Posted on 04/18/2022 10:15:55 AM PDT by Signalman
California residents, who haven’t elected even a faux-Republican like Arnold Schwarzenegger to statewide office since 2006, say they’re sick of the high taxes they keep voting for.
The numbers are overwhelming — shockingly so — for a one-party “progressive” state like California.
The Los Angeles Times soft-sold its own poll with this headline: “Taxes too high? A lot of Californians think so.”
That headline could have been a contender for Michael Kinsley’s ’80s vintage Boring Headline Contest. The leading example he gave was “Worthwhile Canadian Initiative.”
Or at least … a lot of Californians think so.
Yawn.
But the UC Berkeley/Times poll found a whole lot more than “a lot” of Californians who think they’re paying more than their fair share.
A third would be “a lot” in a state of 37 million people.
Half would be “a whole lot” in a state that big.
But that’s not how many tax-cutters UC Berkeley/Times found.
According to the study, nearly two-thirds of Californians thought their taxes, state and federal, were too high.
Two-thirds. That’s a massive and overwhelming majority.
The breakdown doesn’t look much better for tax-and-spending-happy California Democrats:
Concern about taxes is much more common among conservatives than liberals. In the current survey, 83% of Republicans, compared with 54% of Democrats and 66% of nonpartisan voters, said they thought their families paid too much in taxes. The rest mostly said the levy was “about right.” Almost no one says they should be paying more.
You’d expect California Republicans — I assume, based on the poll, that they haven’t yet been driven to extinction — to think that taxes are too high.
But 54% of Democrats agree with those nasty, regressive conservatives?
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What did they expect from the loons they elect?!
So I bored out the ends of a few choice pieces and inserted a shotgun shell with the shot dumped out. I then put some wood putty on the hole and rubbed it in some dirt.
The next week we flew up and stayed they had a cleaning service contractor there for three days. It seems their wood stove blew up. Go figure?
That summer they totalled three cars from hitting deer. I suggested they alter their driving habits to be more cautious during peak deer times. Nope.
That fall they contacted the county to have a traffic light installed on a county road because "visitors had a hard time finding them with no landmark to go by".
The next spring the husband and wife ran for the homeowners association because they wanted better paved roads.(so they could drive faster to hit more deer I suppose?)
They found out we fly in on most visits. The husband wanted to know if we wouldn't mind picking up his kids on his visitation weekends because he didn't like to have to drive half way to NYC to meet up with their mother? He was annoyed when I told him we don't go anywhere near that direction. He really expected me to say yes!
About a year later his new wife said she hated living out in the woods. They split up and sold the house.
Everyone relax, no EnviroNazis, Animal Rights Nazis, HomoNazis, TrannyNazis, MediaNazis, Social Media Nazis, ObamacareNazis, Union Boss Nazis, DemoKKKrats, RINOs or Negros were harmed in the making of this collapse.
Some of those who say taxes are too high are probably single issue voters, like the LGBTQXYZ’s. They prioritize their single issue over everything else, e.g. taxes, crime, economy, cost of living, freedom.
And even so, they will still vote for the Democrat, because they are herd animals and follow the pack.
So they’ll vote Maxine Waters for governor.
Then they’re going to love paying reparations.
I think they are mostly one issue voters and they dont want to be part of the racist republicans. I know many libs in the state that vote for all the gay and lesbo stuff and ignore everything else. They all complain when they have to pay taxes but wont vote Republican because they’re bad people.
That’s why I asked it as a question.
Q: Did the nation vote for BiteMe...?
California went to all mail-in for the recall for a reason...
The only thing worse than “Elections have consequences” is “Elections no longer matter.”
but but but the dems only tax the rich
Kalifornistan is where the 2020 steal was tested and perfected over many years. They built their pinko supermajority and it went national.
It now doesn’t really matter what the people think. The pinkos will retain control until the people either explode with rage or anyone with sense gives up or goes away.
Thanks, my error.
It doesn’t matter what Californians think about anything. Nor does it matter what the rest of us think. The politicians are going to do whatever they want and they KNOW that no one will do anything about it.
So your saying Biden was elected fair and square in 2020?
Believe it or not there are good people in California who vote against the taxes every chance we get.
It’s a beautiful state and we have family and jobs here so it’s hard to move, but the liberals here sure make it hard for us to stay!
They all think somebody else will be paying those taxes.
The poll had to include people who don’t pay taxes except maybe on beer and smokes.
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