by Dan Mitchell | Jul 20, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Even I am shocked about how politicians and bureaucrats are bilking the poor people of Bell, California. I wish I had this example reported by Bloomberg for my video on overpaid bureaucrats, but mostly I hope that taxpayers rise up in revolt against the way the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 17, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Oakland politicans have created a fiscal crisis by spending too much money. This has caused strife with the police union according to a San Francisco paper. The details of the fight are not very remarkable, but I was stunned to read that the average compensation for a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 9, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
This is something that could only happen in San Francisco. The city’s bureaucrats are considering a proposal to ban selling pets. Oops, I just committed a thought crime. They are called “companion animals,” not pets. Anyhow, the plan to ban them would have to be...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 1, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
This has not been a good period of time for California’s moocher class. A public uproar recently forced the state to prevent welfare recipients from using government-provided ATM cards in casinos. Now there’s a similar storm brewing about handouts being obtained using...
