modest budget cuts, PRI senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden wrote of the proposal in the Orange County Register that, “it avoids some of the tough budget choices these ...
On brink of recession, Newsom and lawmakers must budget cautiously
Gov. Newsom on Tuesday proposed a roughly $297 billion state budget plan for the 2023-24 fiscal year. In contrast to last year’s nearly $100 billion surplus, the administration projects $29.5 billion in lower than estimated revenues and a $22.5 billion shortfall. The Newsom spending plan does some good things – including paying ...
State Budget Update: ‘Nothing to See Here’
Back in 2003, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf became a notorious figure in global media for his press statements at the start of the War in Iraq. Declaring that “Baghdad is safe” and “(American) infidels are committing suicide by the hundreds in the gates of Baghdad” as US tanks raced through the ...
State Budget Update: California Faces $25 Billion Budget Shortfall
When I last wrote about California’s state budget picture, Gov. Newsom was warning in his September veto messages about the state facing lower-than-expected tax revenues in the first months of the new fiscal year, and urging lawmakers to “remain discipline when it comes to spending.” With ongoing inflation and economic ...
