Have to put this out here, for all Californians and those who think that balancing any governmental budget is continuing to raise taxes is pure stupidity. That is why Ca is putting to the voters, once signatures are gathered, and it will be done, to recall Gov Davis!As I do my search for Laci stories, I come across this and listen to those whiners in the bill mills, of how we going to pay for this or that, because we need to tax me people to death. The current one, the Death tax, it is only for the 'rich' who benefit? Give me a break! Who is rich, and what is rich? They have no clue, those rascal democrats and RHINOS!!! ;o)
Dems to push for tax increases
Dems to push for tax increases
The Sacramento Bee
(Published Thursday, June 19, 2003, 4:40 AM)
SACRAMENTO -- Assembly Democrats plan to fan out across California beginning Monday -- seven days before the new fiscal year, and with no apparent budget deal on the horizon -- to drum up public support and pressure Republicans to agree to a spending plan with tax increases.
Declaring a logjam in negotiations at the Capitol, Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson said most of the 48 Assembly Democrats will travel to Democratic and Republican districts for three days to enlist help from local leaders, business groups and others to break it.
"Nothing is happening here," Wesson said. "We're going to go out to see if we can get allies throughout the state."
Republicans immediately criticized the Wesson effort and said they will stick to their anti-tax stance.
"The Legislature should be here, working around the clock, to meet the June 30 deadline," said Peter DeMarco, spokesman for Assembly Republican leader Dave Cox of Fair Oaks. "People should expect nothing less."
Wesson said he "will be ready to come back to meet at any time" from the trip that comes during the last full week before the July 1 beginning of the new fiscal year.
Budget negotiations have been stalled for several days as Republicans continue to refuse to consider tax increases to help fill a budget shortfall expected to reach $38 billion. GOP officials, who blame Democratic Gov. Davis and the majority Democrats for the state's fiscal woes, say they will not supply the votes needed to approve a budget with tax increases.
Democrats, meanwhile, say that trying to balance the budget without tax increases will devastate state services.