California Dreamin'

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Wouldn't it be nice to hop on a plane out to sunny California...and spend two hours listening to me give advice to the state on how to tax people?

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  1. Anonymous8:14 PM

    I assume this is some other Bob Murphy.

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  2. Bob Murphy8:44 PM

    Nope. But in retrospect, I can see why my blog post made it sound that way!

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  3. gcallah3:46 AM

    Are you appearing along with Jefferson Airplane and Big Brother and the Holding Company? (Poster style!)

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  4. Bob Murphy11:21 AM

    I'm not sure, but we are distributing one pill to make tax bills larger, and one pill to make them small.

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  5. gcallah12:03 PM

    If you just remember what the dormouse said, you'll be OK.

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