CA to vote on Gas Tax Hike (trying to be the highest prices in the Nation)
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Brown in his former life as governor,actually was somewhat of a fiscal conservative. Cut some spending. Stood up to the bloated university system. Those days are long gone.
California has been cutting their budget for many years in a row and Brown continued that trend. He also supported raising taxes to make the cuts less drastic. California is actually doing much better than they were just a few years ago.
Republicans need to use the entire state of California as the poster child as to why tax increases do not work.
They keep increasing taxes on income taxes, sales taxes , business taxes (S corp), registration fees for cars etc.
You want to know another bogus tax California charges? They charge you sales taxes on the FULL Price of a cell phone regardless of what price you are paying to be in a 2 year contract. So that $199 iPhone 5 on contract. You aren't paying taxes on that amount. You pay taxes on the full $650 price of the 16GB iPhone 5.
Anyone who really thinks the prop 30 "temporarily 7 year tax increase on income taxes on wealthy people" that will "expire or sunset". Do you honestly think California liberals will sunset those tax increases really made to pad the coffins of the pension system and not really to avoid layoff of teachers, firefighters, police etc.
Republicans don't have any chance to win California anyways. They need to make the entire state their main agenda as a point by point reference why tax increases do not work.
The wealthy in California escape most of the taxes anyways by either claiming income tax free states like Wyoming, TX, FL. Or they invest in federal and state exempt muni bonds.
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