November 1, 2006
Index plays pivotal role in San Diego Union-Tribune editorial
You are not alone if you think this year's voter information booklet, which seems as thick as the San Diego phone book, is pretty intimidating. Thankfully, however, help has arrived from the Tax Foundation.
In a recent study, the respected Washington think tank reports that California's tax policies make it more hostile to business when compared with other states. Last year, California's “business tax climate” was the nation's ninth-worst; this year it is the nation's sixth-worst, surpassed only by those rust-bucket engines of innovation in New York, Ohio, New Jersey, Vermont and Rhode Island.
