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...reversing the falling prices of homes may be to push the housing market to a deep trough as quickly as possible. This would mean that the government would not provide any assistance for current homeowners and give no financial aid to people who might buy a residence using tax credits. The idea of a benefit of up to $15,000 for those purchasing a home has already been floated in the debates over the stimulus package. Bringing housing back to a period of "affordable" prices means the government needs to stay out the business of keeping homes from being sold...
...Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democratic legislative majority continue to search for one last Republican vote to pass a budget. But the complex negotiations hit a snag Wednesday when Republican state senators ousted their leader, Senator Dave Cogdill, who had dared to agree to a plan involving a tax hike, and replaced him with a staunch antitaxer. To avoid a collapse of state finances, legislators are attempting to pass a $42 billion budget-balancing plan that includes $14.4 billion in new taxes, an action anathema to the rank-and-file Republican minority. "I don't want...
...California in this situation? The state has a history of difficult and protracted budget negotiations, in large part because the state constitution requires a two-thirds majority to pass either a budget or a tax increase. Forty-seven other states get along fine without this hurdle, which gives the minority party, in this case the Republicans, an amount of power and leverage far out of proportion to its numbers in a legislature and state dominated by Democrats...
...Gray Davis out of office and himself into the governor's chair in the dramatic 2003 recall election, he promised to end the partisan gridlock in Sacramento and balance the state's books. Neither miracle happened. A social liberal, Schwarzenegger had been careful to wave high the no-new-tax flag. In prior budget years, he touted bonds and found other gimmicks to put off costs until later...
There’s no doubt that a government mandate that each product list its carbon footprint would be ambitious, especially considering the cost and effort of the process. However, a tax credit could be offered to producers willing to publish their products’ quantitative effects on global warming. This would create incentives for many companies in the short run, and a new law could finish the job in the long...