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State IT Plan Should Help Silicon Valley and Respect Taxpayers
By: Vince Vasquez on 5.19.2010
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has used the state’s IT Strategic Plan as a guiding document to streamline operations, improve efficiencies and accountability across dozens of state agencies. The motive is sound, but whether this effort will succeed remains in doubt.
Can Government Balance Nature by Killing Sea Lions?
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley on 5.12.2010
A local fisherman, Mr. Larry Legans, has been accused of shooting a sea lion for consuming the fish he caught. Mr. Legans, who faces three years in prison and $70,000 in fines, must be rather puzzled to see government agents killing sea lions, for the crime of eating fish.
Earth Day Agenda: Cap and Trade Plan for AB 32
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley on 4.21.2010
California environmental officials have decided against implementing the “cool car” regulations they finalized last June. The move could be a first step toward a better environmental policy and an improved economy.
Taxifornia
By: Robert P. Murphy, Ph.D, Jason Clemens on 4.15.2010
California ranked dead last in a combined measure of the state's tax burden and tax structure according to the newly released study, Taxifornia.
Pacific Research Institute Releases New Study on Government to Government Lobbying
By: Jason Clemens on 3.10.2010 4:00:00 AM
The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in California, released a breakthrough study on taxpayer-funded lobbying, or government to government lobbying.
The War Against Free Parking
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley on 2.17.2010 4:00:00 AM
From San Diego to Susanville, Californians know that a free parking space is hard to find. Such spaces may be even harder to find under SB 518, proposed by state senator Alan Lowenthal.
California’s Corporate Exodus
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley on 1.27.2010
In his final state of the state address, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger maintained his vision of California's bright economic future. Shortly before the governor’s speech, however, another company joined California’s ongoing corporate exodus.
Deep Reform, Not Window Dressing, for a Cooler, Cleaner California
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley on 12.9.2009
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) wants car companies to install metallic reflective windows, which regulators believe will reduce energy use and fight global warming. Though possibly well intentioned this plan amounts only to window dressing. Legislators should pursue deeper environmental reforms with more benefits and fewer disadvantages.
An Empire Disaster: Why New York's Tort System is Broken and How to Fix It
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D on 11.25.2009
This new study of New York’s legal system has concluded that New York’s legal system is the third worst in the country and is costing taxpayers millions of dollars through higher taxes and increased costs for goods, insurance and health care. Savings derived from reforming the system would go a long way towards reducing New York’s multi-billion dollar budget deficit.
The Pillage People Ride Again
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley on 11.11.2009
On November 1 California began withholding 10 percent more from workers’ paychecks than the government already takes. This money grab, bad enough on its own terms, is a sign that the state has missed an opportunity to modernize the tax system and provide more stable revenue.
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