Today’s New York Times confirms what we’ve been saying all along: Americans pay less in taxes — local, state and federal — as a percentage of their income today than they did during the 1980s when Reagan produced a dramatic…
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Obama’s New TV Ad Raises Questions About Mitt Romney’s Tax History
by Chris Prevatt • • 5 Comments
On Thursday, Obama for American released a new television advertisement, titled “Son of Boss,” that asks the same questions Americans are asking – questions that are especially relevant given voters’ heightened attention in this election to the fate of their own tax rates, and the central role tax reform will play in the next administration.
Daly and Martinez plan to fund education with an All Cuts State Budget
by Dan Chmielewski • • 5 Comments
With the prospect of a $16 billion budget shortfall facing the state, we thought we’d review the positions of the top three candidates in the 69th Assembly contest on the Governor’s proposed tax increases.
Santorum Pulls Out; Romney Hides Tax Returns
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
Two pieces of Republican news. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum has pulled out (insert your own joke here) of the GOP Presidential race and has “suspended” his campaign. One can surmise that Santorum mightnot be able to recover losing his…
Kelly Thomas No Longer Focal Point of Fullerton Recall
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
The deadline for turning in more than 10,500+ valid signatures looms before the FullertonRecall group seeking to oust three conservative members of the Fullerton City Council, but the Voice of OC reported today that the Kelly Thomas beating death, which…
LA Times: Myths and Facts about California Taxes, Spending and Government
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
LA Times columnist George Skleton lays it all out for us with his column in Monday’s newspaper. There’s a perception of runnaway government, massive overspending and sky-high taxes and then, there’s reality. Things are about the same as they were…
Don’t Let Facts Get in the Way of Changing Your Mind
by Dan Chmielewski • • 13 Comments
“I glanced through the stuff you gave me. While I did not fact check it…or even finish it, I do not believe that it contains all of the governmental fees, taxes on corporations, import, export, excise, permitting…etc, etc, etc…that all gets passed along to us. You may be right about state and federal income tax rates, but the statistics that I have seen indicate that 50% of the GDP goes to government ultimately in one form or another.
