[Bobibutu]

If anyone has verification of a “temporary” tax in CA actually terminating, since statehood, please post it.

[CounterCounterCulture]

If anyone has verification of a “temporary” tax in CA actually terminating, since statehood, please post it.

Well, to be fair, they did go down last year...

http://www.boe.ca.gov/news/pdf/jun11tib.pdf

Sales and use tax rate will decrease on July 1, 2011

Effective July 1, 2011, the combined statewide sales and use tax rate will decrease from 8.25 percent to 7.25 percent. The temporary one percent tax increase implemented in April 2009 expires on June 30, 2011. Please check our website for a listing of the new tax rates.

[The Antiyuppie]

Nothing makes me more irritated that having government claim to add “a penny” , a 1/4 penny, etc., on sales taxes. If you have a 4% sales tax, a “penny” is a 25% increase. Of course, a good part of the electorate is stupid, and they, of course, know this.