You can not make up these headlines. Wonder why tax payers and business in all the high tax states are leaving and moving to the lower tax states, read below.  California, New York and Illinois need to take to lessons from Texas and Florida, about creating jobs.   Any one paying attention in the state capitols why Florida and Texas have had huge [...]

Finally, a local school official tells the truth about what is needed to get school budgets under control. “School leaders will continue to do everything possible to slow down the train before the wreck: They will request concessions; continue to cut staff and programs; and explore closures, consolidation and shared service arrangements.” What happens when a school [...]

Recent post from Mish from Global Economics posted without comment…. Bondholders of Stockton, California debt are about to be punished as City Manager Takes Steps Toward Bankruptcy. Stockton, California, may take the first steps toward becoming the most populous U.S. city to file for bankruptcy next week because of burdensome employee costs, excessive debt and bookkeeping errors [...]

Pension reform is coming to New York States public work force.   As increased contributions are necessary each year to keep the pension funds solvent, taxpayers are demanding changes in the state pension system.    Sadly, the returns on the state pension investments are not keeping up with the payout demands put on the funds.    The actuary planned returns aren’t working in a zero [...]

Thomas Jefferson tells us that there can be no such thing as government for dummies, yet we are but one election away from proving him wrong. This is what he said. “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” I [...]

“Most people can’t think, most of the remainder won’t think, the small faction who do think mostly can’t do it very well.   The extremely tiny faction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion… in the long run, these are the only people who count” — Robert A. Heinlein Seems to be a lot of [...]