by Zachary Janowski | May 4, 2012 | It Could Happen Here
John Hrabe at CalWatchdog has an update on California’s blog police: Following widespread criticism from online pundits and free speech advocates, California’s political watchdog is backing away from a plan to require news websites and bloggers to disclose payments...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 27, 2012 | It Could Happen Here
California politicians are getting into the business of regulating websites that earn money from political campaigns, according to CalWatchdog, a brazen attempt at interfering with the most important kind of speech. Talk about the fox guarding the chicken coop....
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 20, 2012 | It Could Happen Here
The Japanese government wants to raise sales taxes twice before 2015, doubling rates from 5 percent today to 10 percent, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Journal reports that Japanese officials are short half the dollars they want to spend this year. Doubling...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 13, 2012 | It Could Happen Here
Former Connecticut Secretary of the State Miles Rapoport proposed a state-run pension plan in a Hartford Courant op-ed last month. You might be asking, “Don’t we already have a pension plan?” Rapoport suggests creating a new plan that any state resident can buy into:...
by Zachary Janowski | Apr 6, 2012 | General, It Could Happen Here
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say, “It could happen here AGAIN.” Connecticut, of course, has a long history of budget shenanigans. The gimmickry in Hartford, ironically enough, was partially inspired by the constraints of the 28th Amendment – passed in the wake...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 30, 2012 | General, It Could Happen Here
Wouldn’t it be great for everyone, especially the poor, if Connecticut had universal healthcare? Probably not, as shown by a Montreal Gazette article on doctors abusing their private clinics. Canada, of course, has a universal healthcare system, but the Gazette found...
