Interesting ideas to save California… Recently, I was driving down pot-holed, two-lane, non-freeway 101 near Monterey (unchanged since the 1960s) when the radio blared that on a recent science test administered to public schools, California scored 47th in the nation. As I looked at the congested traffic on the decrepit highway and digested the idea [...]

This is what happens when elected leaders do not pay attention to economic fundamentals. Gov. Jerry Brown announced on Saturday that the state’s deficit has ballooned to $16 billion, a huge increase over his $9.2-billion estimate in January. The bigger deficit is a significant setback for California, which has struggled to turn the page on a devastating [...]

Another make work project for New York paid for with more debt.    Tax relief, roll back work rules and lower energy costs will get New Yorkers back to work. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is investing $800 million to enhance the energy efficiency of state and local government buildings, with a goal of reducing consumption [...]

For all the good news stories and political mailings we get about how things are changing in Albany, we have a long way to go…. In Chief Executive’s eighth annual survey of CEO opinion of Best and Worst States in which to do business, Texas easily clinched the No. 1 rank, the eighth successive time [...]

Here is some one that gets it.   We have to look at how our town and villages are being driving into bankruptcy by unsustainable tax increases.   The cost of government and schools is reflected in every item or service we buy.    Cable, cellular service, bananas, insurance and list goes on.    When will we return to some sort of financial normalcy?   [...]

Pensions?  Don’t have the money?  Just don’t pay it and pretend all is well…. This month, the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois made a dire announcement to its members. TRS, which covers most public-school teachers in Illinois outside Chicago and has more than 360,000 members, said the following: “If the General Assembly [...]