Jerry Brown Asks CA Legislature to Raise Taxes
Two special sessions of the state legislature that will convene Monday to consider raising taxes, at Governor Jerry Brown’s request.
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Trump: People ‘Can Pay a Higher Percentage’ In Taxes ‘As They Make More’
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that he is against a flat tax and “people as they make more and more money can pay a higher percentage” in an interview broadcast on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Trump
Alabama State Senator Calls Citizens’ Bluff on Taxes
Alabama State Senator Paul Sanford had a novel idea for illuminating the age-old truth that people will vote for additional taxes as long as they don’t have to pay them, creating a GoFundMe page to pay off the state’s deficit.
Seattle City Council Ignores State Law: Passes Per-Bullet Tax in City Limits
On August 10, the Seattle City Council ignored Washington’s preemptive statute on gun laws and unanimously passed a five cent tax that will be applied to every bullet sold within city limits. The ordinance will also place a $25 tax on every firearm sold in city limits.
Mileage Tax will Hurt California Middle Class, State Budget
California Democrats wants to create a mileage tax–a new tax on every mile driven in the state–despite already having the highest gas taxes in the nation. State officials say they need the tax increase, because gas tax collections to pay
Trump: Simplify Tax Code With ‘Intelligence,’ ‘Reduce Taxes,’ Won’t Give Whole Plan Yet
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated that on taxes he supports, simplifying the tax code and wants to “reduce taxes” on Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends.” Although, he later added on CNN’s “New Day” that
‘Little House on the Prairie’ Star Announces Congressional Run
Actress Melissa Gilbert, best known for her role as Laura Ingalls Wilder on the 70s NBC drama Little House on the Prairie, announced Monday she will seek Michigan’s 8th Congressional District seat next November.
Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Solar Companies Win, Taxpayer’s Lose
President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, released in its final form on Monday, August 3, sparked jubilation in the solar industry. The same day, however, some other news reminded the public of what happens when government policy mandates and incentivizes a favored energy source: Taxpayer dollars are gobbled up and investors lose out.
Seattle City Council Voting To Tax Individual Bullets, Firearms
On August 10, the Seattle City Council will vote on two proposed anti-Second Amendment ordinances, one of which will place a tax on individual bullets and a tax on each firearm purchased by law-abiding citizens within city limits.
Huckabee Makes Fair Tax Push — Would Tax Pimps, Prostitutes, Drug Dealers
Thursday in Cleveland at the first Fox News Republican presidential debate, former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) made a push for his Fair Tax, a plan he touted during his last run for president in 2008. Huckabee said, “One of the reasons
Mark Levin’s ‘Plunder and Deceit’ Takes Fight to Millenial Generation
in his elegant and moving new book, Plunder and Deceit, Mark Levin takes his message to the next generation.
Ballot Measure Will Require Public Vote on Statewide Spending Projects
Activists enraged by California’s runaway spending have begun a campaign for the “Stop Blanks Check” ballot initiative. The measure, sure to make the ballot next November, thanks to $3 million in contributions and loans from wealthy Stockton-area formers and business owners Dean and Joan Cortopassi, aims to make sure that big-ticket multi-billion dollar spending projects have to be approved by the voters before they can move forward.
‘High Priests of the Nanny State’ – Doctors Call for Punitive Tax on Sugar
British doctors are calling for a 20 percent tax to be levied on sugar in a bid to cut the obesity epidemic. But low tax campaigners have said that such a tax would “hit the poorest hardest” and have accused
Planned Parenthood Running Scared as States Limit Abortions
Taxpayer-funded abortion giant Planned Parenthood sent out a panicky tweet Sunday trying to galvanize its core supporters, telling them that laws restricting abortions had “skyrocketed” in the last decade, something it finds “mind-boggling.”
Greek Bailout: Everybody Capitulated to Everyone Else
The seemingly final deadline for serious Greek proposals in the debt showdown was Friday morning, and some paperwork was indeed delivered on schedule, inducing some optimism that a Greek exit from the Euro would be averted. Depending on who you ask, the deal is either a stunning triumph or disastrous capitulation for either Greece or its creditors.
Seattle City Council: Tax Guns, Ammo to Fund ‘Gun Violence Prevention’
The Seattle City Council is considering a tax on guns and ammunition with plans to use money from sales to fund “gun violence prevention.”
The Best Renewable Energy Investment
If you live in the United States, vote, pay taxes, and get your electricity from a utility company, you’ve helped the solar power industry. You support the solar industry through a variety of tax and regulatory policies—voted in by politicians you elected—that favor it over other lower-cost forms of electricity generation.
Justice Scalia Warns that SCOTUS Majority Worse than the 1776 Brits
When the Supreme Court ceases acting like a judicial body and instead usurps the power to enact legislation, as it did in its infamous June 26 ruling, it radically oversteps its mandate and is worthy of nothing but scorn.
Exclusive: London Mayor Blows £1.6m of Taxpayer Cash On Unfinished Website
Although the Greater London Authority’s (GLA) new website is still months away from being delivered, it has already blown most of its massive £1.6 million budget, raising the question of what the final bill for the project will be. The
After Neglecting Transportation In Budget, Brown Calls For New Taxes
Just as Brown signed the largest state budget in California’s history, weighing in at over $115 billion, he has called upon the California legislature to raise new taxes to fund transportation infrastructure–roads, highways, bridges and the like.
A Silicon Valley Startup Explains Why They’re Ditching Freelancers
As Uber and other Silicon Valley startups come under legal pressure for employing an army of full-time freelancers, a well-funded new startup has decided to completely switch its workforce to staffed employees with full benefits (“W2” workers).
Rep. Marsha Blackburn: Supreme Court Is ‘Inventing Federal Rights’
The U.S. Supreme Court decision on Obamacare last week was essentially the court saying, “we are making a ruling not on a reading of the law, but we are making a ruling on what we interpret should have been congressional impact,” Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow on the Breitbart News Saturday radio program.
Ben Affleck to Produce FIFA Scandal Film
Ben Affleck is set to bring the biggest corruption scandal in professional sports history to the big screen.
Rep. Jim Jordan: Republicans Considering Impeaching IRS Chief
Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said House Republicans are considering impeaching John Koskinen the head of the IRS. Jordan said, “Every time Mr. Koskinen comes to testify, we subsequently learn that something he said wasn’t
Hold Onto Your Wallet: Big Tax Hike Proposals In The State Capitol
The appetite of Democrats in the California legislature for raising more and more taxes is voracious, and seemingly knows no bounds. If you don’t believe me, just keep reading. And when you do, you’ll realize that there is a lot of
