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Is California’s budget deficit really closed?

California’s budget deficit has reached over $26-billion and unfortunately, there is no easy way to remove that debt. But, the fact remains that the debt needed to be attacked and solved. According to Fox News , after discussions on Monday, July...

Published 07-24-2009 11:04 AM by Kirsten Wright

Filed under: california, economy, budget

WILL: Can California Be Sold on eBay's Former Leader?

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- California's campaigns introduce candidates not only to the state's voters but to its immensity. In Bakersfield, Meg Whitman, 52, the former CEO of eBay who is campaigning for the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nomination...

Published 07-05-2009 12:05 AM by George F. Will

Filed under: california, taxes, economic recovery

At Last, the Obama Model for Economic Policy

There may be states with poorer economic conditions than California, but perhaps none with more self-inflicted fiscal wounds. The state legislature, controlled by one party for decades, keeps spending record amounts of money, in boom times and bust. Its...

Published 07-02-2009 9:25 AM by Edward Morrissey

Filed under: california, taxes, economy

Capitalism Versus Socialism: Who Is Really "Mean?"

Money is power. And when the government takes tax dollars and employs a huge percentage of the workforce, it takes power from the people. For the statists among us, that's exactly why redistribution of wealth and rules and regulations appeal to them...

Published 06-23-2009 12:05 AM by Melissa Clouthier

Filed under: capitalism, free market, texas, california, economic recovery, michigan

Stop Pushing The Tax Button

Back in 2005, Staples scored a marketing coup with a humorous series of "easy button" television commercials that advertised the chain as the simplest way to restock office supplies. Unfortunately, government officials have applied that "easy"...

Published 06-03-2009 8:49 AM by K. Daniel Glover

Filed under: california, taxes, illinois, massachusetts, oregon, nevada

The Morning After: The Meaning of the California Tax Revolt

Many people do not recall that the opening song in the movie The Poseidon Adventure was “The Morning After,” a rather ironic choice for a disaster film. Today, Californians have finally told their state legislature “Enough!” in...

Published 05-21-2009 9:00 AM by Edward Morrissey

Filed under: california, taxes

A Landmark Moment for California's Deficit?

California is facing a $15.4 billion deficit. Since the voters didn’t pass three of the five measures on the ballot, we’re now looking at a $21 billion deficit. And a deficit that continues to grow every day. With the current deficit and status...

Published 05-21-2009 12:05 AM by Kirsten Wright

Filed under: california, taxes

Tincture of Lawlessness

WASHINGTON -- Anyone, said T.S. Eliot, could carve a goose, were it not for the bones. And anyone could govern as boldly as their whims decreed, were it not for the skeletal structure that keeps civil society civil -- the rule of law. The Obama administration...

Published 05-14-2009 12:07 AM by George F. Will

Filed under: california, chrysler, economy, TARP, unions

California and Taxes: How Did We Get Here?

The tax situation nationwide is not a pretty one--everyone is suffering--but the problems in California are much more severe. The question is why? What led California to its crisis, and is there anything we can do to help alleviate the situation? First...

Published 05-07-2009 6:24 AM by Kirsten Wright

Filed under: california, taxes

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Is California’s budget deficit really closed?

WILL: Can California Be Sold on eBay's Former Leader?

At Last, the Obama Model for Economic Policy

Capitalism Versus Socialism: Who Is Really "Mean?"

Stop Pushing The Tax Button

The Morning After: The Meaning of the California Tax Revolt

A Landmark Moment for California's Deficit?

Tincture of Lawlessness

California and Taxes: How Did We Get Here?