Twelve companies have received a total of $71.5 million in sales and use tax exemptions for clean energy projects in California. These are the first tax breaks from SB 71, which passed in March.
The very form and structure of two-party politics ensures the marginalization and exclusion of Independents from the nation’s mainstream political discourse, allowing Republicans and Democrats to engage in their well-rehearsed charades. Hypocrisy is just one of the names for the game.
There’s something seriously wrong with our banking system, and we’re failing to fix it on a federal level. But, the solution is right in front of our noses: regulate banking on a state-by-state basis, just as we regulate utilities.
You've heard of Tim Pawlenty, Bobby Jindal, and Chris Christie, but you may not even recognize the name Gary Johnson. Like the first three, he was a Republican governor (of New Mexico for eight years in the 1990s) and is a potential contender for the GOP's presidential nomination in 2012. He's considered by many to be a genuine Tea Party candidate.
In what was seen by many as a rebuke of the Bush Administration's ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, California voters passed Proposition 71 in 2004 - a move that authorized the state to issue $3 bllion in state bonds to fund embryonic stem cell research.
Twelve companies have received a total of $71.5 million in sales and use tax exemptions for clean energy projects in California. These are the first tax breaks from SB 71, which passed in March.
