This is looking like an interesting Summer in the PRC.

Just as we did ten years ago, many productive people have reached their breaking points in regard to tolerating the high taxes, heavy regulations and overall lack of freedom in the Left Coast utopia of socialism. However, there are still plenty of new people moving in who are looking for the freebies the generous rulers in Sacramento give them from the pockets of the producers.

California Is Seen in Rearview Mirror. For the first time, the Census Bureau finds that more people have moved to other states from here than the other way around.

Californians leaving state in droves. Many residents looking elsewhere for work, homes after dot-com bust

State turns up heat on cigarette tax scofflaws – Another example of why I have never been worried about my career if the income tax were ever replaced with a sales tax. Any time there is a tax, there will be a battle between those who don’t want to pay it and the collectors. As other types of taxes are raised, such as those on nicotine addicts, there will be attempts to avoid paying them.

Proposal Would Dock Officials’ Pay When Budget Doesn’t Pass – A novel idea; penalizing our elected rulers for not doing their jobs.

Report Cites I.R.S.’s Failure to Follow Up on Tax Cases – They’re not acting against tax protestors as strongly as they need to if they expect to stop their influence from growing.

Top Ten Mike Tyson Financial Mistakes – He is a living lesson on what not to do.