Joe Biden called President Trump’s partial suspension of the payroll tax the “first shot in a new, reckless war on Social Security.” And, while we agree that it’s a zero-sum game, we do feel that perhaps he and his wife should not be using a personal corporate structure to avoid paying those same taxes on $13.3 million in book royalties and speaking fees.
Homicides are up this year by an average of 524% in the nation’s fifty largest cities, a statistic NOT helped by bail-reform, early release programs and efforts to “defund” and neuter police departments nationwide.
Way back in 2011, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo opined that “You are kidding yourself if you think you can be one of the highest-taxed states, have a reputation for being anti-business and have a rosy economic future.” For the sake of New York, we wish he’d meant it. And for the sake of California, we hope Gavin Newsome takes note of that fact.