East Bay Conservative

Liberals frequently like to point out that, no matter the meanderings of the government on tax and spending policy, government expenditures as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) have remained fairly constant across the years. This, they argue, means that all-in-all government is not growing too large. Here is an example of the graph they like to point to.

It’s a seductive argument accepted by many in academia. It is also one with which I strongly disagree. The details of this disagreement can be very useful in dissuading liberals of their wrongheaded beliefs.

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I don’t know if anyone else caught this brief article in the Oakland paper. Apparently the county is considering only permitting six months of welfare payments for those who can work rather than the current year. I’d like readers to weigh in on this.
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Don Perata took the microphone at a rally Monday, declaring that we should “raise taxes before cutting education.”

This comes on the heels of the news last month that Alameda teachers decided to put kids in trash cans to protest budget cuts. The hyperbole never seems to end.
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This week, I received a letter from the city of Oakland indicating that I had failed to register the business I apparently run out of my house. The letter claimed I owed the city more than $5,000 in back-taxes.
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If you own property in Oakland, by now you should have received ballots in the mail regarding the proposed increase in the “Landscape and Lighting Assessment District” fee. PLEASE VOTE NO!

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Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums is at it again, this time pushing to cease asking job applicants whether they’ve been convicted of a felony in the past.

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