Join John and Ken's Fight Against Higher Taxes

[esmith143]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

And do you understand that raising taxes in a recession is the worst thing you can do? How many more productive citizens and businesses do you want to run out of the state?

What's going to run more productive citizens out of the state and cause more harm to the economy:

a) raising California income and sales taxes by 1% (increases revenues by 8B)
b) cutting K-12 spending per capita by 20% (decreases costs by 8B)
c) releasing all sex offenders currently held in mental hospitals to their own recognizance (decreases costs by 3B), and enacting early-release programs with the goal to reduce population of state prisons by 50% (decreases costs by 5B)
d) ...

I agree that raising taxes in a recession is not a great idea. Maybe we should hang on till January 20th and then ask Obama for a low interest rate loan. But generally speaking, the budget has to be balanced and cutting expenses any further is not the way to go.

[Reivax]

Originally Posted by FinkieMcGee

You're not honestly arguing that proposition 13 was a great idea, right? If anything it's a shining example of how direct democracy can be incredibly damaging.

Why do you think 13 is/was a bad idea? just curious.

[Moose Whisperer]

Originally Posted by FinkieMcGee

You're not honestly arguing that proposition 13 was a great idea, right? If anything it's a shining example of how direct democracy can be incredibly damaging.

So repeal it and tax yourselves back into the stone-age for all I care!

Just let me know first so I can pop a fresh bag of popcorn and sit back to watch the final implosion!