Category: Domestic Policy

California Politics in 2019: Not Much To Be Happy About

California Politics in 2019: Not Much To Be Happy About

DECEMBER 19, 2019 KERRY JACKSON

December is about half gone, and, as the Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz once sang, “it’s getting cold in California.” In another song from the same 1996 album Duritz also sang that it’s been “a long December and there’s reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last.”

We hope 2020 will be better than the last, which was a tough political year in California for the freedom-minded. But there’s little reason to believe it will be. The political history in this state has been repeating itself for some time.

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FAST ACTION ON U.S. DEBT COULD REAP TRILLIONS OVER TIME

FAST ACTION ON U.S. DEBT COULD REAP TRILLIONS OVER TIME

By Lawrence Kudlow

If President-elect Donald Trump’s economic growth plan — slashing business and personal marginal tax rates and rolling back costly business regulations — is achieved next year, the economy could break out with growth between 4% and 5%. That means much higher interest rates.

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BILL WHITTLE: SIMPLE EDUCATION REFORM

BILL WHITTLE: SIMPLE EDUCATION REFORM

Note: Bill Whittle, always brilliant, as the Virtual President, gives simple solutions to America’s education crisis. If only real Presidents spoke like the Virtual President, what a country we would have!

 

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HEATHER MAC DONALD ON “THE FERGUSON EFFECT”

HEATHER MAC DONALD ON “THE FERGUSON EFFECT”

[Comment by GA] Expect an increase in the crime rate, and less law enforcement because of the ‘Ferguson Effect.’ The ‘Ferguson Effect’ was first written about in Heather Mac Donald’s new book, “The War on Cops.” The left, which includes the popular press, and elected officials, will tell you there is no ‘War on Cops.’ That isn’t true. There is. Get Ms. Mac Donald’s book if you want the facts. Criminals, aided by the clueless Left, want there to be less law enforcement so they can make money in illegal enterprises without being hassled by the cops.  As a result, proactive policing, or predictive policing, which has kept the crime rate low, is being eliminated, and crime rates are increasing as a result.  
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GARY AMINOFF COMMENTARY – THE SENATE FAILED YOU

GARY AMINOFF COMMENTARY – THE SENATE FAILED YOU

Last Friday, May 20, 2016, something happened in the U.S. Senate you won’t hear about in the mainstream media. You can read about it here.
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WHO SHOULD REPLACE BARBARA BOXER AS SENATOR?

WHO SHOULD REPLACE BARBARA BOXER AS SENATOR?

Barbara Boxer, the liberal Democrat Senator who has been in the Senate representing California for the past 23 years, and served in Congress 10 years before that, is retiring. As a result, her California Senate seat is open. 34 candidates are running for the office. There are two prominent Democrats who are running, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, and California Attorney General Kamala Harris.
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SUPREME COURT PUTS HOLD ON OBAMA’S CLIMATE CHANGE RULES

SUPREME COURT PUTS HOLD ON OBAMA’S CLIMATE CHANGE RULES

By: David G. Savage

The justices, by a 5-4 vote, issued an unusual emergency order that blocks theEnvironmental Protection Agency from moving forward with its effort to reduce carbon pollution from power plants by 32% by 2030.

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OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS SIGN: STAFF ARMED – WILL USE WHATEVER FORCE NECESSARY

OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS SIGN: STAFF ARMED – WILL USE WHATEVER FORCE NECESSARY

Public Schools in Oklahoma have a new policy in place: “Armed School Employees.”

A sign appears outside of a campus stating: “Please be aware that certain staff members at Okay Public Schools can be legally armed and may use whatever force is necessary to protect our students.”
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MLK – American Hero

MLK – American Hero

Martin Luther King Jr. Day offers Americans an opportunity to reaffirm their commitment to eradicating racism in all its forms,” said Thomas Bowden, an analyst at the Ayn Rand Institute.

Achievement of a truly color-blind society will require not only that private individuals reject racism, but that government policies and programs cease to favor some citizens over others on the basis of skin color,” Bowden said. “The solution to racism in government does not lie in further race-conscious, affirmative action programs that generate de facto quotas, nor in multicultural education that locates personal identity in one’s ethnic group. Because such policies are themselves racist, they are part of the problem.
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U.S. posts 19th straight monthly budget deficit

The United States posted an $82.69 billion deficit in April, nearly four times the $20.91 billion shortfall registered in April 2009 and the largest on record for that month, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday.

It was more than twice the $40-billion deficit that Wall Street economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast and was striking since April marks the filing deadline for individual income taxes that are the main source of government revenue.
Department officials said that in prior years, there was a surplus during April in 43 out of the past 56 years.

The government has now posted 19 consecutive monthly budget deficits, the longest string of shortfalls on record.

For the first seven months of fiscal 2010, which ends September 30, the cumulative budget deficit totals $799.68 billion, down slightly from $802.3 billion in the comparable period of fiscal 2009.

Outlays during April rose to $327.96 billion from $218.75 billion in March and were up from $287.11 billion in April 2009. It was a record level of outlays for an April.
Department officials noted there were five Fridays in April this year, which helped account for higher outlays since most tax refunds are issued on that day.

But for the first seven months of the fiscal year, outlays fell to $1.99 trillion from $2.06 trillion in the comparable period of fiscal 2009, partly because of repayments by banks of bailout funds they received during the financial crisis.

Receipts in April — mostly from income taxes — were $245.27 billion, up from $153.36 billion in March but lower than the $266.21 billion taken in during April 2009.

Receipts from individuals, who faced an April 15 filing deadline for paying 2009 taxes, fell to $107.31 billion from $137.67 billion in April 2009.

The U.S. full-year deficit this year is projected at $1.5 trillion on top of a $1.4 trillion shortfall last year.

White House budget director Peter Orszag told Reuters Insider in an interview on Wednesday that the United States must tackle its deficits quickly to avoid the kind of debt crisis that hit Greece.

From Reuters