After living in the Golden State for four great years, we decided to sell everything and move to Virginia. The entrepreneurial lure of the California is alive and well, but don’t confuse that with a pro-business regulatory climate. My wife and I moved to California to start a business in 2011. We had a small…
Category: tax
Immigration and the Cash Economy
Putting the “executive action” debate aside, immigration reform should focus on tax collection. Let’s take an honest look at how undocumented immigrants escape the tax collector. It’s no wonder the majority of undocumented immigrants live in California. This beautiful state is semi-affordable if you do not have to pay taxes. Certain sectors of the economy…
Tourism: An Export Industry
Hundreds of millions of people follow the World Cup. This unique combination of sportsmanship and drama unfolds every four years. There have been protests in the streets and there will be competition of epic proportion on the field. At this very moment, there is a spotlight shining so bright on Brazil that most of us…
The Tax Pledge
A government entity does not necessarily create jobs. In simple terms, it redistributes private wealth it acquires through taxation into public goods. Jobs are actually created by productive individuals who utilize a set of skills that are worthy of compensation. I use the term “worthy” for many reasons – the main reason being the requirement…
The Republican Millennial 