Jan. 31, 2013 By Katy Grimes A new study just released by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation and the Reason Foundation found many California tax breaks given to corporations constitute corporate welfare, shows how they actually impede economic growth, and contribute to the state’s nasty...
January, 2013Study finds corporate tax breaks are ‘corporate welfare’Thursday, January 31st, 2013How CA GOP can have fun with the budget, DemocratsThursday, January 31st, 2013 Jan. 31, 2013 By John Seiler I keep giving Republicans ideas so they can have some fun with Democrats. So far, the GOP remains about as fun-loving as teetotaler at a Sonora wine-tasting party. But here's an idea. Proposition 30 just passed and is raising $6 billion in new taxes. As you'll r... Small biz jobs up, but not in CAWednesday, January 30th, 2013 Jan. 30, 2013 By Katy Grimes While small businesses across the nation created 20,000 new jobs this month, California lost small business jobs, according to Intuit Payroll's Small Business Index. The Intuit Small Business Employment Index is a measure of employment for businesses with ... ‘We are now Europe!’Wednesday, January 30th, 2013Jan. 30, 2013 By Katy Grimes Rick Santelli, my favorite vociferous and opinionated financial news guru, today said that with the federal government's release of the latest report finally showing that the economy actually shrunk in the fourth quarter last year, "We are now Europe." "When ... ‘Violence is as American as apple pie’Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 Jan. 30, 2013 By Katy Grimes The Senate and Assembly held a joint Public Safety committee hearing on Tuesday about guns, but the hearing room was not even two-thirds full. Several Capitol staffers told me that the hearing had not been noticed to the public properly, deliberately, in order ... Why don’t pension funds divest from ALL arms companies?Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 Jan. 30, 2013 By John Seiler After the December shootings at Newtown, Conn., California Treasurer Bill Lockyer and others took aim at some arms manufacturers. Lockyer "said he’ll propose that the state’s public pension funds, the two largest in the U.S., sell off investments in firearm ... Phil Mickelson’s net state income tax increase: 83.6%!!!!!Wednesday, January 30th, 2013Jan. 30, 2013 By Chris Reed Richard Rider, the dean of the small-government/low-tax movement in San Diego County, has come up with some stunning number-crunching on his blog: "Here's the fact that EVERYONE (including me) initially undervalued concerning [Rancho Santa Fe pro golfer Phil] Micke... Uh-oh: GDP declined in late 2012Wednesday, January 30th, 2013Jan. 30, 2013 By John Seiler The wild spending plans of President Obama, Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Gov. Jerry Brown depend on the economy growing. This just in: "The U.S. economy posted a stunning drop of 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter, defying expectations for slow growth ... Wealthy fleeing NY for FLATuesday, January 29th, 2013 Jan. 29, 2013 By John Seiler From the NY Post: "The city’s hedge-fund executives are flying south — and it’s not for vacation. "An increasing number of financial firms, especially private equity and hedge funds, are fed up with New York’s sky-high city and state tax rates and are rel... Anti-gun lawmakers lead gun hearing todayTuesday, January 29th, 2013Jan. 29, 2013 By Katy Grimes Jumping on the anti-gun movement in the country, two of California anti-gun lawmakers will lead a hearing today about guns and violence. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, Chairman of the Assembly Public Safety Committee, and Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, ... |