On: 10/15/2008 10:39:08 In: Taxes ALG Editor’s note: The following featured editorial covers an issue that ALG News has referenced on several occasions. If the California legislature would simply take ALG’s advice, and cut spending, they could balance the budget without raising taxes. Perata, Bass can’t even persuade fellow Dems UNION-TRIBUNE July 1, […]

On: 10/14/2008 15:25:53 In: Government Transparency Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is discovering that one’s personal life can’t be hidden from public scrutiny—even when covered in fur coats. Of which, Mayor Dixon has more than a few. And state prosecutors believe that at least some of them were gifts given her […]

On: 10/14/2008 10:31:48 In: Government Transparency We thought Jessie James rode a horse. But apparently he now sits in a House office building. And instead of robbing banks, he bankrolls robbers. Enter Representative James Clyburn (D-SC), the Majority Whip. He has come under fire in the past week for revelations by The […]

On: 10/13/2008 12:15:01 In: Fiscal Responsibility California is facing a major budget crisis —to the tune of $15.2 billion. Although they had been warned three years ago that a budget shortfall was coming, the California state government continued to spend wildly, which has led to the current situation, with spending outpacing revenues yet again. So now, with […]

On: 10/10/2008 18:38:04 In: Energy Crisis, Global Warming Fraud, and the Environment Washington State has found itself between a rock and a hard place—or, better yet, put, between a gas pump and a hard place. As fuel prices continue to rise around the country, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that the latest groups to feel these gas […]

On: 10/09/2008 13:26:03 In: Fiscal Responsibility Barack Obama’s message of change has resonated with voters across the country, and John McCain’s “Straight Talk Express” bus has picked up passengers nationwide. Both candidates have gone to great lengths to appear to personify and practice what they preach. Unfortunately […]

On: 10/09/2008 09:37:30 In: Government Transparency When it comes to government transparency, it is clear that politicians should be held up to the highest possible standard. After all, they’re plying their trade (and whatever else they choose to ply) at taxpayer expense. Tennessee State House Representative Bob […]

On: 10/08/2008 12:29:57 In: Energy Crisis, Global Warming Fraud, and the Environment As Election Day draws closer, conservative commentators and Republican party officials, as well as rank-and-file members, are visibly worried about the prospects of an overwhelming, disastrous defeat at the polls in November. And it is no wonder why. As ALG News has reported , Republicans have […]

On: 10/07/2008 15:17:52 In: Fiscal Responsibility “And another one gone, and another one gone,Another one bites the dust.” – Queen, “Another One Bites the Dust” Yet another big fat, government has run out of food, as the species of governmentus overspendus lumbers on to certain extinction. The city of Vallejo, California, a suburb of San Francisco has filed for bankruptcy after […]

On: 10/06/2008 13:52:25 In: Taxes A new proposal by a New York State commission would drastically consolidate services throughout the State at a local level and, says the commission, would help to relieve residents of some of the highest property taxes in the nation to the tune of more than $1 […]