“A day after proposing a tax hike and other budget reforms that rattled the state Capitol, Republican Gov. Jan Brewer and her team began the admittedly tall task of building a coalition to support her effort.”
 
“Ryan Ellis of Americans for Tax Reform explains that in a ‘very rough rule of thumb, every 100 points of swing in the Dow is worth $200 billion in shareholder wealth.’”
 
A review of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge’s effect on the California budget debate.