California: Davis calls for tax hikes (Budget Crisis )

The Long Beach Press-Telegram ^ | Saturday, January 11, 2003 | Alexa H. Bluth AP

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[I_Love_My_Husband]

So we in the Bay Area will be paying 9½% in sales tax!

This is sooo F*KED!

[blastdad51]

Tax more, spend more. Tax more, spend more. Tax more, spend more. That's all the dems know how to do, little wonder Calif has a 20 plus billion dollar deficit.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

So we in the Bay Area will be paying 9½% in sales tax!

This is sooo F*KED!

California will be ripe in four years for the terminator.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The deficit is more like 35 Billion dollars according to the Governor!

[EGPWS]

...and a $1.10 per pack cigarette tax hike.

And some feel the "hard left" Lib's want to ban smoking! Ha! Fat chance they do.

[Drango]

The budget also relies on Davis' plan to create 500,000 new jobs in four years

Huh? California creates well over 100,000 new jobs each year anyway. BFD

[EGPWS]

So we in the Bay Area will be paying 9½% in sales tax! This is sooo F*KED!

Now, now don't be so negative...Just think of ALL you will gain by your donations! /sarcasm

[Grampa Dave]

Two things leap out here:

#1: But Davis said his budget would pay for 500,000 new children to receive health care under Medi-Cal and the Healthy Families program, declaring ``that's basically the good news in this budget.'' Of course about 590,000 of these 500,000 are illegal aliens. The health care and schooling of illegal alien children is the number one growth industry in Kalifornia.

#2. I want Davis and Burton to define Wealthy people targeted for a tax increase?

[TRY ONE]

Anyone want to bet when 'ol Davis will start blaming Washington (GW) for Kalifornicate's problems (i.e. not enough federal $$$$ for the states)?

[gloworm]

I never believed him when he came out with the increased deficit. He seemed almost eager to share the news with us. However, I do believe: a) an inflated deficit gives Dufus an excuse to raise taxes. b) It will be easier for him to claim hero status for reducing the deficit by billions if he can lop an imaginary $14 billion off the top.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I think just a flat out Republican refusal to pass any budget at all would eliminate the state deficit over two years...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Davis really ought to get his mother to dress him. Terrible color choices, and that tie...

[gloworm]

I thought I had heard John Campbell say that if we just went back to the 1999 budget, we'd have a surplus. Also, the Repubs have said the won't sign on to any budget that includes a tax hike.

[fatrat]

i will bet you that the $1.10 per pack increaseed tax on cigarettes will aggravate the deficit. i suspect that enough people will either quit or buy their cigarettes illegally to cause the total revenue from cigarettes to decrease.

[NormsRevenge]

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[EGPWS]

i will bet you that the $1.10 per pack increaseed tax on cigarettes will aggravate the deficit. i suspect that enough people will either quit or buy their cigarettes illegally to cause the total revenue from cigarettes to decrease.

It's already been shown to be the case from past attempts in other states that it doesn't work. Not to worry though, we still have fastfood,alcohol,property,vehicles,air,water,existance,entertainment,freedom(used loosely), time, and just being here. Not to worry, the revenue will be generated somehow.
For some reason it reminds me of the 'ol saying..when Lutifisk(sp?)is outlawed lutifisk eaters will be outlaws...or something like that!

[no-s]

I don't think the tax on cigarettes is high enough! I'd better get ready to start my new deathstick smuggling business! I think I'll start a smokeeasy too!

All hail the governer for opening up new opportunities for people to make money!