"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Basically, they’ve solved nothing and just drop-kicked the problems into the future. State employees will now have three “furlough days” which works out to a 15% pay rate. The state will also take money from local governments, promising to pay…
The pattern is obvious, isn’t it? The powerful get cash, the weak and helpless get screwed.
The California budget train wreck continues with yet more days of frenzied inaction. Just don’t go trading those IOUs unless you’re registered to trade securities, says the Feds. Plus, three major banks stopped taking the IOUs yesterday and state workers,…
Today is the day the revised budget must pass the California legislature else disaster looms. Yet again. If California’s political leaders fail to balance the state’s budget by midnight Tuesday they may need to trim about $3 billion more. That’s…
California Assembly Democrats have passed a budget package but the Governator says he’ll veto it because it raises taxes. So, how does he proposes closing the gap then? With more budget cuts? Respected LA Times columnist George Skelton says that…