Two different perspectives on the negative income tax, a less bureaucratic substitute for the Earned Income Tax Credit. Guy Sorman is for, Jim Manzi is against. I’m not sure where I stand. (Don’t you welcome a little ambiguity for a […]
Politics
Regulations
Mark Lacter, in Los Angeles magazine not generally regarded as a right wing magazine, describes the regulatory problems in the City of Los Angeles with regard to establishing any kind of a new business. It does not fall much short […]
Jeffrey Anderson Proposes
Jeffrey Anderson proposes some ideas for Obamacare phase II. Some of these are: 1. Lowering health costs by a. allowing health insurance to be bought across state lines b. allowing small businesses to join together in larger pools, which makes […]
Dan Morain: One Town’s Enterprise Zone Steals Another Town’s Lunch
Apparently enterprise zones have turned out to be the same sort of corporate welfare and beggar-thy-neighbor deal that redevelopment has been. I don’t know much about Business Improvement Districts, but I think they’re kind of like residential homeowmers associations and […]
You’ve Seen Dan Morain’s Article…
You’ve seen Dan Morain’s article. For those of you who are interested, here’s the link to the actual answers I wrote! And you’ll get to find out what NTSEBREE and NESEBREE are. Related: “Howard Ahmanson, now a conservative Democrat, holds forth” by Dan Morain […]
Dan Morain: Unlikely Ally for Brown’s Big Fight
I get some notoriety for cutting across political lines on behalf of an important social justice issue. Related: “Dan Morain: Unlikely ally for Brown’s big fight” by Dan Morain at Sacbee.com
Herdt: On taxes, redevelopment and teamwork
Timm Herdt of the Ventura County Star does an excellent column on how redevelopment cuts across traditional partisan lines. I still say we have the social justice opportunity of the century! Related “Herdt: On Taxes, Redevelopment and Teamwork” by Timm Herdt […]
OASDI Taxes Are Also Unconstitutional
If this court is right, OASDI taxes are also unconstitutional. If it is upheld, I will so interpret. And the payroll tax is far more ‘regressive’ than the income tax. On the other hand, I am fine if we want […]
San Francisco Leaders Defend Redevelopment Agencies
I would like to see all the local government leaders involved in trying to defend redevelopment to lose their re-election campaigns, whenever they may be. Except who has a vested interest enough who could afford to support such an effort? […]
Inflation
Michael Brendan Dougherty says that the Fed has, under Bernanke, pursued an expansionist philosophy of letting asset prices rise and never trying to limit or deflate “bubbles.” This is a different one than it followed in the Paul Volcker era, […]