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GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER'S vetoes of several bills that would have strengthened the enforcement of business tax laws were cheered by the usual suspects. Business and anti-tax groups have reason to rejoice, but their happiness comes at a cost to the rest of the state. The Legislature's tax-collection measures were passed this session on the heels of a resoundingly successful program that collected billions of dollars in unpaid corporate taxes by offering an amnesty, in combination with bigger penalties for those who don't pay up. Schwarzenegger had credited that program for allowing him to restore $1.3 billion in sorely needed transportation...

This is a long read which is an update from a thread I wrote in January 2004. Please read, if you can help.Family Adoption: Did We Do the Right Thing? (Freeper Advice Requested) Being a Conservative goes beyond posting to FreeRepublic. Or, it should. So, when a family member got into some legal trouble and couldn’t care for her child, my wife and I stepped in. Not the first time. When you come from a family with six kids, chances are that one may not turn out to be a productive member of society. My mom raised six of us...

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President George W Bush's personal chef has been humiliated by a team of French practical jokers who tempted him with a job offer to desert his employer and go to work for President Jacques Chirac.The stunt, which is threatening to spiral into a diplomatic incident, happened when Walter Scheib visited Paris in his capacity as president of the Chefs des Chefs d'Etat, a club for those who cook for the world's heads of state.On Wednesday evening he was due to attend a party at the Elysee Palace given by the French leader's wife, Bernadette. That afternoon a French television company...