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On the Naughty List Again: California Has Third-Worst Tax Climate in the U.S.

November 29, 2024 7:08 amNovember 29, 2024 7:17 am

Having one of the highest costs of living in the country, California’s tax climate is the third-worst in the country, AGAIN, ahead of only New Jersey and New York, the Tax Foundation recently reported. This is the 13th year California is...

TRICK or TREAT: California Ranks Among 10 Worst in U.S. for High Taxes

October 31, 2023 3:29 pmOctober 31, 2023 3:29 pm

The Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index 2023 finds California has maintained its position as number #48 for the worst taxes in the country, in a near three-way tie with New York and New Jersey. California still ranks in...

Dear Parents Across America: Keep Your Children Away From San Francisco

July 22, 2023 2:55 amJuly 22, 2023 7:53 am

Dear Parents Across America: Keep your child away from San Francisco. Parents, does your child seek refuge from criticism over their drug use, suffer from a mental disability or do they simply want to live “off the grid,” free from...

California, 4th Largest Economy in the World, Ranks Among 10 Worst in US for High Taxes

October 25, 2022 10:58 amOctober 25, 2022 10:59 am

Chief Executive Magazine reports year after year that when CEOs across the country are surveyed, they name California as the worst state in the country in which to have to do business. Because of California’s highest-in-the-nation overall taxes, one of...

Government Unions, Tech Billionaires and California Ballot Propositions

December 16, 2020 2:12 amDecember 16, 2020 8:35 am

Californians voted on twelve state ballot propositions on November 3. On nine of these propositions, California’s government and private sector unions spent significant amounts of money, over a million in five cases, and over ten million in two cases. But of these...

How Much do California’s State Workers Make?

November 4, 2020 2:15 pmNovember 5, 2020 11:54 am

Californians pay the highest overall taxes in the United States, with more to come. The Democratic supermajority in the state legislature is considering AB 1253 that would raise the top income tax rate to 16.8 percent, and AB 2088 that would impose an annual...

Prop. 15 Empowers Big Business, Destroys Small Business

September 8, 2020 2:30 amSeptember 10, 2020 7:46 am

California’s state and local governments, and the public sector unions that exercise nearly absolute control over the politicians who supposedly oversee them, have always had an insatiable desire for higher taxes. The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has added...