Commentary: Let's drink to this legal victory
The legal battle isn't over, but this is an important step in stemming the tide of regulatory
overreach that hurts businesses across this state and makes California an increasingly
difficult state in which to live.
Steel & Correa: Give Californians a single tax agency
It is time to consolidate California's tax agencies to reduce waste, increase transparency and improve
service for California taxpayers.
New technology a winner for state and taxpayers
Through consolidation of functions and the use of newly available technology, we can continue to increase efficiencies and decrease costs for taxpayers.
Michelle Steel: Don't pay a tax you may not owe
According to the Board of Equalization, 99.5 percent of Californians paid no "use
tax" in 2010, despite a concerted effort by the agency and the Legislature to
increase compliance.
Californians Need Greater Freedom to Create and Save Jobs
Happy cows might come from California, but happy people live somewhere else.
From 2005 to 2009, roughly 870,000 Californians have left this state for greener pastures.
Brown's Plan to Hike Taxes Will Hurt The Poor More Than The Rich
Higher taxes disproportionately hurt those with the lowest incomes, yet Gov. Brown is campaigning to raise those taxes again.
The Unseen Cigarette-Tax Crime Wave
Cigarette taxes raise revenue, and they reduce smoking. But they also create an increased incentive for smokers, and for criminals, to evade the taxes and break the law.
Lessons from Liberalism's Laboratory
Today Californians are being strangled by the ever-growing hands of their government.
State Shouldn't Be Loan-Sharking
With all the talk the past couple of years about predatory lending, you would expect California government to have cleaned its own house.
Aiding Arizona while denouncing it
While our government continues to pursue job-killing taxes and regulations, the list of companies moving to Arizona grows.
Michelle Park Steel: No time for new, untested tax
A proposal by governor's tax-reform panel would not solve state's problems
California Focus: California Chases Its Own Tail on Taxes
State agencies waste time, money paying taxes to other arms of government.
Schwarzenegger's Budget Gamble
The governor's plan to borrow against future lottery earnings relies on Californians acting recklessly with their money.
Sales Tax on Services Would Hurt the Desert
A proposed tax increase on services might leave tourists without the financial means to afford everything the valley has to offer.
