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Even blue California wants lower taxes and smaller government
Scheduling note: WhatMatters will rest Labor Day weekend and return to your inboxes Tuesday. We live in a blue state that elects Democrats year after year. But a slim majority of us would prefer a smaller government and lower taxes.  That’s one of the key findings from an August report by the Public Policy Institute […]
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Scheduling note: WhatMatters will rest Labor Day weekend and return to your inboxes Tuesday. We live in a blue state that elects Democrats year after year. But a slim majority of us would prefer a smaller government and lower taxes.  That’s one of the key findings from an August report by the Public Policy Institute […]
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According to CalMatters’s source item, Even blue California wants lower taxes and smaller government, Scheduling note: WhatMatters will rest Labor Day weekend and return to your inboxes Tuesday. We live in a blue state that elects Democrats year after year. But a slim majority of us would prefer a smaller government and lower taxes. That’s one of the key findings from an August report by the Public Policy Institute […]
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