Posted on 01/16/2009 1:49:12 PM PST by Zeddicus
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -- California will not pay tax refunds for individuals and business that overpaid 2008 taxes, in order to conserve dwindling cash for priority payments including school spending and debt repayment required by state law, the state's controller office said Friday.
Other state checks to be postponed for 30 days include payments for vendors who provide services and products to the state government and state checks to a million aged, blind and disabled Californians to cover rent and utilities bills, State Controller John Chiang's office said in a statement.
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This has got to be illegal. How can any governmental unit extort more in taxes than what the elected branches (most notably the Legislative Branch) authorized it to collect?
Does this not clearly constitute a breach of the social contract, and grounds for rebellion of some kind?
Yes. As Roy Orbison sang, “You’re Working For The Man”.
CA....
Well I guess people should just withold paying taxes on the same basis.
The government is doing whatever they want anymore with blatant disregard for the American Citizen!!!
You vote these nut jobs in, people....
What interest rate are they paying?
Really now... When has this ever been a concern of government at any level?
Expect more of this. California is just the first symptom in this federal disease.
Well, more and more it seems we have become:
1. Subjects of the Federal Government
2. The property of the State of California.
I swear that’s what our ruling class believes. We have to disabuse them of the notion.
HAHAHAAHHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Well, the people should withhold paying any more taxes.
So I guess if I refuse to pay any witholding until the debt is cleared up, it’ll be OK, right? BWAHAHAHAHAHA.
Clearly we didn't give these clowns enough to spend on us.
>>Does this not clearly constitute a breach of the social contract, and grounds for rebellion of some kind?<<
Governments, at all levels, have broken contracts since the early days of the republic. Witness the Indian treaties all broken, the Kelo case, anti-gun laws in DC, confiscations in New Orleans, all of FDR’s lifetime, etc.
I keep refering to the tipping point. There is a point, which we will reach, when bloody revolt will ensue. Keep in mind, that 233 years after a brave band of patriots risked all to fight the mightiest nation on Earth, WE ARE RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED.
Wait til Pelosi and Reid givpull this out of their bag-o-tricks.....
Agreed. If this isn’t cause for taxpayer revolt, nothing is, and we may as well all go get fitted for our leg irons.
We need tar and feathers.
I hear you, but still.
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