Another Tax Increase Initiative: When Will It Stop? (California)

Metropolitan News Company ^ | January 12, 2004 | JON COUPAL

[CounterCounterCulture]

[Myrddin]

The author clearly understands the mobility of the "rich". I hardly qualify for that label, but it didn't stop me from removing my income from the California tax rolls. CA sucked over $28,500 from me in 2000. Never again.

[NormsRevenge]

Bump

[mvpel]

My wife and I pulled up stakes and moved to New Hampshire in November. We figured we spent about $12-$15,000 on income and sales tax alone.

That doesn't even count the much higher cost of everything out there since everything we bought had to cover the costs of the employer's high tax rates. We bought a bottle of California wine in New Hampshire and it cost less than it did in San Jose.

[Cubs Fan]

Those eligible to reap the benefits of this new fund will be, according to the campaign’s own website, anyone “showing signs of mental illness”

In other words, anyone that would vote for this.

[ECM]

My folks live in NH and I'm this close to heading back east to join them (as a former New Yorker now residing in LA).

[Amerigomag]

A bridge too far.

If they understood that they're only affecting about 65,000 taxpayers who, by their very nature are the most mobile, they'd realize the folly of their pursuit. Rush had better prepare for a lot of new faces in his tax friendly neighborhood.

Only 4% of California residents pay 50% of the states personal income taxes.

[mvpel]

I assume you know about the Free State Project?

[Chuckster]

If the Californians vote for tax increases in a referendum initiative, they deserve what they get.

[ECM]

Yep, I do.

[Chuckster]

I live in Hawaii, almost as bad a California tax wise. We are going to NH in June to check it out.

[Myrddin]

I made my first visit to New Hampshire in August 2002. It was a business trip. Nice place. Concord even had some conservative talk radio shows on in the evening.

My state income taxes are lower in Idaho than California, but my property tax is higher. The overall cost of living is still MUCH lower and my firearms interests are not under daily attack from the legislature.

[paul51]

Californians will trash these initiatives just like they did davis

[mvpel]

If you find yourself in the Manchester area, drop me a note and we can get together!

[Riverman94610]

Lets hope we have sense enough in this state to derail the taxamaniacs!In my city of Oakland there are THREE different parcel tax measures alone.One of them is a school tax for a system that is abysmally bad and getting worse under state control.
Its just throwing good money after bad.Vote NO!

[TLI]

Arnold Schwarzenegger repeatedly stated that he would raise taxes only as a last resort in case of major catastrophe. With major fires and an earthquake behind us and still no tax increase, he apparently meant what he said. This has left the tax-and-spend lobby fuming.

Yea Arnold! I just hope he holds the line with every tool he has available as governer. When the California economy begins to improve he can laugh in their faces.

[daviddennis]

Which is particularly astonishing considering that the top rate starts at $37,500. That's an interesting definition of the "rich", no?

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[Uncle Hal]

If you really want to check out NH go in January.

[Chuckster]

I'm originally from Vermont. I know better then to go from Hawaii to New Hampshire in January, d8^) even if it weren't for the fact that I haven't driven in snow in nearly thirty years.