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The Decline and Fall of California. . .and the Rise of Social Liberalism - Softcover

Thaler, John H.

 
9780741442116: The Decline and Fall of California. . .and the Rise of Social Liberalism

Synopsis

California is bankrupt. Yet the state spends more money each year despite rising deficits. Trying to compensate, California has raised taxes, raised user fees and issued bonds. But the higher costs of living are driving out the state's middle and upper middle class-- its tax base. The liberal controlled legislature has only one solution: higher taxes on the "wealthy" redistributed to the "poor" through programs left to a complicated and confusing bureaucracy to administer. Politicians refuse to evaluate honestly their failures or propose the necessary changes. And those who speak out are demonized as cruel or greedy or even racist.

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About the Author

John H. Thaler was born in Los Angeles in 1964. He grew up in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles at a time when it was filled with farms and walnut groves and devoid of highrise buildings. Mr. Thaler attended Harvard School in North Hollywood, California. In 1986, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA in Political Science, specializing in Public Policy and International Relations. Mr. Thaler then received a Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1990. Mr. Thaler currently maintains an independent law practice in the San Fernando Valley.

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