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Mitt Romney buys home in California as he stumps for Whitman and eyes potential 2012 presidential bid
30 years after his first landslide win, President Ronald Reagan remains an electrifying source of inspiration for many leading Republicans. Governor Mitt Romney often cited Reagan as a political hero, ...
28 Apr, 2010
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3 min read
Further tax increases unlikely despite California's $19 billion budget deficit
With less than three weeks until Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils his revised budget plan for the fiscal year starting July 1, he and the Democratic majority Legislature have done little to reduce t ...
22 Apr, 2010
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7 min read
Californians rabid about sterilizing cats and dogs
The most heated debate in Sacramento during the past two years hasn’t been budget cuts depriving poor children of health care or awarding billion-dollar tax breaks to corporations. It hasn’t eve ...
15 Apr, 2010
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6 min read
Healthcare, campaign finance reform, and political corruption
On Sunday night, a historic health care reform bill was passed by a rather cloak-and-dagger procedure in the House. Before the actual computerized vote was taken, a lot was said about the state of hea ...
22 Mar, 2010
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3 min read
Alternative Minimum Tax unfairly punishes California taxpayers
It is generally agreed upon, even by the staunchest proponents of progressive taxation, that expecting people to pay more than they can is an injustice which ought to be remedied in whatever manner po ...
08 Mar, 2010
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4 min read
Targeted education reform can preserve renowned UC school system
The series of firestorms currently underway at California’s public colleges and universities appears not to have burnt itself out yet. Just today, a group of students from the state's elite University ...
04 Mar, 2010
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4 min read
Mitt Romney just can't get over George W. Bush
Apparently, Mitt Romney and many conservatives haven't learned their lesson. During CPAC, the former Massachusetts governor devoted a segment of his well-delivered speech to extolling President ...
24 Feb, 2010
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4 min read
Jobs, not wars
Many in this nation are growing increasingly concerned about the national debt and foreign policy of the United States. As a result, CAIVN would like to share a portion of Marcy Winograd's recen ...
20 Feb, 2010
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1 min read
Independents are transforming American politics
First, it was GOP victories in the gubernatorial elections of Virginia and New Jersey. Just last month, it was the senatorial election of Scott Brown who claimed a historic Republican victory in ...
10 Feb, 2010
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4 min read
California legislators should focus on the deficit, not costly government-run healthcare
“If you get breast cancer, I’m sorry honey; you have less chance of survival than before this bill passed.” Those words were declared by Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers six months ago during his open ...
04 Feb, 2010
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2 min read
