Health Care

ARTICLE: CA Controller Predicts Budget Deficit Will Worsen

erichjta — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:33:43 -0700

California Controller John Chiang predicts that even though the state faces a record $20 billion shortfall right now, the real pain will begin in 2012. Growing pension and health care obligations will increase pressure on the budget at the same time that debts to local governments come due. Chiang places the blame for the state's predicament on poor planning.

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Health Care for All? A Taxing Burden

gforster — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:47:52 -0700

Legislative Democrats rolled out the red carpet for Michael Moore last week as the controversial filmmaker came to Sacramento promoting his new movie "Sicko" and discussing the virtues of more government involvement in our health care system. Frankly, I quickly got a little "sicko" to my stomach upon seeing the pomp and circumstance being afforded to Moore's bankrupt ideology. Read more >>

Dead Parrots and Tax Increases

Jon Coupal — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:47:15 -0800

In a classic Monty Python sketch, a man is duped into buying a dead parrot from a pet shop. He quickly discovers the expired nature of his purchase and returns to the shop demanding a refund. There, the owner of the shop tries to convince him that the bird is not dead. Finally, in complete exasperation, the buyer emphatically tells the owner that the parrot, "...Has passed on. This parrot is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace, if you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies! This is an ex-parrot!"

We feel a bit like the buyer of the dead parrot when we are told by the Schwarzenegger administration that the tax on employers to pay for health care really isn't a tax, but is really a "fee." Read more >>

A Tax By Any Other Name

Jon Coupal — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:57:49 -0800

Senate leader Don Perata has a plan to provide all uninsured working Californians with health insurance at an estimated cost of $5 billion to $7 billion without a tax increase. Okay.

The Perata plan would force businesses that do not provide health insurance and their employees, through a payroll deduction, to pay into a state agency that would attempt to negotiate for "affordable" coverage. When paying taxes, workers would have to show proof of medical insurance.

This is just plain wrong on so many levels -- let me count the ways. Read more >>