Archive for January 29th, 2018

IE Business Daily: Republican Tax Plan a Boon for Working Americans

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January 27, 2018

When Republicans in Congress passed the largest tax reform in the last 30 years, the opposition party held press conferences decrying the measure and telling the nation it was actually a big tax increase for the middle class. They referred to it as “Armageddon” and other outlandish descriptions of gloom and doom. Not a single Democrat in either the House of Representatives or the Senate voted for the measure.

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CALmatters: Commentary: Jerry Brown’s two big public-works projects are foundering

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By Dan Walters | Jan. 29, 2018 | Commentary

During his second governorship, Jerry Brown has frequently touted big public-works projects as the mark of a great society—a marked change from his first stint four decades ago, when “small is beautiful” and “lower your expectations” were his oft-voiced themes.

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Filed under: Budget, Finance, Jerry Brown, State of California, Transportation, Water Resources