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Pillage People
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 6.18.2003
Californians hand over 33 percent of their income to government at all levels, the fourth highest tax burden in the nation. Yet the state Assembly is worried that the people are not taxed enough.
Chaos Raines -or- Howell Sweet It Is
Submitted by Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D on 6.11.2003
Okay, it’s true. I admit it. The irresistibly obvious pun in the headline is driving the content of this Capital Ideas. But who can resist the delicious justice of this moment: the New York Times’ egregious executive editor Howell Raines being brought low by a new form of media. No, not talk radio, but the Internet; specifically the “bloggers” who kept a relentless spotlight on the degradation of the Times under Raines’s leadership. Consider this the Internet’s Woodward-Bernstein moment, this time bringing down a previously unassailable liberal institution.
University of California Institute for Labor and Employment Receives California Golden Fleece Award
Submitted by Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D, Andrew M. Gloger on 6.1.2003
While California laments a bad economy and massive budget deficit, organized labor is celebrating recent legislative victories that include paid family leave, changes in overtime rules, and a living-wage law. Bills high on labor’s agenda this year such as “play or pay” health care and extending unemployment benefits are moving through the Legislature.
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