May, 2010Green-job future a fraudMonday, May 31st, 2010 JUNE 1, 2010 By JOHN SEILER California’s unemployment rate remains stubbornly high, at 12.6 percent. That’s 2.7 percentage points above the national average. The persistence of unemployment also is something Californians haven't seen since the Great Depression. The May 30 Sacram... CA budget tops sensible limitsThursday, May 27th, 2010 MAY 27, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Budget time. So I thought I would revisit an analytical tool I devised a few years ago to help better understand the California state budget. Back in the early 2000s, I was pouring over state government budget documents and noticed something peculiar: wheneve... Yet higher taxes?Tuesday, May 25th, 2010USA Today reports: A record-low 41.9% of the nation's personal income came from private wages and salaries in the first quarter, down from 44.6% when the recession began in December 2007. So, government is bigger than ever, assuming North Korean proportions. And the private-sector is smaller tha... Cal Jobs Gap widens in 2010Monday, May 24th, 2010 MAY 24, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Instead of bashing one another for past liberal postures, Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner should be talking about the California Jobs Gap. Jerry Brown should be, too. There’s no more important issue today, especially with the primary election now just two weeks a... Tea Party time in California?Thursday, May 20th, 2010 MAY 20, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Normally a trendsetter, California might be a laggard in following the political revolutions back east. On Tuesday, the Establishment of both parties took a beating from voters upset at the most dysfunctional government most Americans have lived under. In Ken... Sacbee: Why not CalPERS criminal case?Saturday, May 15th, 2010Governor adopts budget realismFriday, May 14th, 2010MAY 14, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The party’s over. That’s the message from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s austere May Revise, released today, of his budget for fiscal 2010-11, which begins on July 1. It calls for cutting $3 billion from state spending over the previous year, dropping it down... |