“Government is like a baby,” Ronald Reagan was fond of saying. “An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Suppose an acquaintance invites you to lunch. You meet him in front of the restaurant where he announces that he is a little strapped for cash. Turns out he can’t host lunch, but he will split the bill with you.
Grabbing their pom-poms, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, has run out in front — again — cheerleading for a tax increase. Jerry Brown’s plan for an increase in the sales, income and car tax is A-OK with them, just as it was two years ago when, with the support of Gov.
A recent editorial cartoon sums up the tension between average taxpayers and government employee unions. It shows two guys sitting at a bar. One, head in hand and looking glum, is labeled “public sector” and he says to his companion, “They’re trying to cut our pensions.
As the clock ticks down on the window of opportunity to place a massive tax increase on the June ballot to support Jerry Brown’s budget plan, taxpayers are unhappy and it’s not just about the taxes.
Governor Brown and the Democrats in the Legislature have “called out” the Republicans, demanding that they support Brown’s plan to put massive increases in the state’s income, sales and car taxes on the ballot as a way to balance the budget.
During the week previous to his inauguration as the new old governor, Jerry Brown let it be known that, in his view, taxes are going to have to be raised.
California’s efforts to build a high-speed rail system is on track (pun intended) to become the biggest public sector “oops” project in American history.
We’ve seen this before. An ostensibly conservative legislator sells out California taxpayers by voting for a massive tax increase and everyone is left dumbfounded wondering how could this possibly happen.
Philosophers have pondered and debated the question of “what is true?” for eons. Now, thanks to the bureaucrats at the California Air Resources Board (CARB), we have our answer: The truth is whatever CARB says it is, and those who utter forbidden opinions to the contrary will be punished.
California is circling the drain and the news keeps getting worse. With unemployment at 12.4 percent — 2,269,948 people without jobs — it should come as no surprise that the state is upside down in its unemployment insurance fund.
This fall has been especially frightening. There have been the little monsters at our doors on Halloween, the monstrous politicians invading our homes through the television, and there has been that property tax bill in the mail box.
