How costly is the burden of government regulations upon the typical American? For anyone with any real world experience in business, it’s well known that it costs money to comply with government regulations, and in a lot of cases, it can be extremely costly. But how costly they can be is something that can…
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Over the last several months, we’ve shared a lot of stories where the people who run federal government agencies are clearly and consistently putting the interests of their bureaucrats ahead of those of the American people. Today’s example, reported by the Associated Press, comes from the scandal-plagued Internal Revenue Service: The Internal Revenue Service…
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On June 5, some 8,000 government employee union members rallied at the California capitol. “We’re letting them know this is our house!” said union boss Yvonne Walker of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), California’s largest government employee union. As it happens, Walker is right. Government employee unions do own the place, and members…
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As we have noted here, surveillance issues are not new. When the Senate and House recently reauthorized the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Senate majority leader Harry Reid said the measure was imperfect but necessary to “protect us from evil in this world.” California Sen. Dianne Feinstein claimed that FISA had led to 100…
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Meet Ed Markey, presently an elected member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts and the front-running candidate in that state’s special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by John Kerry’s move to become the U.S. Secretary of State: http://youtu.be/VfPtbFJWKGY The Daily Caller captured the key comment in Markey’s debate…
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We now have more information about how affordable health insurance will be once Obamacare rolls out. CNN reports on the costs of the “Silver” middle-tier coverage plan that will be available in California in 2014: States are starting to roll out details about the exchanges, providing a look at just how affordable coverage under…
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The California senate has approved seven new bills dealing with firearms. SB 47 bans so-called “bullet buttons” allegedly used, according to one report, “to get around existing laws banning detachable magazines.” SB 374 bans detachable magazines in rifles and SB 396 prohibits possession of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. SB…
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In California between 1974 and 1978 property taxes increased 120 percent and people worried they might lose their homes. Enter Proposition 13, which amended the state’s constitution to limit the growth of property taxes—appropriately enough, as 35 years ago the state was running a budget surplus. The measure capped property tax rates for residential…
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How much debt is your state government adding to your total debt burden? While the MyGovCost calculator can help you find out how the U.S. federal government is adding to your debt burden, it doesn’t take into account any of the borrowing that your state might be doing. That’s why we found the following…
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The federal government is not short on scandal these days. The IRS has been cracking down on groups who want to make the country better, or monitor government spending. The Attorney General is going after news reporters and the Benghazi cover-up endures. In such an atmosphere embattled Americans should not forget another scandal that…
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