California Spent Nearly $10B on Migrant Health Care
California has the largest deficit in the nation under FAILED Governor Gavin Newsom. California Legislature’s budget set the figure at $46.8 billion, while the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO)...
View ArticleLos Angeles Raises Sales Tax to Combat Homelessness – Endless Corruption
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PublicSectorEmployee.Homelessness.mp4 California’s homeless crisis presents the public sector with a valuable political opportunity to...
View ArticleCalifornia Becomes World’s Fourth Largest Economy
California recently surpassed Japan to become the World’s fourth-largest economy behind the United States, China, and Germany. The International Monetary Fund believes California’s nominal GDP is $4.1...
View ArticleSoft-On-Crime Laws Overturned in US
Retailers are fleeing California as a direct result of blue policies that have nearly permitted shoplifting. The iconic Saks Fifth Avenue store in Union Square in San Francisco announced it is...
View ArticleCalifornia Loses Another Oil Refinery – Gas Prices to Rise 75% by 2026
Oil refinery Valero has opted to close its operations in California due to excessive regulations on energy. Located in the small city of Benicia, the town is expected to lose 400 jobs, which the mayor...
View ArticleStates May Fund Migrants – Grey Area Questioned
President Trump’s Executive Order 14218 (February 2025) prohibits undocumented migrants from receiving federal funds. However, individual states are not prohibited from funding migrants, and several...
View ArticleLA Hotel and Airline Employees – Min. Wage $38 Per Hour
California routinely selects groups of minimum wage workers and decides that their skill set is now worth tenfold. The state in general increased the minimum wage to $16.50 per hour on January 1,...
View ArticleState-Funded Chaos in California
The Los Angeles riots exemplify the left’s ongoing approach to dissenting political policies—violence. Rioters are burning the city of Los Angeles to the ground, yet again, while Democrats clap and...
View ArticleDemocrats Wage War on ICE Agents
Threatening to put a bullet in the heads of our ICE agents doing their job is inexcusable. Attacks and demonization of our brave law enforcement is WRONG. It is because of threats like this our ICE...
View ArticleLos Angeles is Broke – City Declares Fiscal Emergency
The city of Los Angeles declared a state of fiscal emergency amid a $1 billion deficit. The council approved of the emergency declaration unanimously in a 14-0 vote. This comes after Mayor Karen Bass...
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