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Old 04-25-2011, 06:20 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Well not an increase, but a tax extension.

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[left]fifty-two percent of voters support brown's budget plan, according to a university of southern california/los angeles times poll. Thirty-eight percent oppose it.

Support for taxes is even greater - 63 percent - to protect education funding. the democratic governor has warned of cuts to education if tax extensions are not approved, and he is visiting schools throughout the state to make the point.


Read more: Capitol Alert: Poll finds support for tax extensions


 
Old 04-25-2011, 06:43 AM
 
Location: SW MO
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Well not an increase, but a tax extension.
 
Old 04-25-2011, 06:58 AM
 
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Well not an increase, but a tax extension.
Of course he's out pimping his increases instead of cuts. Can't be cutting education - his union masters would not be happy with that tactic.
 
Old 04-25-2011, 07:41 AM
 
Location: Sacramento
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Regardless of the public support or not, I still think the right thing to do is put it to a public vote.
 
Old 04-25-2011, 08:22 AM
 
Location: Paranoid State
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100% of voters support raising taxes on someone else.
 
Old 04-25-2011, 08:50 AM
 
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100% of voters who pay no taxes or very little, support raising taxes on the 100% that pay taxes.

Its very interesting that those, usually Democrats, that always spout crap about not letting the majority trample the rights, freedoms and existence of the minority groups in our society are so quick to allow a circumvention of our representative government when they are exercising their majority power. Very interesting. Sure glad they did not put the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to a popular vote. I bet Homosexuals wish prop 8 was never allowed to go to a popular vote. I guarantee the disabled of our society are over joyed that the Americans with Disability Act of 1990 was not dependant on a popular vote.

Sorry I believe Brown needs to nut up and work on a COMPROMISE with Republicans. Oh wait isn't COMPROMISE what the Democrats are always about. Lets work together in peace and harmony singing Kumbaya. Unless of course your minority Republicans, then you just deserve to shut up and get to the back of the bus or risk being politically lynched on the tree of populism.
 
Old 04-25-2011, 09:11 AM
 
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Maybe this is just me, but I don't typically equate taxes with civil rights. It's wrong to use a majority vote to remove someone's rights, but...isn't taxes one of those things it's generally agreed we SHOULD vote on?
 
Old 04-25-2011, 09:39 AM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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Regardless of the public support or not, I still think the right thing to do is put it to a public vote.
Agreed
 
Old 04-25-2011, 09:42 AM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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Sure glad they did not put the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to a popular vote. I bet Homosexuals wish prop 8 was never allowed to go to a popular vote. I guarantee the disabled of our society are over joyed that the Americans with Disability Act of 1990 was not dependant on a popular vote.
I agree with most of this, however I think the issue with the current tax increase/extension a popular vote isn't such a bad idea.
 
Old 04-25-2011, 10:01 AM
 
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Come on tax payers, don't you want to keep paying those high taxes? I mean we need to make sure the big Unions and Illegal immigrants can maintain their way of living.
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