Tag: The Tax Man

There’s an old joke about the intimidation tactics of the Teamsters union. “How many Teamsters does it take to screw ...

Though hard to believe, Jerry Brown and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association actually have something in common. We agree that ...

Older residents and others on fixed incomes were being forced out of their homes because property taxes were going through ...

If bills now circulating in the legislature had been law for the last 35 years, here are just a few ...

In 1978, when voters enacted the landmark Proposition 13, Jerry Brown was governor and Democrats controlled both houses of the ...

California’s most powerful public employee union, the California Teachers Association (CTA), has budgeted $1 million for a May campaign to ...

“Government is like a baby,” Ronald Reagan was fond of saying. “An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one ...

Suppose an acquaintance invites you to lunch. You meet him in front of the restaurant where he announces that he ...

Grabbing their pom-poms, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, has run out in front — again — cheerleading for ...

A recent editorial cartoon sums up the tension between average taxpayers and government employee unions. It shows two guys sitting ...