Posted on 11/17/2004 8:04:27 PM PST by NormsRevenge
those numbers are due in part to the taxes of businesses and individuals that fled the state.
some states such as colorado gained loads of cash-rich evangelical christians who sold their california houses.
wow. what a hole.
we keep digging ourselves deeper and deeper.
Eliminating welfare and other entitlements to the millions of illegal aliens would certainly help our fiscal health.
The politicians here can't do what every family does: cut back on expenses. Instead, they keep charging the state's expenses to a credit card. That's their idea of "fiscal austerity."
My prediction is looking good. Within a year California income taxes will be going up.
This state is a basket case yet the democrats keep winning elections ? Voter fraud is the only thing I can attribute it to. How do all the tax hike measures keep passing ?
You can attribute it to Earl Warren's "One Man On Vote" Supreme Court Ruling of 45 years ago that stacked each state's deck in favor of the "Blue Counties" and the cities.
This is CA's "Direct Democrazy" come home to roost!!!
It's nothing but Mob Rule and Arnold's Celebrity Rule is making it worse!!!
The "Red Counties" are at the mercy of the "Blue Zones!" Hiram Johnson and Earl Warren's great experiment in Swiss Democrazy are blowing up in OUR faces!!!
This should prove interesting to watch.
Californians LOVE big government but don't want to PAY the higher taxes to support it. Heck, tax increases lost BIG in both the Bay Area and Los Angeles County, both Democratic Party strongholds.
You can attribute it to Earl Warren's "One Man On Vote"
That, along with total misrepresentation of the initiatives. The $15 billion bond measure was sold as a one time (until next time) borrowing to pay off past debt (not true) in combination with a "spending cap" (that wasn't a spending cap), etc.
Check out the sales job fromYesOn71.com for the Stem Cell Boondoggle:
YES on 71 protects taxpayers and our state budget.Prop 71 won’t increase or create any taxes. It authorizes tax-free state bonds that will provide an average of $295 million per year over ten years to support stem cell research at California universities, medical schools and research facilities.
These bonds will be self-financing during the first five years, so there’s no cost to the state’s general fund during this period of economic recovery.
Won’t increase or create any taxes... Tax free... self-financing... no cost...
Sounds Great, don't it?
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This fits the pattern of CA voters... they like liberalism so long as they don't have to foot the bill for it.
Earl Warren is an iteresting read. The abuse of the 14th amendment has caused a lot of problems for this country.
Well with the only issues you care about are fornicating with the same sex and aborting babys (now the state will pay so some can be used for stem cell research) as the liberals in LA and SF, the rest of California just cannot overcome it.
Most people's ability to sift through the mumbo-jumbo-sales job is about nil.
The fact that these kind of initiatives can be MARKETED in such a misleading way is criminal, IMO.
We really need to address the Prop 187 issues. We cannot continue to support the country of Mexico. No more aid to illegal aliens.
Kalifornia liberals are like a bunch of hyenas devouring what remains of a lion's kill. The lion has long since left the scene and will not return. Soon the hyenas will be forced to devour each other. I can hardly wait.
LMAO!!! What a mess!
Arnold is surely aware that tax hike = forget about being President someday.
Maybe it's time to start a California bankruptcy pool.
I'll say: March 31, 2006.
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