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Business & Economics
San Francisco’s ‘CEO tax’ is bad economics, but threatens to spread
San Francisco voters have told CEOs and their businesses to take a long walk off a short pier into the bay. Not in those exact words but in their own way, by overwhelmingly approving Proposition L. Under the Overpaid Executive Tax, passed by a 65-35 ratio, the city will impose ...
Kerry Jackson
November 13, 2020
Blog
Prop. 19 Could Be a Huge Tax Increase for Middle Class Californians Inheriting Homes
Property taxes are a hot issue on the ballot in California this November. Most of the attention has centered around Prop. 15, which would impose a split roll property tax scheme in the state. Garnering less attention is Prop. 19, which has the potential to have a much bigger negative ...
Tim Anaya
September 29, 2020
Blog
Biden’s Tax Plan: Where It Hurts Californians the Most
Right by the Bay has been following Sacramento’s tax raising schemes here, here, and here. But the state’s tax marauding politicians aren’t the only ones we should be worried about. Presidential candidate Joe Biden also wants Washington’s share of our wallet. Below are three proposed tax hikes that would be ...
Rowena Itchon
September 2, 2020
Blog
Next Tax Increases on the Docket: Two Proposed Tax Hikes on the Rich
When the 2020-21 state budget was enacted a few months back, I made the case that the majority party’s spending plan essentially sets the stage for an upcoming battle over tax increases. Back in 2011, former Gov. Jerry Brown pushed a budget plan that was heavily reliant on “trigger cuts,” ...
Tim Anaya
August 17, 2020
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Featured in Business Insider Article on Taxing Billionaires, COVID-19
Taxing billionaires would be a great way to fund the fight against coronavirus like AOC says — but only if the US government were drastically different By: Taylor Nicole Rogers, Business Insider The United States needs to find a way to cover the spiraling costs of coronavirus pandemic, but researchers ...
Wayne Winegarden
July 20, 2020
Business & Economics
Guaranteed income from the government isn’t the answer to closing the wealth gap
These are incredibly tough times for Texas and all Americans. On top of the economic pain from months of shelter-in-place orders, the violence and unrest we’ve seen arising from the death of George Floyd has brought economic inequality to the top of the political discussion. Many progressives are preaching about ...
Damon Dunn
July 10, 2020
Economy
Watch Sally Pipes Speak on Sen. Warren’s Billionaires’ Tax on Fox Business
Sen. Warren’s plan to spike billionaires’ taxes would be detrimental to economy: Expert Pacific Research Institute CEO and president Sally Pipes discusses the constant attacks Sen. Elizabeth Warren makes on billionaires and how her health care plan and wealth tax could harm the middle class and economy. Watch the latest ...
Pacific Research Institute
November 7, 2019
Business & Economics
NEW STUDY: State and Local Tax Deduction “Makes it Rain” in California, Paid for by Taxpayers in Low Tax States
A new study released today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute, a California-based free market think tank, found that capping the State and Local Tax deduction brought broad-based tax relief to millions of Americans, while putting an end to taxpayers in low-tax states like Indiana subsidizing higher taxes and spending ...
Wayne Winegarden
August 15, 2019
Blog
Building Wealth 101 – It All Starts with Home Ownership
Home ownership provides basic financial literacy, drives wealth creation, and increases free cash flow for individuals and families. However, it can be difficult to differentiate between having surplus cash and wealth. Having surplus cash is having the ability to spend lots of money now; being wealthy is accumulating assets that allow to ...
Damon Dunn
July 11, 2019
Blog
Yet Another Bad Policy Idea for California: San Francisco Proposes An ‘IPO’ Tax
Anyone thinking that California can’t become more anti-business or add another punitive tax hasn’t seen the recent news out of San Francisco. Political leaders there are campaigning for an increase in the city’s “IPO tax,” which is both unnecessary and counterproductive. The proposal, sponsored by Supervisor Gordon Mar, would hike ...
Kerry Jackson
June 10, 2019
San Francisco’s ‘CEO tax’ is bad economics, but threatens to spread
San Francisco voters have told CEOs and their businesses to take a long walk off a short pier into the bay. Not in those exact words but in their own way, by overwhelmingly approving Proposition L. Under the Overpaid Executive Tax, passed by a 65-35 ratio, the city will impose ...
Prop. 19 Could Be a Huge Tax Increase for Middle Class Californians Inheriting Homes
Property taxes are a hot issue on the ballot in California this November. Most of the attention has centered around Prop. 15, which would impose a split roll property tax scheme in the state. Garnering less attention is Prop. 19, which has the potential to have a much bigger negative ...
Biden’s Tax Plan: Where It Hurts Californians the Most
Right by the Bay has been following Sacramento’s tax raising schemes here, here, and here. But the state’s tax marauding politicians aren’t the only ones we should be worried about. Presidential candidate Joe Biden also wants Washington’s share of our wallet. Below are three proposed tax hikes that would be ...
Next Tax Increases on the Docket: Two Proposed Tax Hikes on the Rich
When the 2020-21 state budget was enacted a few months back, I made the case that the majority party’s spending plan essentially sets the stage for an upcoming battle over tax increases. Back in 2011, former Gov. Jerry Brown pushed a budget plan that was heavily reliant on “trigger cuts,” ...
Wayne Winegarden Featured in Business Insider Article on Taxing Billionaires, COVID-19
Taxing billionaires would be a great way to fund the fight against coronavirus like AOC says — but only if the US government were drastically different By: Taylor Nicole Rogers, Business Insider The United States needs to find a way to cover the spiraling costs of coronavirus pandemic, but researchers ...
Guaranteed income from the government isn’t the answer to closing the wealth gap
These are incredibly tough times for Texas and all Americans. On top of the economic pain from months of shelter-in-place orders, the violence and unrest we’ve seen arising from the death of George Floyd has brought economic inequality to the top of the political discussion. Many progressives are preaching about ...
Watch Sally Pipes Speak on Sen. Warren’s Billionaires’ Tax on Fox Business
Sen. Warren’s plan to spike billionaires’ taxes would be detrimental to economy: Expert Pacific Research Institute CEO and president Sally Pipes discusses the constant attacks Sen. Elizabeth Warren makes on billionaires and how her health care plan and wealth tax could harm the middle class and economy. Watch the latest ...
NEW STUDY: State and Local Tax Deduction “Makes it Rain” in California, Paid for by Taxpayers in Low Tax States
A new study released today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute, a California-based free market think tank, found that capping the State and Local Tax deduction brought broad-based tax relief to millions of Americans, while putting an end to taxpayers in low-tax states like Indiana subsidizing higher taxes and spending ...
Building Wealth 101 – It All Starts with Home Ownership
Home ownership provides basic financial literacy, drives wealth creation, and increases free cash flow for individuals and families. However, it can be difficult to differentiate between having surplus cash and wealth. Having surplus cash is having the ability to spend lots of money now; being wealthy is accumulating assets that allow to ...
Yet Another Bad Policy Idea for California: San Francisco Proposes An ‘IPO’ Tax
Anyone thinking that California can’t become more anti-business or add another punitive tax hasn’t seen the recent news out of San Francisco. Political leaders there are campaigning for an increase in the city’s “IPO tax,” which is both unnecessary and counterproductive. The proposal, sponsored by Supervisor Gordon Mar, would hike ...