With human migration, there is something called the “gate test.” If a nation opens its gates, do people come in or do they flee? With the Berlin Wall, …
California Commentary
Pandemic liability claims would boost California’s ‘lawsuit tax’
By Jon Coupal and Victor Gomez Californians are well aware of the heavy tax burden they bear for living in the Golden State. We have the highest …
The great gas tax ripoff continues
“State needs billions to fix highways despite gas tax,” was just one headline in reaction to a report issued by Caltrans last week. The response from …
Congress revisits the SALT deduction
As President Joe Biden and Congress push the next round of big tax hikes and spending bills, Californians will be hearing a great deal about the …
The Boomer death tax
“OK, Boomer” is a mocking retort made by a member of the millennial generation to someone born between 1946 and 1964 – the Baby Boom generation. Like …
Groundhog Days of California taxes
The “Hundred Years War” was a series of conflicts for control over Western Europe and England during the middle ages, circa 1337 to 1453. The …
A California wealth tax would do major harm
Last week, a few ultra-progressive legislators and a radical public employee labor organization proposed a new wealth tax which they claim would raise …
Senate Bill 668 needed to buy time for California families
It’s hard to imagine anything more callous than the government sending a giant tax bill to a bereaved family, but thanks to Proposition 19, many …
California’s embarrassment of tax riches
California politicians, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and majority party legislators, practically break their arms trying to pat themselves on the back …
Stopping fraud isn’t really that hard
As news of the unimaginable scale of California’s unemployment fraud continues to break, it’s necessary to understand why this state has been so …