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 …
California Commentary
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 …
Cleaning up a $35 million Sacramento mess
Only in California. Sign a shady multimillion-dollar state contract with a politically connected consulting firm to do “voter outreach,” get sued over …