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{content}California’s Wealth Tax Meets the 2nd Law of Demand
Proposition 40 is pitched as a one-time tax, but taxes that linger grow costlier as people find new ways to avoid them.
Hasta la Vista, Baby
How California’s economy and tax revenues shrank the last time its billionaires left
The High Cost of California’s Proposed Billionaire Tax
Experts project the wealth tax could ultimately cost California $24.7 billion more than it raises.
Shall We Be A Socialist Paradise Like France?
Take a look at what France is actually like.
CEQA Is Standing in the Way of the California Dream
Reducing CEQA's regulatory burdens opens opportunities for much needed new housing.
What the Bond Market Reveals about Congress, the National Debt and the Middle Class
High bond yields informally signal that the government absorbs too much of the nation’s scarce capital.
Big Government: Born in Crisis and Built to Last
While crises prompt calls for immediate government action, we should do the exact opposite.
Proposed Wealth Tax Risks Destroying California’s Innovation Engine
Fortunes targeted by wealth taxes represent a thin slice of an enormous pie that mostly went to others.
Deep State Dynamics
Funded by taxpayers, federal bureaucracies are unaccountable and impossible to shut down, regardless of performance.
Medicare for All—with No New Taxes?
No country in the world makes health care universally free, paid solely by their wealthiest taxpayers.
