Category: taxes
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The scariest website you’ll ever see
By Jon Coupal – August 2, 2024 Voters confronting candidates and ballot measures this November should know that excessive government debt, at the national, state, and local level, should be getting a lot more attention than it does now. This column has previously reviewed the state and local bonds appearing on the November ballot as…
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Focus on Unity
Opinion and Commentary by Donna Westfall – July 29, 2024 From 2022 to 2023, the Fed has increased interest rates 11 times, bringing them from a historic low of 0.08% to the highest rate in over 20 years. I read recently that they were probably going to lower interest rates but today found out they…
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Armed and Informed
By Gun Owners of California – July 1, 2024 It’s only Monday and we are starting off with a real bang – and it’s painful. It’s July 1, 2024 which means that a host of insidious and money-grubbing laws have come home to roost – the worst of which is the new 11% excise tax…
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We need to elect politicians that are Anti-Tax!
Opinion and Commentary By Donna Westfall – June 29, 2024 Just when you thought gas prices couldn’t go any higher, some geniuses in the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) decided that our gas tax should increase from 57.9 cents a gallon to 59.6 cents per gallon. The tax on diesel fuel will…
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California Supreme Court yields to Newsom and Legislature, removes Taxpayer Protection Act from November ballot
By Jon Coupal – June 22, 2024 We were shocked and angered by the California Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday in Legislature v. Weber, the outrageous lawsuit filed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders. The lawsuit asked the court to order the removal of our duly qualified initiative, the Taxpayer Protection and Government…
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Action Alert: Call the Capitol now to Protect Prop. 13 and stop a wave of property tax increases!
By Jon Coupal – June 19, 2024 I’m writing to you with an urgent request to contact your representatives in the state Assembly and state Senate to urge a vote of NO on Assembly Constitutional Amendment 10. ACA 10 is a desperate move by the Legislature in response to polling that shows dim prospects for ACA…
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Claims the California Legislature is Transparent Are Bogus
By Jon Coupal – June 12, 2024 “Transparency in government is paramount,” said Assemblywoman Gail Pellerin, D-Santa Cruz, proving that hypocrisy in government is clearly the rule in California. As chair of the Committee on Elections and Redistricting, Pellerin praised “transparency” as she voted to kill a bill that would have banned non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)…
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HAPPY 46TH ANNIVERSARY TO PROPOSITION 13
By Jon Coupal – June 6, 2024 THE HISTORIC TAXPAYER PROTECTION INITIATIVE WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS ON THIS DAY IN 1978 On June 6, 1978, California voters went to the polls and changed history. Proposition 13 was approved by nearly two-thirds of the electorate and quickly put a stop to skyrocketing property taxes that were…
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ALERT: CA Imposes $2/gallon Gas Tax
By Carl DeMaio – May 20, 2024 Californians already pay the highest gas prices in the nation, but state politicians are imposing new costs that will spike our gas tax to $2 per gallon! Here’s what you need to know – and how you can help BLOCK this tax hike! First, I want you to know…
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