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Texas vs. California Update for April 15, 2014
Today sucks if you still have to finish your taxes. It sucks more in California than Texas, since you have to pay state income taxes as well. That includes a marginal tax rate of 9.3% for all those millionaires making … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Economics, Regulation, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged Bell, Budget, California, Crime, Economics, fraud, Taxes, Texas, unions, Welfare State
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Texas vs. California Update for March 24, 2014
In California, I would say that March Madness is ignoring the looming pension crisis, except that madness extends to every other month as well… Where is income inequality worst in the U.S.? Well, for one thing, in California: Perhaps no … Continue reading
Posted in Regulation, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged California, Channell Commercial, Chevron, environmentalism, fraud, Jerry Brown, Occidental Petroleum, Rick Perry, Texas, unions, waste, Welfare State
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Texas vs. California Update for March 13, 2014
Time for another roundup of Texas vs. California: Texas surpasses California as the top tech exporter. Victor Davis Hanson wants to “save” California by making liberals eat their own dogfood. Texas is creating jobs at all income levels. Vallejo still … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Democrats, Texas, unions
Tagged bankruptcy, Berkeley, Budget, California, CalPERs, Exene Cervenka, Long Beach, oil industry, Pacific Grove, pension crisis, Texas, unions, Vallejo, Vict, Victor Davis Hanson
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Tea Leaves Not Looking So Hot For Democrats in November
Republican David Jolly beat Democrat Alex Sink in a special election for Florida’s 13th congressional district. CD13 is a swing district that voted narrowly for Obama in the last two Presidential elections. One district does not an election make, but … Continue reading
LinkSwarm for February 25, 2014
Another roundup of tab-clearing news, much of which got pushed aside by Ukraine updates: Obama Administration admits that ObamaCare will screw small businesses. (Hat tip: Instapundit.) Why are any Republicans futzing around with any fix but full repeal? Bobby Jindal: … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Crime, Democrats, Global Warming, Media Watch, ObamaCare, unions, video, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged Anthropogenic Global Warming, Bill Clinton, Bobby Jindal, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Detroit, Gary Peters, Guns, inflation, John Dingell, John Kerry, LinkSwarm, Media Watch, Mel Reynolds, Michigan, New Orleans, ObamaCare, SFWA, Ted Cruz, UAW, unions, video, Welfare State
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UAW Gets Stomped in Chattanooga Volkswagen Vote
Friday workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga assembly plant rejected a UAW attempt to unionize them. “If the union can’t win [in Chattanooga], it can’t win anywhere.” The defeat is especially devastating for UAW because they had German-owned Volkswagen’s blessing to organize … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, unions
Tagged Bob Corker, cars, Democrats, Tennessee, UAW, unions, Volkswagen
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Texas vs. California Update for February 11, 2014
Meant to put this up at lunch, but Stuff. And Things. How California overprotects public employee union contracts. If the paper from Volokh the Younger is too heavy-sledding for non-lawyers, here’s a nice summary. CalPERS is demographically doomed. The people … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Regulation, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged Austin, Bob Filner, California, fraud, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles, Placentia, San Bernardino, San Diego, Stockton, Texas, unions, waste, Welfare State
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Meet the Kronies
The Kronies has already been blogged by half the rightospehre, but it’s so well done that I wanted to post it here on the off-chance you haven’t watched it yet:
LinkSwarm for January 17, 2014
Welcome to your complimentary Friday LinkSwarm. I steal collect these from all over, including Ace of Spades HQ, Instapundit, Twitter, Facebook, and a dozen other places Really, is there any book that screams “love story” like George Orwell’s 1984? Reminder: … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Communism, Democrats, Elections, Jihad, Media Watch, unions, video
Tagged amnesty, Border Controls, Chris Christie, Democrats, Egypt, Germany, Hamas, Jim Moran, Jonah Goldberg, Media Watch, Michael Totten, Monty Python, New York Times, North Korea, ObamaCare, Rand Paul, Syria, Ted Cruz, unions, video, Wisconsin
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Texas vs. California Update for January 8, 2013
Time for another look at the respective fortunes of the nation’s two biggest states: Between 1992 and 2010, California lost $45.27 billion in income while Texas gained $24.94B. (Hat tip: Moe Lane.) That’s one of the many reasons Texas has … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Democrats, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged Budget, California, Democrats, Desert Hot Springs, Jerry Brown, Pacific Grove, Texas, unions, waste, Welfare State
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