Here’s a LIBERAL biased summary of CA vs. the other states on taxes, from the California Budget Project – one of many “nonpartisan” front groups the Democrats set up, trying to con us into raising our taxes. What is interesting is that even this slick left wing “think tank” can’t hide the fact that we Californians pay taxes well above …
San Diego (& CA) electricity rates are sky high
While I’m not adding this electricity cost analysis to my dreary “Breaking Bad: CA vs. the Other States” fact sheet (this analysis is a hard item to condense into one sentence), it’s a situation my California readers need to understand. Our state’s residential electricity rates often are outrageous compared to the rest of the nation. And under AB32, these rates …
With no fiscal oversight, small CA state security guards outfit rapes taxpayers — $124K average salary
Here’s one of those backwater CA state public employee honeypots that for years has operated without meaningful fiscal oversight. Amazing story. Among other things, these “police” got big overtime checks for guarding a closed facility. A quarter of these guards DOUBLE their salary with overtime. Their average annual pay (with overtime) is $124,000. These are SECURITY GUARDS. And remember, they …
Expatriate Saverin saved FAR more on CA income tax than he did on his net federal tax
What is usually overlooked in the discussion of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin leaving the U.S. for Singapore (presumably to sell his Facebook stock) is the CALIFORNIA capital gains tax. Saverin avoided $67 million in net federal income taxes by leaving the country, but he saved several times that amount by leaving CA — which by law has no “exit tax.” …
How did the feds end up pushing bullet trains? Maybe you don’t want to know.
Read this short but bizarre story of how our federal government decided to spend $20 billion on high speed rail boondoggles — from Chris Reed’s blog. I’ve seen more thought go into picking Lotto numbers. http://www.calwhine.com/whose-idea-was-it-to-push-bullet-trains-rahm-emanuels-doctor-brother-i-feel-ill/3117/ Whose idea was it to push bullet trains? Rahm Emanuel’s doctor brother. I feel ill. by Chris Reed KEY EXCERPT: In December [2008], the …
“Intimidation by Proxy” — major reason to ban “defined benefit” pensions
The WALL ST JOURNAL story below details how labor unions are increasingly using their shareholder status to bully corporate management into supporting only liberal causes. This excellent article inadvertently highlights perhaps the biggest problem with defined benefit (DB) guaranteed pension plans — yet it’s the one DB pension problem that is seldom mentioned. DB plans are the back door for …
Cherokee Professor Elizabeth Warren is neither a scholar nor Cherokee
It appears that one of the Left’s superstars has moccasin feet of clay. Professor Elizabeth Warren’s scholarship is shoddy at best. And evidence strongly suggests that she claimed bogus “American Indian” status to gain affirmative action advantages. Amazingly, she uses her unsubstantiated 1/32 Cherokee heritage to claim she is an American Indian on “race” designation questionnaires her bio. And the academic bozos at Harvard …
Richard Lugar is OUT as U.S. Senator
BREAKING NEWS: CNN reports that Indiana’s U.S. Senate GOP incumbent Richard Lugar has lost his Republican primary to a Tea Party challenger. Impressive, given that Lugar has been in the Senate for 36 years!
Finally Romney takes a bold position that Obama can’t counter
Finally! Here’s the first Romney position I’ve seen that should make one at least consider voting for Mitt for President. He’s starting to come out strongly for school choice. Well, at least THIS time he did. As I’ve written on Rostra before, to me this is the issue the GOP should take point on. The Democrats view school kids as …
Social Security will fail 3 years earlier than predicted just last year
It’s becoming an annual “surprise” announcement — social security is going to fail even sooner than previously predicted. In this latest revision, three years sooner. Meanwhile our ruling Nero’s fiddle away in D.C. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303592404577362052094040414.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5 WALL ST JOURNAL April 24, 2012 Stress Rises on Social Security Report Says Program Will Exhaust Reserves Three Years Earlier Than Expected By DAMIAN PALETTA Social …
School vouchers gain ground — Wake up, California GOP!
For me, the “wedge issue” that could reverse the dreary GOP appeal to minorities is school choice. It’s something I’ve championed for decades. No single measure could better help minorities than offering everyone options to seek better educational choices for their kids. Democrat minorities understand and appreciate this option better than white suburban Republicans, but everyone would benefit — except, …
Obama’s Chief Strategist Just Endorsed Mitt Romney for President!!
FROM ERICK ERICKSON at RedState.com: David Axelrod, Chief Strategist for President Barack Obama, just endorsed Mitt Romney for President on Fox News Sunday this morning! In defining what this election will be about, Axelrod told Chris Wallace, “The choice in this election is between an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a chance to get …
Social Security by Choice: The Terrific Experience of Three Texas Counties
RIDER COMMENT: This little-known story of three Texas counties that set up their OWN unique and highly successful social security plans (a brief option that has since gone away) deserves widespread publicity. Years ago I wrote about this, but frankly had forgotten about their instructive experience. The article below is an excellent summation of their approach — and the impressive …
Obama’s inequality argument just utterly collapsed
RIDER COMMENT: Actually I have touched on this bogus income disparity in the past, but we never had such a specific study to point to as proof. This is a welcome report. This blog is from the American Enterprise Institute, a rather staid, somewhat right-of-center think tank. I now subscribe to their free daily email service and RSS feed to …
How to turn a $500 donation into many thousands of dollars of free publicity
How to turn a $500 donation into a major “media buy” Everyone loves firefighters. Especially me. Volunteer firefighters are my heroes. But recently the San Diego media hyped a story of San Diego firefighter charity that is rather odd – odd because it’s reported at all as news. The U-T newspaper made it a front page story in the local …
California “Tax Freedom Day” IMPROVES – sorta, kinda
San Diego Tax Fighters 10969 Red Cedar Dr. San Diego, CA 92131 Voice: (858) 530-3027 Monday, 2 April, 2012 Press Release – Authored by Richard Rider California “Tax Freedom Day” IMPROVES – sorta, kinda Today the Tax Foundation released its annual computation of “Tax Freedom Day” for the nation and each state. http://taxfoundation.org/taxfreedomday, “Tax Freedom Day” is the day on …
The “Buffet Rule” will cover 0.1% of annual Obama budget deficit
No, not 1%. ZERO POINT ONE PERCENT. http://open.salon.com/blog/richard_rider/2012/03/29/the_buffet_rule_will_cover_01_of_obama_budget_deficit or http://www.flashreport.org/blog/?p=53194
Rider suffers theft — seeks millions from Juan Williams
Egad! Juan Williams (he’s a black guy, BTW) STOLE my controversial Trayvon Martin SDROSTRA blog item and my follow-on comments, converting them into a WS JOURNAL op-ed published this morning. Read it here. The harm I’ve suffered is incalculable. My crack team of lawyers will be in court this afternoon to seek legal redress (and millions in compensation) for this …
When it comes to murder, black people should most fear black people
The Florida shooting death of a young black man by a white Neighborhood Watch bozo is indeed tragic. But should black people be terribly worried with getting murdered by white bigots and vigilantes? Or is the REAL danger other black males? Everyone knows the answer, but doesn’t want to talk about it. Certainly Obama doesn’t. Consider these factoids quoted from …
In 2011, 254 CA businesses moved jobs out of state – an accelerating rate
In 2011, 254 California companies moved some or all of their work and jobs out of state, 26% more than in 2010, according to Irvine business consultant Joe Vranich. The pace is accelerating. An average of 4.9 businesses left California each week of 2011, compared to 3.9 per week (202 total) in 2010 and one a week (51 total) in …
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