Jerry Brown tax plan has competition

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 2/12/12 | Willie Brown

[SmithL]

It looks like Gov. Jerry Brown will not get his wish, and his tax plan will not be the only one on the November ballot.

Multimillionaire Molly Munger, with her income-tax increase for education, and the California Federation of Teachers, with its millionaires tax, show no signs of backing down.

Unlike the governor, who fears that multiple measures will amount to a circular firing squad, I say choice is healthy.

Let's be honest - all the tax plans are set up to pay for the interests of their backers. Munger and the teachers are all about money going to education. Brown, while saying his plan will help education, actually would give himself the freedom to spread the money around to a host of state programs.

Why not let the voters compare and decide, much the way they did with the dueling pension reform measures on the last San Francisco ballot? You'll notice, by the way, that one of those plans managed to pass, even though it had competition.

Compare, contrast and decide.

As for the antitax forces taking advantage of the situation? They are going to be antitax no matter if there are one or three measures on the ballot.

[SmithL]

Life in Willie World!

Birds gotta fly,

fish gotta swim, and

Rats gotta tax!

[rolling_stone]

Jerry Brown’s father “Pat” established the best education in the Nation in California when he was Governor, then little moonbeam ruined it by allowing teachers unions From top 5 to bottom 5 all in the same family. Stupid is as Stupid does. Throwing more money at education in California until teachers unions are killed is like flushing it down the toilet.