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Jon Coupal- Columnist
Jon Coupal
is an attorney and president of the Howard
Jarvis Taxpayers Association -- California's largest taxpayer organization with
offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento.
Columns 3/2003 - 7/2008 Below [Columns 2008 to present click here]
New Taxes Are Not the Answer to Budget Woes
by Jon Coupal 7/31/08
Voters Should Reject Rail Bond Boondoggle
by Jon Coupal 7/23/08
Utah is Laughing
by Jon Coupal 7/17/08
Budgeting By Judicial Fiat
by Jon Coupal 7/9/08
The Legislature Needs a Spending Limit Nanny
by Jon Coupal 7/2/08
Reflections on the Prop. 98 Campaign
by Jon Coupal 6/26/08
Extorting More from Taxpayers
by Jon Coupal 6/17/08
To Voters, Proposition 13 Is Still a Winner
by Jon Coupal 6/6/08
Obscure Public Agency Funding Campaigns
To Oppose Private Property Rights
by Jon Coupal 5/28/08
Has the Boss Called Off the "Hit"?
by Jon Coupal 5/21/08
Buy Eminent Domain Insurance?
by Jon Coupal 5/13/08
Legal Analysis of Prop. 99 Exposes Fatal Flaws
Homeowner "Protections" Easily Circumvented
by Jon Coupal 5/6/08
It's a Full Moon - Governor's Transformation Is Complete
by Jon Coupal 4/29/08
How Do We Respond to the Budget Crisis?
by Jon Coupal 4/23/08
Attorney General's Office in Need of Greater Transparency
by Jon Coupal 4/18/08
Prop. 13 Has Something for Every Homeowner
by Jon Coupal 4/8/08
Sacramento Does Not Deserve a Bailout
by Jon Coupal 4/3/08
City Unions to L.A. Taxpayers: Peel Me A Grape
by Jon Coupal 3/18/08
Court Rules: No Merit to Arguments Against Prop. 98
by Jon Coupal 3/11/08
Why Can't Governments Treat Us Like Customers?
by Jon Coupal 3/6/08
Phony Homeowners Group Fronts Phony Ballot Measure
by Jon Coupal 2/27/08
Lawmakers Don't Want to Take Responsibility for Tax Increases
by Jon Coupal 2/21/08
Redistricting Reform, Not Longer Terms, Is the Answer
by Jon Coupal 2/12/08
Hold On To Your Wallets
by Jon Coupal 2/5/08
Election Fraud
by Jon Coupal 1/23/08
Taxpayers Are Being Set Up
by Jon Coupal 1/17/08
One More Time: Budget Woes Not Prop 13's Fault
by Jon Coupal 1/8/08
Memo to Perata: Don't Shoot the Messenger
by Jon Coupal 1/2/08
Governor's Plan Is Still a Tax Increase
by Jon Coupal 12/28/07
Taxpayers Shouldn't Be Held Liable For Bad Decisions By Borrowers, Lenders
by Jon Coupal 12/19/07
Shades of Gray Davis
by Jon Coupal 1212/07
Public Employee Unions Are the Real Bosses of L.A.
by Jon Coupal 12/7/07
Coalition Seeks to End Abusive Property Seizure
by Jon Coupal 11/28/07
Providing Hope in a Tax-Happy State
by Jon Coupal and Tom Schatz 11/26/07
The Howard Jarvis Tax Fighter Award
by Jon Coupal11/13/07
Hold Lawmakers Accountable
by Jon Coupal11/8/07
Don't Get Burned Twice
by Jon Coupal11/2/07
League of Cities: Split Roll for Property Rights
by Jon Coupal10/25/07
Something Scary Coming To Your Home
by Jon Coupa10/17/07
L.A. Overcharging for Water
by Jon Coupal and Timothy Bittle 10/9/07
Our Tax Dollars Turned Against Us
by Jon Coupal 9/26/07
L.A.- It's Them vs. Us
by Jon Coupal 9/20/07
Keep Government Out of the Housing Market
by Jon Coupal 9/13/07
Get Into a Car With a Drunk Behind the Wheel?
by Jon Coupal 9/6/07
Sneak Attack on Property Rights Fails
by Jon Coupal 8/30/07
Another Proposition 13 Myth Is Busted
by Jon Coupal 8/28/07
The Sky Is Falling! Or Is It?
by Jon Coupal 8/20/07
The Prop. 13 Money Machine
by Jon Coupal 8/7/07
Liberals Charge "Fiscal Terrorism"
by Jon Coupal 8/1/07
The Boogeyman
by Jon Coupal 7/23/07
California's X-Rated Tax Policy
by Jon Coupal 7/17/07
Protecting Property Rights in California
by Jon Coupal 7/17/07
Property Taxes in a Declining Market
by Jon Coupal 7/6/07
Health Care for All? A Taxing Burden
by Jon Coupal 6/27/07
Stop the Profanity -- Send 'Em on a Junket
by Jon Coupal and Richard Rider 6/21/07
The Prop 13 Whining Continues
by Jon Coupal [attorney, activist]
6/13/07
Scary
by Jon Coupal [attorney, activist]
6/6/07
No Tears for L.A.
by Jon Coupal [attorney, activist]
5/23/07
Voters Shut Out of Prison Bond Debt Decision
Lawmakers Fantasize About Spending
by Jon Coupal [attorney, activist]
5/10/07
If Wishes Were Horses
Lawmakers Fantasize About Spending
by Jon Coupal [attorney, activist]
5/4/07
The Last Taxpayer
by Jon Coupal [attorney, activist]
5/2/07
Fiscal Insanity Relapse in Sacramento
by Jon Coupal [attorney, activist]
4/4/07
Who's the Boss?
by Jon Coupal [attorney, activist]
3/24/07
Proposition
13 Still the Favorite Scapegoat
Failing Sacramento liberalism is never to blame…
[by Jon Coupal] 4/26/06
The
Luxury of a Worry Free Retirement
Don't worry be happy...
[by Jon Coupal] 4/18/06
The
Incredible Shrinking School District
More taxes for to pay for empty schoolrooms?
[by Jon Coupal] 4/12/06
Tobacco
Taxes and Unintended Consequences
Despite incontrovertible evidence…
[by Jon Coupal] 4/4/06
Three
Cheers for the Long Beach Board of Education
Battling the teachers union...
[by Jon Coupal] 3/29/06
It's
Time to Send "PreSchool for All" Back to the
Drawing Boards
...and make Reiner's leave of absence permanent...
[by Jon Coupal and Tony Strickland] 3/21/06
Lawmakers:
Stick to Your Principles
Don’t be distracted from fiscal sanity…
[by Jon Coupal] 3/14/06
As
Humanitarians, Reiner, Hastings, Don't Measure Up
A new class of self-appointed…
[by Jon Coupal] 3/7/06
Is
Jackie Goldberg The Answer At LAUSD?
Another amazingly progressive idea!…
[by Jon Coupal] 2/28/06
Government's
Land-For-Taxes Lust
Property Must Be Protected From Seizure For Profit...
[by Jon Coupal] 2/21/06
Regulators
Call It a 'Charge' to Avoid Tax Vote
The fee & tax shell game…
[by Jon Coupal] 2/14/06
Lobbyist
Scandal An Opportunity for Taxpayers
Abramoff scandal will increase public accountability…
[by Jon Coupal and Jim Lacy] 1/31/06
Fees
v. Taxes: More Than An Academic Debate
The Governor should avoid harming taxpayers…
[by Jon Coupal] 1/17/06
For
Taxpayers, Bonds Are A Gamble
Forgetting restraint…
[by Jon Coupal] 1/12/06
Support
for School Bonds Declining
The impact of multimillionaires’ Prop 39...
[by Jon Coupal] 1/10/06
Prepare
to Be Inundated with Disinformation
And the rains came…
[by Jon Coupal] 1/3/06
Tax
Cheats Burden Honest Taxpayers
Stealing fuel from the economic engine...
[by Jon Coupal] 12/20/05
Sneaking
Around Proposition 13
They're back!...
[by Jon Coupal] 12/13/05
Use
the Yellow Pages If You Want the Job Done Right
The private sector is more efficient…
[by Jon Coupal] 12/6/05
Massive
Bond Threatens State's Financial Future
Now it’s about real money…
[by Jon Coupal] 11/29/05
Government
Must Make Every Penny Count
The ongoing, voter-approved deficit...
[by Jon Coupal and Tom Schatz] 11/23/05
Who
Shall Be Master?
Union bosses and tax and spenders win…
[by Jon Coupal] 11/16/05
California
Supreme Court Gives Taxpayers Hope
The People's propositions vs. judicial activism...
[by Jon Coupal] 11/9/05
The
Simple Truth About Government Revenue
Post-Prop. 13...
[by Jon Coupal] 11/2/05
Leading
Where Members Want To Go
Prop. 75: public employee unions...
[by Jon Coupal] 10/25/05
With
Arnold, Let's Not Forget the Little Things
Get the out for vote for the propositions...
[by Jon Coupal] 10/18/05
The
Favor Bank
Access and payback...
[by Jon Coupal] 10/12/05
Taxpayers
to Provide More Corporate Welfare?
Special favors...
[by Jon Coupal] 10/5/05
Crunch Time for California
The stretch to the polling booth…
[by Jon Coupal] 9/27/05
LAUSD
and Wile E. Coyote
Audit for accountability…
[by Jon Coupal] 9/20/05
Katrina,
and the Opportunists
Californians, beware of the state's bureaucratic scam artists...
[by Jon Coupal] 9/13/05
Government
Unleashes New Tool Against Taxpayers
Electioneering
with your tax money...
[by Jon Coupal] 9/8/05
Schools
Not Keeping Faith With Voters
Where is the honesty in cost overruns...
[by Jon Coupal] 8/30/05
An
Uneasy Alliance
Taxpayers and Newspapers...
[by Jon Coupal] 8/24/05
Could
This Be Antonio's Finest Hour?
The Mayor and DWP union...
[by Jon Coupal] 8/17/05
A
Material Breach of Contract
Misusing school bonds...
[by Jon Coupal] 8/10/05
LAUSD's
New Bond Proposal: What Should Voters Do?
Voting to get fleeced...
[by Jon Coupal] 8/3/05
Power
of Initiative Still the People's Best Protection
Despite the Governor's troubles...
[by Jon Coupal] 7/26/05
'Plain
Speak' Please
Should be the government standard...
[by Jon Coupal] 7/22/05
Revisiting
Proposition 13
Tax and spenders looking for more...
[Jon Coupal] 7/14/05
LAUSD's "Reign
of Terror" Over Taxpayers' Wallets
Property owners beware...
[Jon Coupal] 7/7/05
The
Windfall
A Curse or a Blessing?...
[Jon Coupal] 7/1/05
What
Makes a Real Hero
Holding fast on Prop 13...
[Jon Coupal] 6/24/05
Tax
Raisers Prey on the Most Vulnerable
Another attack on Prop 13...
[Jon Coupal] 6/3/05
Talking
Trash
What's in it for taxpayers?...
[Jon Coupal] 6/2/05
Climbing
Out of the Budget Morass
Finally adults in charge...
[Jon Coupal] 5/27/05
A
Tax Proposal Only A Meathead Could Support
Another bad Rob Reiner idea...
[Jon Coupal] 5/23/05
L.A.
Times' Jihad Against Proposition 13
Irrational hatred of the liberal pressroom...
[Jon Coupal] 5/15/05
Is
Crime Really Down in Los Angeles?
It's up in City Hall...
[Jon Coupal] 5/5/05
Ripple
Effect
Works to taxpayers' advantage...
[Jon Coupal] 5/2/05
Lockyer's
Credibility Takes A Hit
Election scheme...
[Jon Coupal] 4/21/05
Local
Government Arrogance
Another tax scheme...
[Jon Coupal and Tim Bittle] 4/18/05
Prop.
13 -- A One-Edged Sword
Saving taxpayers from government money grabs...
[Jon Coupal] 4/15/05
Pro-Tax
Group Changes Name, Not Goals
Hi-tech capitalists who haven’t learned the lesson of overtaxation...
[Jon Coupal] 4/4/05
State
Grants Lack Accountability
Sacramento under the radar pork…
[Jon Coupal] 3/25/05
All
LAUSD Scandals Seem Like Old News
Experts in dreadful management…
[Jon Coupal] 3/17/05
Is
Your Home Really Yours?
Eminent domain - the government's trump card…
[Jon Coupal] 3/9/05
Six
Fallacies About Government Pensions
Labor bosses reached too far…
[Jon Coupal and Richard Rider] 3/8/05
Good
Money After Bad
The truth is coming out…
[Jon Coupal and Tim Bittle] 2/21/05
Six
Fallacies About Government Pensions
The truth is coming out…
[Jon Coupal and Richard Rider] 2/11/05
Clueless
in L.A.
L.A. Officials Ignoramuses On Finances…
[Jon Coupal] 2/4/05
Proposition
13 Has Saved Local Government
Stabilizing revenue…
[Jon Coupal] 1/27/05
California's
Protected Class
Public service unions…
[Jon Coupal] 1/21/05
The
Moment of Truth
An honest budget?…
[Jon Coupal] 1/12/05
Give
Los Angeles a Hand
An icon for the city…
[Jon Coupal] 1/3/05
Nation
Would Raise Local Taxes
Liberals in the Assembly try a new grab…
[Jon Coupal] 12/29/04
Local
Taxes?
More tax gambits…
[Jon Coupal] 12/23/04
County
Revenues: The Myth v. the Reality
Counties overspending taxpayers' money...
[Jon Coupal and Steve Frates] 12/15/04
Public
Fed Up With Government Waste
Enough with the pork...
[Jon Coupal and Tom Schatz] 12/10/04
Nice
Work If You Can Get It
Freeloading's over...
[Jon Coupal] 12/2/04
Hi-Tech
Business Leaders' Hypocrisy
Stand on two-thirds tax vote is revealing...
[Jon Coupal] 11/29/04
A
Gerrymandered Election
Voters Will Be Stifled ...
[Jon Coupal] 11/19/04
What
Taxpayers Want
Politician promises...
[Jon Coupal] 11/12/04
Howard
Jarvis Taxpayers Association - Recommendations
10/30/04
No
on Prop. 61
We're already swimming in debt...
[Jon Coupal] 10/30/04
Legal
Reform Will Benefit Businesses, Consumers and Taxpayers
Yes on Prop 64...
[Jon Coupal] 10/30/04
The
Unholy Trinity of Special Interest Tax Increases
Propositions 63, 67, 72...
[Jon Coupal] 10/30/04
The
Tax Ratchet Effect
Taxes never seem to go away...
[Jon Coupal] 10/22/04
Taxes
Should Be Fair and Predictable
Prop. 70 and tribal gaming...
[Jon Coupal] 10/20/04
Savoring
the Joys of Political Handouts
Neo-Luddites try hard to smash modern machinery of progress...
[Jon Coupal] 10/7/04
Tax
Dollars Used Against Taxpayers
Paying
to be punished...
[Jon Coupal] 10/1/04
Ethics
and Spending Public Money
Abusing
the system...
[Jon Coupal] 9/23/04
American
Taxpayers Are Willing to Work Hard
Overwhelmed by illegal immigrants?...
[Jon Coupal] 9/10/04
Play
The Initiative Card
It's time for Arnold to to make a move...
[Jon Coupal and Shawn Steele] 9/3/04
Higher
Gas Prices?
Tell Sacramento: "No, Thank You"...
[Jon Coupal] 9/3/04
Lurching
From One Budget Crisis to the Next
Reign in the spenders...
[Jon Coupal] 8/27/04
Public
Employee Millionaires
Taxpayers are very generous...
[Jon Coupal] 8/20/04
Repaying
Taxpayers For Their Generosity
School officials show themselves to be ingrates...
[Jon Coupal] 8/13/04
Los
Angeles County Piles on the Taxes
Sheriff Lee Baca - tax collector...
[Jon Coupal] 8/6/04
Wringing
More from Telephone Users
Finding new ways to tax by a "911 fee"...
[Jon Coupal] 7/29/04
Budget
Crisis And Hidden Agenda
Some seek political advantage by blaming the "other guy"...
[Jon Coupal] 7/22/04
Governor
Needs to Unload on Adversaries
Stop the retreat, appeasement doesn't work...
[Jon Coupal] 7/15/04
In
for a Penny, In for a Pound
Officials' wasteful spending and corruption add to taxpayers' woes...
[Jon Coupal] 7/14/04
Voter
Ire Pumped Up by High Cost of Gasoline
Not at the top of the outrage meter...
[Jon Coupal] 7/2/04
Reagan
Was Proposition 13 Supporter Number One
The Gipper on the front line of smaller government...
[Jon Coupal and Joel Fox] 6/28/04
Budget
Credibility
Liberal giveaways in Sacramento...
[Jon Coupal] 6/18/04
No
Pain, No Gain
Are we about to repeat the budget mistakes of the Davis Administration?...
[Jon Coupal] 6/11/04
Keeping
Property Taxes Reasonable
Propositions
13 and 8...
[Jon Coupal] 6/4/04
Do
Taxpayers Get a Fair Shake from Local Media?
Intentional bias...
[Jon Coupal and Richard Rider] 5/28/04
The
Homeowner's Burden
Parcel taxes for the tax-and-spenders...
[Jon Coupal] 5/21/04
Who's
Telling the Myths?
California's Tax Burden...
[Jon Coupal] 5/19/04
Blowing
up the Boxes and the 'Big Mo'
Reorganize state government...
[Jon Coupal] 5/7/04
Ever
Have One of Those Days?
The tax-and-spend lobby is desperate to split the property tax rolls
[Jon Coupal] 4/29/04
Rating
Representatives
A tax hungry legislature...
[Jon Coupal] 4/15/04
Burning
Through Taxpayer Dollars
Unions rule L.A...
[Jon Coupal] 4/8/04
Exporting
Proposition 13
Other states' taxpayers adopt Howard Jarvis' wisdom...
[Jon Coupal] 4/1/04
Faulty
Training Wheels
Letting kids vote would be representation without taxation...
[Jon Coupal] 3/26/04
Taxpayers
Bracing for New Attacks
More
anti-taxpayer initiatives on the way...
[Jon Coupal] 3/19/04
An
East German Solution to California's Business Flight?
The
jobs are leaving at record rates
[Jon Coupal] 3/8/04
Sorting
Out the Ballot Propositions
Next
Tuesday's scorecard...the No's and Yes's
[Jon Coupal] 2/26/04
The
Real 'Special Interests'
Public
employee unions, not good-government types, are behind Prop.
56...
[Jon Coupal] 2/25/04
Bonds
Mean Bondage for Taxpayers
As
always, beware of bonds...
[Jon Coupal] 2/20/04
Don't
Be Fooled Again
The
residue of Prop 39
[Jon Coupal] 2/12/04
Early
Primaries Could Spell Trouble for Taxpayers
Prop
56 lurks on the ballot..
[Jon Coupal] 2/6/04
Deception
is the Key to Tax Increases...
Advice
from a political consultant...
[Jon Coupal] 1/28/04
Most
Politicians Don't Understand...
...where
the money comes from...
[Jon Coupal] 1/21/04
Another
Tax Increase Initiative
When
Will It Stop?
[Jon Coupal] 1/15/04
King
George and the Rose Parade
The
arrogance of the anti-taxpayers...
[Jon Coupal] 1/9/04
Beware
Compassionate Lawmakers
Social
engineering has destroyed state's economy...
[Jon Coupal] 12/31/03
Is
Half a Loaf Better Than None?
How
did we get here from there...
[Jon Coupal] 12/26/03
Hardened
Attitudes on Spending are the Problem
Spending
addicted liberals despise
Prop 13...
[Jon Coupal] 12/18/03
Prop.
56: An Assault on Proposition 13
Fighting
the never ending onslaught of greedy government
[Jon Coupal] 12/12/03
Taxpayer
Legal Action: A Necessary Weapon
Fighting
the never ending onslaught of greedy government
[Jon Coupal and Trevor Grimm] 12/1/03
Trust
Arnold, But Verify
Big
bond to cover state debt may be defensible - if protections
are built in
[Jon Coupal] 11/25/03
Homeowners
Are Being Stalked
...by
a new wave of tax increases...
[Jon Coupal] 11/19/03
Fires
Light Up Tax Talk
Tax-and-spenders
see revenue in disaster...
[Jon Coupal] 11/12/03
Taxpayers
Continue to Foot the Bill
For Local Government Incompetence...
[Jon Coupal] 11/05/03
How
the Deck is Stacked Against Taxpayers
Homeowners are waking up to bonds: a self-inflicted tax...
[Jon Coupal] 10/31/03
A
Big Win for Taxpayers
Courts and the state Constitution finally stand for the
people...
[Jon Coupal] 10/21/03
Now
That the Dust Has Settled
Taxpayers Must Be Vigilant
[Jon Coupal] 10/9/03
Budget
Busting Panel Needed
To Solve State's Fiscal Woes
[Jon Coupal and Tom Schatz] 10/4/03
The
Car Tax is the Squeaky Wheel
The
Vehicle License Fee is a Tax...
[Jon Coupal and Trevor Grimm] 10/1/03
Prop.
13 More Important Than Ever
Prop
13 and escalating home values
[Jon Coupal] 9/24/03
Torturing
Taxpayers with the Three Rs
Progressive political agenda pummels the public
[Jon Coupal] 9/11/03
They
Just Don't Trust Us
Liberal elites don't want power to the people
[Jon Coupal] 9/4/03
Splitting
the Roll, Splitting California
Big business kowtows to Sacramento
[Jon Coupal] 8/30/03
Who
Should Be the Next Governor?
A taxpayer endorsement from HJTA
[Jon Coupal] 8/29/03
Prop
13 Anniversary Backlash
Its enemies retell the old myths...
[Jon Coupal] 8/23/03
Q&A:
What Taxpayers Need to Know About the State Budget
[Jon Coupal] 8/16/03
Recallmania
Into the courts
[Jon Coupal and Trevor Grimm] 8/9/03
Open
Mike, Insert Foot
Lawmakers' Candid Remarks Frighten Taxpayers
[Jon Coupal] 8/6/03
Supreme
Injustice
A frivolous lawsuit at the state’s highest court
[Jon Coupal] 7/23/03
The
Capitol Hillbillies
A Scaramento sitcom
[Jon Coupal] 7/18/03
Smoke!
Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette
A tax and spend solution
[Jon Coupal and Trevor Grimm] 7/12/03
Taxes
Raised by a Phantom Cost Taxpayers Real Dollars
[Jon Coupal] 7/5/03
Real
Courage Means Cutting Spending
[Jon Coupal] 6/27/03
A
RAW Deal?
California's approach to fiscal management is a revolving
charge card.
[Jon Coupal] 06/21/03
Proposition
13 Turns Silver
California's tax revolt at 25.
[Jon Coupal] 06/02/03
The Taxpayers'
Dilemma:Recall, or Not to Recall?
Gross mismanagement is enough.
[Jon Coupal and Trevor Grimm] 04/07/03
Dispelling
the Car Tax Myths
A new tax revolt is just beginning
[Jon Coupal] 03/17/03
Renowned
Economists
Oppose California Tax Increases
Tax increases will harm the state's economy.
[Jon Coupal] 03/03/03
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