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The Republican Aim Should Be To Keep California In California

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In the recently launched California Post, gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton wrote that Californians suffer the worst results despite paying the highest taxes. Without disagreeing with the Republican in Hilton, this shouldn’t be news. It’s government spending after all.  Say it repeatedly that central, politicized planning of precious resources always and everywhere fails. Only for it to get […]

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Gavin Newsom Would Be “Cheap” If Governor of Mississippi

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No one just chooses to borrow money. What an obnoxious conceit, one that imagines lenders are blithe about those loaned to. More realistically, those with title to money decide who can and cannot borrow. And they’re very strict. Individuals with credit cards know this well. We don’t choose how much debt to run up,

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California Is Dense With Billionaires, Of Course It Has Lots of Debt

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California’s debt, currently around $1.6 trillion, is poised to soar in the coming years. Bank on it, though don’t be so simplistic as to blame the debt surge on Governor Gavin Newsom, or his eventual replacement in Sacramento.  Evidence that California’s debt will rise no matter who is governor is all around us, and

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Newsom, Pritzker and High Tax Blue States Offer Red States a Huge Gift

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Government spending saps economic growth, which is no insight. Instead, it’s just a comment that the centralized and politicized allocation of goods, services and labor in sub-optimal fashion by politicians lays a wet blanket on economic growth. What makes the economically enervating nature of government spending worth mentioning is the ongoing debate about state

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