California State Health Care: Unfunded Liability is $91.5 Billion—And Growing
By Stephen Frank on Feb 01, 2018 08:22 pmWe know that CalPERS has an unfunded liability of $1.4 trillion. CalSTRS has an unfunded liability of over $200 billion—both are growing and the mandatory contributions doubling in the next five years. Seldom discussed is the unfunded liability of the State health care program. “Under new accounting standards created by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board […]
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New ICE Directive Formalizes Policy of Making Courthouse Arrests
By Stephen Frank on Feb 01, 2018 08:20 pmIs a courthouse a sanctuary for lawbreakers? If you believe folks like Gavin Newsome, Kamala Harris and other pro-law breakers, criminals found at courthouses by ICE are given a Get Out of Jail Free Card. “Federal immigration authorities formalized a policy Wednesday to send deportation agents to federal, state and local courthouses to make arrests, […]
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Socialist Democrat Maxine Waters Bill: Give $1.2 BILLION to Obama Organizers for ObamaCare “Recruitment”
By Stephen Frank on Feb 01, 2018 08:18 pmNow that Trump is President, the Obama community organizers need another source of funds to radicalize America. The Castro loving Socialist Democrat Congresswoman Maxine Waters—the leader of the Bigot Caucus in the House of Representatives—has a bill to spend $.12 billion to recruit people for ObamaCare. They want to use the effort to promote political […]
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Ring: California Government Pension Contributions Required to Double by 2024 – Best Case
By Stephen Frank on Feb 01, 2018 08:15 pmFor the 2017-18 fiscal year, almost all CalPERS and CalSTRS member agencies were forced to raise their mandatory contributions by 19-20%. Now the information is worse—“The employer contribution to California’s state and local government pension systems will double, from $31 billion in 2018 to $59 billion by 2024. This estimate is based on aggregating official […]
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Watchdog Warns Against California’s Idea For Public Pot Bank
By Stephen Frank on Feb 01, 2018 08:13 pmShould the State of California have a state owned bank, so the marijuana industry have a place to do its banking? Part of the problem is that a bank is not a repository for money, alone. To keep the bank open, it will have to loan money. That means a government bank will be in […]
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DeVore: California and the definition of insanity: Why do Democrats love tax hikes so much?
By Stephen Frank on Feb 01, 2018 08:10 pmChuck DeVore is a good friend that sadly had to move to Texas in order to live in a Free State. A former member of the California Assembly, he now works for a Texas Foundation—reminding Texans not to become Californians. Of course the high taxes and even higher cost of living forced Chuck and many […]
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Housing Crisis Causes Schools in San Jose Area to Close
By Stephen Frank on Feb 01, 2018 08:07 pmThanks to the lack of housing in Silicon Valley, the current housing stock is very valuable. That means those that bought homes 15-25 years ago, with their children gone from the home, stay, while watching the value go up. They could not afford similar housing in the area, or in the State of California. That […]
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Greenhut: Don’t believe the hype: Janus ruling will help public employee union members – and unions
By Stephen Frank on Feb 01, 2018 08:05 pmDo you favor workers being extorted by unions—with government approval—to steal from the paychecks—either pay the bribe or you are not allowed to work. Imagine a world where government protects the freedoms of workers instead of the goons of unions. “In a Huffington Post column, “The Janus case: ‘Kill shot’ for unions, or shot in […]
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Oakland Police Spent $6 Million on a Computer System to Track Officer Misconduct, and It Doesn’t Work
By Stephen Frank on Feb 01, 2018 08:02 pmOakland is just this side of bankruptcy, is the crime capitol of California, protects illegal aliens and has no problem with American citizens becoming victims of the Oakland policies. Not concerned with crimes of criminals from foreign countries, instead they are spending millions to track the work of the police on the streets. Even that […]
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Jensen: Ventura County Wildfire Plans Not Implemented Before Thomas Fire
By Stephen Frank on Feb 01, 2018 07:58 pmThe County of Ventura had a great plan to save the County from the destructive force of a forest fire. But, written plans are just words on paper. In the case of the Thomas Fires, those words were not only meaningless, they were deadly. “Mr. Roper rightly points out: “Elected leaders are using “climate change” […]
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