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Preschool measure makes June ballot (California -- tax "the rich" to pay for public preschool)
SFC ^ | Jan. 14, 2005 | John Wildermuth

Posted on 01/14/2006 2:02:48 PM PST by FairOpinion

Voters will decide in June whether they want to tax California's richest residents to send the state's 4-year-olds to preschool.

Secretary of State Bruce McPherson has certified the "Preschool for All'' initiative, declaring that its backers, led by actor-director Rob Reiner, had collected more than the 598,105 valid signatures needed to place the measure on the June 6 ballot.

The voluntary program would offer a full year of preschool to all California 4-year-olds, provided mostly by local school districts.

The initiative would boost the top tax rate by 1.7 percent on individuals earning more than $400,000 annually or married couples earning $800,000. That will raise $2.4 billion a year by 2010-11, when the measure would take full effect.

The prospect of a tax increase already has spurred opposition to the initiative.

"There are horrible flaws in this measure, both on the revenue and expenditure sides, said Jon Coupal, president of the anti-tax Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. "It would make public preschool available to those who could afford existing private preschools, rather than target efforts to the low and lower-middle class.''

Coupal and other opponents also worry that the measure could put private preschools out of business and leave the state in charge of all early childhood education.

"This would transfer the entire preschool industry to the same behemoth that's failed us in the K-12 schools,'' he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: cainitiatives; calinitiatives; capropositions; cradletograve; earlychildhood; first5; meathead; nannystate; preschoolforall; preschoolmeasure; reiner; robreiner; schools; taxes; taxtherich; universalpreschool
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It always starts with "tax the rich" then you discover that anyone who is a working person suddenly is considered "rich" and is taxes.

Remember how the income tax started, collect 1% from the riches people, of which there were a few thousand. And look who is paying income taxes now.

1 posted on 01/14/2006 2:02:52 PM PST by FairOpinion
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To: FairOpinion

Taxes in general are bad. Taxes to enlarge the scope of the already failed Public School monopoly are even worse.


2 posted on 01/14/2006 2:07:47 PM PST by TCats
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To: FairOpinion
I am still shocked that so many rich people still choose to live voluntarily in California.
3 posted on 01/14/2006 2:09:59 PM PST by Barte45 (Conservative Christian @ Heart)
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To: FairOpinion

Good ol' class envy, alive and well in the PRC.


4 posted on 01/14/2006 2:10:10 PM PST by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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To: FairOpinion

---Coupal and other opponents also worry that the measure could put private preschools out of business and leave the state in charge of all early childhood education.

"This would transfer the entire preschool industry to the same behemoth that's failed us in the K-12 schools,'' he said.---

Public education has become the main powerbase of the Dims. It's no accident that it's become the number one item in the state budget.


5 posted on 01/14/2006 2:10:25 PM PST by claudiustg (Go Bush! Go Sharon!)
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To: FairOpinion
The earlier they can start brainwashing children the easier it is to make robots to vote for the demoncrats.
6 posted on 01/14/2006 2:10:46 PM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (“Don't approach a Bull from the front, a Horse from the back, or a Fool from any side.”)
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a full year of preschool to all California 4-year-olds

Sorry, but 4-year olds have better things to do than go to school all day.

7 posted on 01/14/2006 2:11:06 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Barte45
It is the nicest place to live in the entire country, if it were not for the scum and villainy that populate most of it.
I miss the ocean, the East coast is horrible, either too humid or too cold.
8 posted on 01/14/2006 2:12:23 PM PST by Roverman2K
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You can't beat the weather. One puts up with a lot for that. It's also a fun place to live, things have to get pretty bad, before people will move elsewhere.


9 posted on 01/14/2006 2:12:37 PM PST by FairOpinion
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To: Izzy Dunne

Perverted women teachers have even younger students to date


10 posted on 01/14/2006 2:12:56 PM PST by al baby (Father of the Beeber)
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To: Roverman2K

GMTA! :)

I post posting basically the same thing in my post 9, while you were posting your post.

California is a great place, if we could just get some conservative government here.


11 posted on 01/14/2006 2:14:46 PM PST by FairOpinion
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Ain't gonna happen.


12 posted on 01/14/2006 2:15:08 PM PST by BigFinn
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To: Roverman2K

Screwed up my post, my fingers were typing on their own and I only read it after I posted it, but you know what I meant.


13 posted on 01/14/2006 2:15:52 PM PST by FairOpinion
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To: FairOpinion

On Friday Bill Handel of KFI radio investigated some advertisements that claim that pre school children are less apt to become criminals.

Turns out that there's no link.

Somebody is trying to get the public thinking that preschools will curb crime.


14 posted on 01/14/2006 2:16:52 PM PST by Loud Mime (Republicans protect Americans from terrorists, Democrats protect terrorists from Americans)
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To: BigFinn

Well, the voters in CA approved Prop. 98, which mandates huge spending on public schools and defeated the recent reform prop. 76, which was going to de-fang prop. 98, so in all likelihood, they will probably approve this one, after all, "it only taxes the rich" and "it's for the children".


15 posted on 01/14/2006 2:17:39 PM PST by FairOpinion
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To: Roverman2K; Barte45

I know of three wealthy Californians who have moved elsewhere due to the lunacy, two to Nevada, one to Florida. Can't beat the weather though.


16 posted on 01/14/2006 2:17:47 PM PST by Clemenza (Smartest words ever written by a Communist: "Show me the way to the next Whiskey Bar")
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Have you seen and heard the "coincidental" commercials lately from a group called First Five Association of California touting the benefits of preschool...


"A child who attends preschool is 5 times more likely to discover a cure for cancer...."
17 posted on 01/14/2006 2:20:20 PM PST by socal_parrot (2006, the year of the parrot!!!)
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---Can't beat the weather though.---

California is vastly overrated, including the weather. I'll take the intense Spring in northern Montana any day.


18 posted on 01/14/2006 2:27:28 PM PST by claudiustg (Go Bush! Go Sharon!)
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To: FairOpinion
"it's for the children".

As soon as you hear someone state the above or state "we need to do what's best for the children", chances are whoever said that has run out of facts, logic and reasoning, and is now appealing to emotion.

19 posted on 01/14/2006 2:29:06 PM PST by Fury
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To: socal_parrot
 
Who is paying for these (frequent) ads ?
 
A TV ad had a logo for First 5 California.
This is an umbrella org. for other orgs/assns also doing similar advertising.
First 5 California is a Calif. state agency & is also known as The California Children
and Families Commission.
   >how can this agency justify advertising (vs. direct funding of activities) w/ taxpayer funds ?
   >their web site is here http://www.ccfc.ca.gov/prg.htm
         >>2003-2004 Mass Media Communications account: $49,048,106 (pages 7 & 8)
              I suspect advertising $'s for the current period is up substantially.
         >>note: some actual activities are hidden in disbursements to counties & a total
             column is conspicuously absent.
 
Best of all who's a Chair of First 5 California/The California Children
and Families Commission ?
Rob Reiner- gleefully spending taxpayer $s w/ no opposition from Arnold
 

20 posted on 01/14/2006 2:32:28 PM PST by TheOracleAtLilac
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