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Category Archives: California
A Guide To California’s Propositions
Benny, an Orthodox Jew, emails his list: I have been requested to provide a list on how I am voting on the Props and why….so here it is: A) Rule of thumb: I vote NO on propositions unless there’s a … Continue reading
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How Much Money Do Gas Stations Make On Gasoline?
A friend of mine owns a gas station. He says he makes two cents a gallon and that is the industry norm. He makes money selling nuts and soda and ice cream. Gas prices in California are down about 70 … Continue reading
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Yisroel Pensack: A Timely Tax Alternative Surfaces Amid U.S. Fiscal Stalemate
The New York Times is running a feature today on Henry George, the 19th-century political economist, [who] spent his seminal years in San Francisco. He is no longer a household name, and his “land-value taxation” theory is probably among the … Continue reading
Posted in California, Henry George, New York Times, San Francisco, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged Bay Citizen, Elizabeth Lesly Stevens, fiscal stalemate, Georgism, Joshua Vincent, land value tax, leo tolstoy, monopoly, property taxes, Prophet of San Francisco, Proposition 13, single-tax principle, Sun Yat-Sen, tax policy, Willie L. Brown Jr., winston churchill
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Casey Anthony In Southern California
On the one hand, she’s cute and young. On the other hand, she murdered her baby. I wonder what her dating life will be like? What kind of men will want to get with her? Casey Anthony Match.com – watch … Continue reading
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Tagged flight records, john wayne airport, macaluso, orange county jail, panama city fla, prescott ariz
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My Heart Is Broken That Prisoners No Longer Get Drama Class
I say, more workin’ and less learnin’ for prisoners! I had no idea that taxpayers were on the hook for funding art classes for California prisoners. The New York Times reports: Two years ago, arts in corrections programs were a … Continue reading
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Tagged arts coordinator, california prisoners, california state prisons, painting and dance, prison in the desert, state and local governments
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Reasons For The Texan Economic Boom
How is the real estate market different in Texas than in California? Well, much of California’s land, particularly by the coast, is off-limits to development. With less land available to develop, land prices in California have skyrocketed over the past … Continue reading
Posted in California, Dennis Prager, Economics, Real Estate, Texas
Tagged boom and bust, bureau of economic analysis, Dennis Prager, dramatic realignment, industrial powerhouse, Thomas Sowell
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Yisroel Pensack: Arizona Assassin Should Have Been in Psychiatric Treatment
In an article headlined “Jared Loughner: Focus on delusions, not politics,” San Francisco Chronicle reporters Carolyn Jones and Casey Newton zero in on the real issue underlying the Arizona congressional assassination attempt and mass-murder tragedy — an insane legal system … Continue reading
Posted in California, Politics, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged Arizona assassin, delusions, Dr. Bob Dolgoff, insane legal system, Jared Loughner, Laura's Law, mass murder, medication, mental illness, psychiatric disorders, psychiatric treatment, psychotics, san francisco chronicle, schizophrenia, violence
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Predicting A Person By His Choice Of Spouse
Instapundit says about CA Governor Arnold: “You could have predicted this [fiscal irresponsibility and shift left] just from knowing that Arnold was married to Maria Shriver. If you want to know whether a male Republican politician is likely to go … Continue reading
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Tagged arnold schwarzenegger, combating climate change, fiscal irresponsibility, governor arnold, high speed rail, instapundit, joel kotkin, maria shriver, republican politician
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Reforming CA’s Tax System
Yisroel Pensack writes: A Chula Vista attorney has submitted a proposal to the California Attorney General’s office for a constitutional amendment that would overhaul the state’s tax system via the voter initiative and referendum process. Frank D. Walker, 58, the … Continue reading
Posted in California, Economics
Tagged annual incomes, california attorney general, income tax rate, state income tax, state income tax rate, voter initiative
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California’s High Tax, High Benefit Package Not Working
From the Los Angeles Times: Overall, the Census Bureau’s latest data show that state and local government expenditures for all purposes in 2005-06 were 46.8% higher in California than in Texas: $10,070 per person compared with $6,858. Only three states … Continue reading
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Tagged government expenditures, government outlays, haul trucks, internal migration, migration patterns, state and local governments
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