Sunday, March 22, 2026
Why..
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s repeated claims in recent weeks promoting his state as more tax-friendly than Florida and Texas don't add up, according to an expert who ran the numbers."Texas and Florida are the REAL high-tax states," Newsom recently posted on X.
"Your middle class pays more taxes in Texas than our middle class in California," Newsom said in Texas. "It’s a great mythology, it’s just ‘the richest of the rich come here because they can avoid paying a damn penny."
The comments drew pushback from conservatives on social media, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and from Just Facts President James Agresti, who says he looked into a "number of different angles" to determine the "validity" of Newsom’s claims.
"I looked at how much is each state taxing each of its citizens on average? So if you look at California, they collect about $10,000 a year in taxes for every person in the state, whereas the figures for Texas and Florida are only about $5,000, or about half as much," Agresti told Fox News Digital.
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The reason Gov. Newsom makes this statement?
The Dems are doing whatever they can when it comes to taxes and....... Some Citizens are moving out to Texas and Florida. Just a thought.
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Flipping..
The top Senate Democrat wants President Donald Trump to tap the nation’s oil stockpile as fuel prices skyrocket, years after blocking his attempt to replenish the supply when prices were low.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called on Trump to unleash reserve barrels of oil from America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as oil prices spike amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Schumer argued in a statement that the reserve "exists for moments exactly like this."
During his first term, Trump wanted to use about $3 billion from a colossal COVID-19 stimulus package making its way through Congress to fill the reserve, but the move was promptly rejected by Schumer and congressional Democrats, who panned it as a "bailout" for the oil industry.
During his first term, Trump wanted to use about $3 billion from a colossal COVID-19 stimulus package making its way through Congress to fill the reserve, but the move was promptly rejected by Schumer and congressional Democrats, who panned it as a "bailout" for the oil industry.
The price of oil per barrel at the time was roughly $29, according to WTI Crude Oil. Now, oil has eclipsed $110 per barrel over the weekend for the first time since 2022.
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You, be the judge. Just a thought.
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You, be the judge. Just a thought.
Chuck..
Senate Chuck Schumer is heavily criticizing rising prices, attributing them to "Trumpflation" caused by tariffs on groceries, goods, and energy. He accuses corporations of using AI for "price gouging" and warns that new tariffs could cost families thousands annually.
Schumer claims Trump's tariffs act as a "tax" that increases household costs by thousands of dollars annually, specifically impacting food, car prices, and consumer goods.
- Schumer has warned against the use of AI by companies like Instacart for, what he calls, "shakedown tactics" that inflate grocery prices.
- He is calling for measures to lower costs, including asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate high prices and urging that businesses display how much tariffs contribute to total costs.
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