According to the Orange Country Register, only 28% of the public thinks global warming is a high priority. So it’s hard to see how Governor Schwarzenegger will find support for his proposed “Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.” This opinion piece by Mark Landsbaum explains why climate legislation is really just another way for state government to control business and raise taxes.

Click Here to read the article.

Meg Whitman, the ex-CEO of eBay, has come out swinging in her bid for the California governor’s office. The Los Angeles Times describes Whitman’s pre-emptive strike against GOP rival Steve Poizner as “classic political hardball.” Although this strategy has backfired against many well-heeled candidates in the past, it may well lead Whitman to victory if she can keep her campaign focused on the issues that fiscally conservative voters care about.  Read more >>

As this article from Bloomberg.com explains how government employees are becoming the societal anathema almost as strongly as the investment bankers were in 2009. Perhaps the leader in corrupt financial practices in a struggling economy, public employees have taken a double portion of the countries scare financial resources.

Click Here to read the article.

CNNMoney.com reports on the recent progress of legislators to get approval for California's $40 billion high-speed rail project. However, as studies sponsored by HJTA and other taxpayer organizations have shown, the plan has a faulty business model and could turn out to be one of the most monumental wastes of taxpayer dollars in recent history.

Click Here to read the article.  Read more >>

This post on Bakersfield.com replies to recent arguments that different tax brackets should pay insurance premiums on a progressive scale. Greatly resembling some Marxist ideas, this system would make health care much more difficult to obtain for higher income brackets.

Click Here to read the post.  Read more >>

The L.A. Times reports that California is one among many states that are downtrodden by a $1-trillion budget shortfall due to outrageous pension plans. As the article explains, though the shortfall will be nearly impossible to make up now, it can be greatly improved by cutting benefits for new employees.

Click Here to read the article.

As the state's budget is being drained to the last few drops it is becoming unclear as to which of the liberal state programs will be the final blow. As it turns out the extravagant state retiree health benefits rival costs of the lavish state pension plans.

Click Here to read the article.

The California Independent Voter Network comments on The California Democracy Act, which will be put to vote this November. As the commentary explains, this act aims not to fix the problems of California's political system but to destroy its foundation by removing the two-thirds vote requirement. This is a set up for major financial instability for the state.

Click Here to read the article.  Read more >>

Recent studies by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that U.S. labor unions have continued to dwindle to an all-time low. However, as these same studies show, these unions have dramatically increased their government influence and wealth, even during the recession.

Click Here to read the article.  Read more >>

On a recent TV segment devoted to the California budget crisis, Fox Business host John Stossel got an earful of lies from a public union spokesman. When asked why policemen and firefighters deserved a lifetime pension, the union rep cited the early death rate of employees in these dangerous professions. As it turns out, there’s no difference in mortality. But the lifetime pensions add up to a huge unfunded liability for the state.

Click Here to read the article.