California Legislature poised to pass replacement tax on health care plans

San Jose Mercury News ^ | 02/14/2016 | Jessica Calefati and Tracy Seipel

[artichokegrower]

After months of uncertainty, the Legislature appears poised to approve a tax on health care plans that would generate $1.27 billion annually and could substantially boost funding for developmentally disabled Californians for the first time in more than a decade.

[artichokegrower]

"These new dollars could be a new and dedicated revenue source independent of the general fund," Leno said. "It's a rare opportunity. We'd be fools not to grab it."

Yeah just reach in to the wallets and bank accounts of private citizens and grab it.

[umgud]

This will really help with free med plans for illegals.

[Da Coyote]

Yup, pay for those illegals...who...of course... Usually pay no taxes at all.

Kalipornia is doomed.

The big one will take care of that.

[nclaurel]

I imagine many of the illegals are developmentally disabled due to poor prenatal care, poor care in general and drugs so now Americans are to pick up for the irresponsibility of those not even our citizens.

[Flycatcher]

Kalipornia is doomed.

Now, come on, California DOES have a future.

It's spelled V E N E Z U E L A.

[mrsmel]

It’s not strictly meant to do so. In modern politics (if not all politics in history), all taxation and redistribution schemes seem to me to not have been even to redistribute resources from one group to another, but to continually create new troughs from which the politicians could feed. The one thing they never do is truly solve problems so that their presence (and supports, perks, and entitlements) are no longer necessary. Instead, they seek ways of entrenching and extending their lives and reaches as politicians, and ways to constantly refresh the troughs from which they feed, that being their primary purpose for never solving problems and making their own political existences obsolete.

[abbastanza]

Way to go California!!! More taxes, more illegals, more free stuff, more insanity.

[Bubba_Leroy]

“The trouble with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money” - Margaret Thatcher

[Navy Patriot]

...they seek ways of entrenching and extending their lives and reaches as politicians, and ways to constantly refresh the troughs from which they feed, that being their primary purpose for never solving problems and making their own political existences obsolete.

You are exactly correct, but to be accurate you must widen the group from "Politicians" to "All Government Employees", and consider adding some NGOs and some "Charities".

[Patriot Babe]

Car Registration is going up and now this. Dam every Californian who voted for these JackArses into power starting with Moonbeam.

[mrsmel]

Exactly correct. It must be of organic nature, the “will to survive” of any entity.

[cgbg]

The history of funds “independent of the general fund” is that, sooner or later, they are absorbed into the general fund, whether by legislation, “emergency” (enter excuse here), or whatever.

The general funds is like the Borg—you will be assimilated.

[Vaduz]

California Legislature = Cuckoo Nest

[blackdog]

"a tax on health care plans that would generate $1.27 billion annually"

Dollars are not generated. They are taken from people and given to other people after the government and it's public and private agencies skim off the top 75% for their own use as they wish.

[US_MilitaryRules]

We are so effed!

[stubernx98]

“boost funding for developmentally disabled Californians” Otherwise known as politicians

[hal ogen]

Why does anyone “live” in california? They must be masochists and self-loathers.

[Fast Moving Angel]

Now, come on, California DOES have a future.
It's spelled V E N E Z U E L A.

And as California goes, so goes the rest of the country.