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Marc Joffe

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President, Contra Costa Taxpayers Association. Visiting Fellow, California Policy Center. Formerly: Cato, Reason Foundation, Moody's. Posts are my own opinions.

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Subsidizing the Visible Hand: California’s Departure from 1776

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By Marc Joffe
| California Policy Center
As the United States celebrates the semiquincentennial of its founding in 1776, it is worth reflecting on a remarkable historical coincidence: the birth of our nation occurred the same year Adam Smith published An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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JD Vance is ending the Medicaid gravy train Original

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By Marc Joffe
| Blaze Media Verified
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may have just signaled the beginning of the end for one of California’s most aggressive Medicaid financing schemes. In late May, CMS proposed a rule that would limit many Medicaid payment arrangements to Medicare-equivalent reimbursement levels while targeting the financing mechanisms that shift excessive costs onto federal taxpayers. The more states spend, the more federal money they receive.
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CA’s County Taxpayer Groups Are an Endangered Species – The Free Market Movement Should Save Them

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By Marc Joffe
| California Globe Verified
When Californians think about tax fights, they usually think of statewide battles: Proposition 13, the perennial split roll initiatives, the latest wealth tax proposal. But most of the taxation imposed on Californians is decided much closer to home, by cities, counties, school districts, and special districts that place hundreds of sales tax, parcel tax, and bond measures on local ballots every election cycle. Whether these measures pass often depends on whether anyone bothers to oppose them.
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