Katy Grimes: From the 'Be careful with what you wish for' department, it was announced today that Gov. Jerry Brown plans to make changes to the ridiculous new fire tax on rural residents... but not because he has had a change of heart on signing another tax into law. Only recently signed into la...
TaxesNew Fire Tax Is Entitlement TaxThursday, August 11th, 2011Calif. Jobless Above Twice Mexico’sMonday, August 1st, 2011 John Seiler: There's a lot wrong in Mexico. The recent murder spree is one, although that's largely because the Mexican government is following U.S. government orders to intensify the "war" on drugs. The Mexicans should tell the Yanqui to get lost. Another part of the murder problem is that h... Rex Hime paves way for split rollsThursday, June 30th, 2011Steven Greenhut: Rex Hime is president of the California Business Properties Association, a trade group representing commercial property owners, and someone who is adamantly opposed to the split-rolls tax, which would remove Prop. 13 protections from commercial property owners. Yet Hime and his asso... Brown, Leg Ignore Crashing EconomyThursday, June 9th, 2011 John Seiler: Wasn't Gov. Jerry Brown supposed to be the all-knowing, all-seeing wise man, the Guru of Tofu, Jerry the Magnificent? He reminds me of Carnac the Magnificent, the old Johnny Carson skit. Except Jerry the Magnificient isn't funny. He doesn't even see what's under his eyes. The s... Amazon Tax Bill Passes AssemblyWednesday, June 1st, 2011 John Seiler: California's Democratic legislators are the nation's most narrow-minded and unimaginative. In the Assembly, they just passed a bill by Charles Caleron, D-Whittier, to tax Amazon.com and other companies that currently avoid paying the state's hefty sales tax, usually 8.75 percent. ... Poor Should Pay Their Fair ShareThursday, April 7th, 2011Steven Greenhut: I was recently on a left-leaning radio show where the host and callers echoed the standard Democratic talking point that the key to solving the state's budget crisis is to make the rich pay their fair share of taxes. If the rich paid their fair share, of course, the tax burden would... I Can’t Afford a Tax IncreaseWednesday, March 30th, 2011 John Seiler: I usually make coffee at home. But this morning, I got a Starbucks. Fishing around in my wallet for the money, I noticed I only had a couple of dollars left. Yet I recently patronized the cash machine. The culprit: soaring gas prices that now cost me $70 to fill up my flivver at t... Steve Lopez Misleads on Tax HikeWednesday, March 23rd, 2011 John Seiler: Today L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez makes it seem as if, as his headline puts it, "Saving the state would cost $260" each per year. Never mind that saving $100,000 pensions from cuts isn't exactly "saving the state." He also writes that the cost would be "about $22.00 a mont... Jobs FirstFriday, March 18th, 2011 John Seiler: Anti-tax folks seem to have a hard time pushing their message. Everything gets wrapped up in a "deal," real or imagined, with Gov. Jerry Brown to put a vote on his $12 billion tax increase before voters in June. It supposedly would close the $25 billion budget deficit. Let me help... Your Taxes Already Up $700Thursday, March 10th, 2011 John Seiler: Jerry Brown's $12 billion tax increase, which he wants on a June ballot, comes to about $1,000 a year per family. Reuters just reported that the average American family will pay $700 more a year in gas costs, due to the skyrocketing price at the pump: The average U.S. household w... |