The New Pragmatic

California loves itself a tax. Not just any tax - it loves especially special taxes. Republican radio host Amanda Blackwood and Democratic strategist Jay Cheng debate Prop 43, a ballot measure that would reform how special taxes can be passed.

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Why does California seem to hate building housing? Even if it would make housing cheaper? Republican radio host Amanda Blackwood and Democratic strategist Jay Cheng debate Prop 45, a reform ballot measure to make it easier to build housing, and why Californians aren’t falling over themselves to support it.

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Are voter ID laws a critical trust-building policy for democracy, or a ridiculous and expensive solution for a fake problem? Proposition 39, on the California ballot this November, would create the state’s first requirement for voters to show ID before casting their ballot.

Republican radio host Amanda Blackwood and Democratic strategist Jay Cheng debate the ballot measure, and the larger questions of voter fraud and voter suppression.

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Why does every city on the West Coast suddenly want a public bank? San Francisco is voting on one on the November ballot. Berkeley is thinking about passing a parcel tax to fund one. Los Angeles City Council just voted to spend $460,000 to study creating one.

Republican Amanda Blackwood and Democrat Jay Cheng agree on one thing: public banks are a really dumb, really fast way to go bankrupt.

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Should California tax its billionaires? Republican radio host Amanda Blackwood and Democratic strategist Jay Cheng debate Prop 40 (California's Billionaire Tax) on The New Pragmatic. This was originally recorded and broadcast on October 1st at KFBK News Radio, Sacramento CA.

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