Transportation tax hikes an insult to taxpayers
It’s easy to spend money when it’s not your own. That’s the case with the proposed massive tax hikes on California drivers announced Wednesday by... Read More
Vote NO on Measure B: Don’t Double The Tax, Sacramento
Potholes. Congestion. Pollution. Danger. Everyone who drives a car, rides a bus or train, walks, or bicycles knows the reality of getting around in Sacramento... Read More
ARGUMENT AGAINST Sacramento City Unified School District MEASURE G
The Sacramento Taxpayers Association wrote the ballot argument against Measure G VOTE NO until Sacramento City Unified School District proposes a measure with a... Read More
TAXPORTATION: Profligate Waste Negates Justification for Transportation Tax Hike
May 22, 2016 A personal digression: My father was head of the Iowa Department of Transportation (then called the Iowa Highway Commission) in the late... Read More
The Pot Tax … Helping kids at the expense of the general fund
By Craig Powell Jay Schenirer means well, he really does. But programs launched with the best of intentions are no guarantee of sound policy or... Read More
Sacramento City Council approves pot tax ballot initiative
Voters to decide whether funds from marijuana cultivation will fund children’s services If June initiative passes, council would set guidelines for earmarking funds Tax would... Read More
Beware the Temporary Tax
By Jon Coupal A coalition of government employee unions has filed an initiative that would extend the temporary income tax hikes that were contained in... Read More