Jerry Brown's Sneaky Gas Tax
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3y ago
It never ceases to amaze me that Jerry Brown -- who claims to be a social justice warrior and a champion of the people -- sneaks in taxes that have a far greater impact on lower income people than his Silicon Valley elite campaign contributors.  The latest is his gas tax that he managed to push through despite the fact that it was extremely unpopular.  Most Californians do not mind paying for things that we need, but we already pay the highest gas tax in the nation and our infrastructure is in a REALLY sad state of repairs.  Carl Demaio, former San Diego Councilman, sh ..read more
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Keep Sheriff Joe Free and Throw Out His Conviction
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3y ago
Former Maricopa County Sheriff, "America's Sheriff," Joe Arpaio is an American patriot, who has served and protected American citizens for 55 years. Despite this. he has now been convicted of a crime. This occurred because he upheld state and federal laws involving illegal immigration, which greatly upset the Obama administration. Since this was done a month before the election and Sheriff Joe was supporting Donald Trump could this be an example of a politically motivated hit job? With allegations of illegal unmasking, collusion between the Democrats and Ukraine, Hillary's email, Clin ..read more
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Who Originally Enabled North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions?
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3y ago
Our Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson recently stated, “All nations should take a strong public stance against North Korea by maintaining and strengthening U.N. sanctions to ensure North Korea will face consequences for its relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them.” He also confirmed that it is now possible that North Korea can launch a missile that would put our mainland at risk.  Too bad previous leaders did not take North Korea as seriously before this! Since the 90's, our leadership has kicked the can down the road. Bill Clinton, G. W. Bush, an ..read more
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Swamp Creature Extraordinaire
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3y ago
There is no doubt that Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a very interesting politician. The problem is that she is also one of the premier examples of a bonafide "Swamp Creature" in what has become a sewer called Washington. After getting caught fixing the election for Hillary in the primaries at the expense of a much more popular Bernie Sanders -- Debbie fell from the powerful post of DNC Chairwoman.  While I am not a Bernie supporter, he was treated unfairly (and very dishonestly) by Wasserman Schultz and the DNC. This is the United States of America and we should be able to expect that ..read more
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Are Lyft's Earning Claims for Drivers Too Good to be True?
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3y ago
Update 03/05/2018: A more official study suggesting that my calculations regarding how much a Lyft driver actually makes were correct: http://start.att.net/news/read/article/fortune-heres_how_much_uber_and_lyft_drivers_make_per_hour-rtime/category/finance Sad that the people at Lyft and Uber are able to get away with this.The rates they advertise to attract drivers are at the very least "flawed if not outright dishonest!" With all the bad publicity Uber has received recently, Lyft is trying to position themselves with the public as a better option and a good citizen in the techie comm ..read more
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Tax Fraud From the Slammer
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3y ago
I was a little disgusted when I read about a California inmate that was committing tax fraud from behind bars. Sadly, this has been going on for a long time. Here is a post, I did on this phenomenon in 2005 and I have seen reports of this surface frequently since then The LA Times reported that, "Howard Webber, 52, was found guilty by a jury Tuesday of conspiring to use stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns, a scheme that he operated for two years from behind bars that netted him and an accomplice more than $600,000." Apparently, Howard recruited inmates, who for a stipend of ..read more
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Better Business Bureau Tool to Track, Report and Educate Users on Scams
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3y ago
The BBB Scam Tracker is a robust interactive tool to track fraudulent activity in throughout North America. The data I viewed from Mexico seems to be minimal at this point, although this might be because Mexico was added after the United States and Canada. The site collects data from users, who were the victims of a scam, or from smart people who figured out someone was trying to scam them. The tool enables the user to search potential fraudulent activity by keyword, type of scam, location, and time frame. Please note that scams are most successful when they hit a new geographical area ..read more
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Never Trust Caller ID
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3y ago
Fraud using the telephone is nothing new and has probably been around as long as there have been telephones. After all, a telephone is merely a communication device and can be used to dupe someone into doing something they might regret later. Saying that telephone technology, which has grown rapidly in recent years, has given fraudsters a wide array of new tools. More and more frequently, these tools are used to depart common people and even large businesses from their hard-earned money. Take Caller ID for instance, which is marketed as a means of protecting our privacy. When I say ..read more
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