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California’s Latest Tax Idea: Charge Drivers by the Mile

June 12, 2024 12:30 pmJune 12, 2024 12:30 pm

California has the highest income tax rate in the country (top tier of 14.4 percent), the highest statewide sales tax rate (7.25 percent, plus local sales taxes), and the highest gas tax rate ($0.78 per gallon). Yet it ranks third...

California Lawmakers Try to Tell Retailers How Best to Address Theft

May 28, 2024 2:45 amMay 28, 2024 1:03 pm

It seems there is no element of private enterprise California politicians are not comfortable attempting to dictate how it should be run. Whether it be how much to pay workers, what to charge for a product, what fees are permitted,...

Medi-Cal and its Deleterious Impact in California Medical Care: The Challenge

May 2, 2024 7:11 amMay 2, 2024 7:18 am

In the years following my demise as a private practice surgeon in Sacramento because of Gavin Newsom and his government run healthcare catastrophe, I moved to Nevada City, California, while still doing business in Sacramento. I did so to get...

The Cult of Safety

February 7, 2024 2:11 pmFebruary 7, 2024 2:11 pm

It was the 1970s. Dry cleaning bags lurked quietly behind couches waiting patiently for the opportunity to pounce on the hapless child who dropped a Lego nearby. Unguarded five-gallon buckets stood brazenly in the middle of basement floors hoping to...

The Pandemic Is Over: Then Why Are There So Many More Californians Dying?

December 30, 2023 2:55 amDecember 30, 2023 8:34 am

Note – the numbers used below are rounded for simplicity and come from state and federal sources. COVID has claimed about 105,000 lives in the state since 2020. In that same time period, 82,000 more Californians died from everything else...

Ex Uno Plures: The Destruction of the Common Frame of Reference

October 9, 2023 12:14 pm

E Pluribus Unum – out of many, one. That has been the national aspiration since its founding – creating commonality while exulting individuality, building an expansive framework within which the people can thrive. In other words, creating common frames of...

OPINION: GOP Debate Brought to you by Political Consultants?

September 28, 2023 12:52 pmSeptember 28, 2023 12:52 pm

The rise of the political consultant in American politics has been evident over the decades. Some ask which came first – the consultancy class advising those seeking public office, or politicians who increasingly need to rely on such professional advice?...