Blog May 27, 2011
Corporate Tax Cheaters, Part I
April 15 has come and gone and like most Americans I struggled to fill out all the elaborate forms and all the confusing formulas the IRS has for figuring out how much to deduct or how much to pay (e.g., multiply this figure by .02 or that figure by .065 or whatever). After all of that I ended up writing a check to the IRS. Which raised some obvious questions, such as: Where does this money eventually end up and why do so many corporations and the super-rich pay little or no taxes at all? A…
Blog May 26, 2011
California and the Prison Crisis
California has been facing a prison crisis for decades and it has been constantly flip-flopping. Back in 2007 Los Angeles Times writer George Skelton summed it up well saying that when it comes to crime both the politicians and the electorate “have demanded that California lock up the bad guys and keep ‘em there for a very long time. But they haven’t wanted to pay for it.” At that point in time (February) the prison population was around 173,000 yet the capacity was about 100,000. A…
May 26, 2011
People age 40 and up buck tradition, commit more crime while felony juvenile arrests drop
People age 40 and up buck tradition, commit more crime while felony juvenile arrests drop Los Angeles Daily News, May 26, 2011
Ending California prison overcrowding will be tall order San Jose Mercury News, May 25, 2011
Supreme Court Demands California Release 30,000 Inmates Colorlines.com, May 24, 2011