CA: Local government issue holding up state budget agreement

Bakersfield Californian ^ | 7/8/04 | Tom Chorneau - AP

[A Navy Vet]

"... have local governments subsist on the property tax."

That is the tax that irks me the most. It is completely unConstitutional. Don't pay property taxes, guess who really owns the property. Plus, most of it is suppose to be designated for public schooling, and what of those who don't have children or are grown? Talk about being taxed for a service you can't use.

[DumpsterDiver]

The one thing Reagan did while governor (and it still annoys me) was to sign the law that started the withholding of state income tax from payroll checks.

People pay attention when they have to come up with the payment due in April. They tend not to notice when the withholding amount slowly, but surely, creeps up year after year.

[Carry_Okie]

I'll buy that. In Reagan's defense, it was probably in the interest of reducing the number of tax penalties and garnished wages, both to protect small wage earners and to reduce the cost of administration.

That's another reason sales taxes are the way to go.

[tubebender]

Humboldt County is putting an additional penny sales tax on the ballot and doing Arnold's dirty work for him. I believe that is nearly a 14% tax increase and no guarantee Sacrameso won't take it next year "for the children" ie CTA...