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We asked, they answered
Submitted on 1.31.2010
Four NNY Republicans, all weighing runs for Congress, weigh in on health care reform
Steven Greenhut: Guards union adds insult to injury
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 1.29.2010
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association – the state prison guards' union – is complaining about, and pursuing legal action against, the California government because of the supposed unfairness of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's furlough policy, which the union says forces some of its members to work on furlough days without pay.
Jon Coupal: Prop. 13 blameless for state crisis
Submitted by Jason Clemens on 1.27.2010
When California voters approved Proposition 13 by a landslide in 1978, they launched a nationwide revolt for lower taxes. Critics now blame that revolt for our current fiscal crisis. That charge needs to be considered in the light of actual data about property taxes in California.
Opinion: The Crisis That Went to Waste
Submitted by Jason Clemens on 1.26.2010
"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." That's what White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said in November 2008 to justify the incoming administration's bold policy proposals including, especially, health care reform.
Public Employee Unions Are Sinking California
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 1.25.2010
Months after closing its last budget gap, the Golden State is $20 billion in the red.
ANOTHER VIEW: Gilbert Arenas, guns and government
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 1.24.2010
The National Basketball Association is in the spotlight for an incident involving guns and taking heat from some observers. The way the NBA has dealt with the incident, however, forms a stark contrast to the way government deals with cases of misconduct, even those involving guns.
GREENHUT: Will financial mess offer some hope for California?
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 1.24.2010
Americans have a deep-seated sense that things have gone awry in our Republic, and they're struggling to give voice to their frustrations.
Steven Greenhut: Public roused and testy
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 1.24.2010
Americans have a deep-seated, inchoate idea that things have gone awry in our Republic, and they're struggling to give voice to their frustrations.
Union critic assesses governor's race
Submitted by Debra J. Saunders on 1.17.2010
Steven Greenhut was a constant thorn in the side of California's public employee unions as a columnist and editorial board member of the Orange County Register. Now he's moved to Sacramento to serve as director of the journalism center for the Pacific Research Institute. He spoke to columnist Debra J. Saunders while in San Francisco recently to sign copies of his new book, "Plunder! How Public Employee Unions are Raiding Treasuries, Controlling Our Lives and Bankrupting the Nation."
What's keeping state in sorry shape
Submitted by Steven Greenhut on 1.17.2010
Technically speaking, it's not hard to figure out how to solve California's permanent fiscal crisis – if you just ignore the political mountains that would have to be moved to implement the fixes. A few good starting points: imposing a strict spending limit on legislators, reducing pension benefits for new public employees, cutting back on the regulations that squelch business expansion and reducing government restrictions on water use so that the agricultural industry can flourish again.
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