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California ‘Amazon tax’ looks like a money grab
Ordinarily, if a large corporation has a physical presence in a state, then that state can charge sales tax on transactions. California, in a desperate attempt to raise more money, has decreed that In ...
19 Jul, 2011
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California places 48th in national freedom index
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has published an update and a revision of a 2007 study entitled “Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom”. The report analyze ...
15 Jun, 2011
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Monsanto is the real food terror threat
Acting on information from a “key intelligence source,” CBS News claimed that terrorists are trying to poison our food supply on Monday. This may come as a shock, but some researchers have already ide ...
24 Dec, 2010
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The art of mortgage fraud
How do you get official approval of large-scale fraud, theft, and racketeering? You become a mortgage originator (i.e. a “Too-big-To-Fail bank”) like me. No really, it's simple. Let me walk you throug ...
16 Oct, 2010
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Paramilitary police raids abusing civil liberties as 40-year War on Drugs drags on
A recent youtube video of a SWAT team raid on a Missouri family's home has gone viral. In it, police institute a “quick-knock” technique to serve a search warrant. Upon forcing their way into the hous ...
12 May, 2010
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Schwarzenegger's waning influence could impact ballot initiatives in 2010 elections
The legacy of Governor Schwarzenegger is still very much a work in progress. On the one hand, he can be counted as the first Governor of California since Ronald Reagan to come from Hollywood and ...
30 Apr, 2010
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AMT Hitting the Middle Class
The percapita income in Californiawas $33,749 in 2005, according to U.S. Census Bureau Data.If thealternative minimum tax fix that expired in December isn't renewed, taxpayersmaking as little as $30,0 ...
12 Feb, 2009
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