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?
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
The avoided question....
Do the millions of $$$ collected each day here for global warming provide anything of value to the tax payer ?
“Gee, it’s almost as if the Democratic party CHEATS in California”
California is where the Dem cheat machine is insulated by one-party rule. They use it to run up the popular vote to make their wins look plausible. Now they’re spreading the practice to as many other states as they can, since Hillary made the mistake of not cheating hard enough in enough places.
More like, stupid GETS as stupid votes.
Any VaxxiNazis?
That part about the shotgun shell...pure gold right there...
One Party Rule only ends one way.
Communism and everything it brings with it.
Oops, Sorry, I forgot.
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