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Only in Taxifornia....for now.
1 posted on 06/03/2016 8:21:08 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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"Los Angeles weighs a millionaire tax aimed at ending homelessness millionaires."
32 posted on 06/03/2016 9:05:35 PM PDT by TChad
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To: EagleUSA

How much of that do you think will actually be used to help the homeless???


33 posted on 06/03/2016 9:08:13 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: EagleUSA

I predict a flood of millionaires moving just outside the county line if this is passed.


35 posted on 06/03/2016 9:15:48 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
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To: EagleUSA

Prediction: Three years from now LA will still have a homeless problem.

It will be interesting to watch the rats spin why this tax didn’t work.

Not all homeless folks are poor. Some have jobs that pay well. They’ve just chosen the homeless lifestyle and don’t want a change.


36 posted on 06/03/2016 9:18:12 PM PDT by upchuck (I'm hanging here until my Free Republic 401K is fully vested.)
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To: EagleUSA

GET AFTER IT YOU IDIOTS.


37 posted on 06/03/2016 9:20:18 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: EagleUSA

There will always be homelessness, and any money from taxes will just be wasted by government and liberals.


38 posted on 06/03/2016 9:22:37 PM PDT by FreedomGuru (Leave my gluten alone hands off)
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To: EagleUSA

The estimates.....

The estimated are always a lot lower than projected.

We here all know why.

The libtards who put these sham estimates together also know why,

But they always fake surprise when they come in a lot lower than expected.

And we let them get away with the fake surprise.


39 posted on 06/03/2016 9:26:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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1. California is the epitome of tax n spend insanity.
2. LA mayor Garcetti spends 120+ MILLION per year on the homeless problem. Its projected that they will spend 1.2 Billion dollars over the next ten years.
There are still many hopeless mentally ill homeless camping out year ‘round on highway overpasses and underpasses.
The more LA spends on the homeless, the more arrive.
3. LA and CA state sales tax have hit 10 %.
Reagan’s Golden state has gone to hell.

Understanding California’s Sales Tax - Legislative Analyst’s Office

www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/finance/sales-tax/underst... Proxy Highlight

May 5, 2015 ... As discussed later in this report, California’s sales tax rate varies ..... California’s Rates Range From 7.5 Percent to 10 Percent. ... Eleven Los Angeles County cities, however, have rates ranging from 9.5 percent to 10 percent.
Making sense of California’s sales tax - LA Times - Los Angeles Times

www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-aa2-snapshot-s... Proxy Highlight

Nov 28, 2014 ... California’s sales tax varies depending on the city or county ... to as much as 10% in the Los Angeles County suburbs of La Mirada and Pico ...


43 posted on 06/03/2016 9:35:33 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: EagleUSA

My question is why aren’t all those homeless loving, guilt ridden zillionaires already not donating those millions out of the goodness of their hearts?

My prediction: many zillionaires will decamp.


44 posted on 06/03/2016 9:42:45 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: EagleUSA

Is LA trying to ship its millionaires out of the area?


48 posted on 06/03/2016 9:49:08 PM PDT by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberalsoli o feccia.)
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Sell Jay Leno’s cars.


50 posted on 06/03/2016 10:05:12 PM PDT by Stentor ("Hiding behind 'conservative' while America goes down the toilet is not acceptable anymore." LS)
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To: EagleUSA

I’m OK with this as long as they only tax democrats.


51 posted on 06/03/2016 10:07:21 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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Maybe it will be similar to Teddy Kennedy’s yacht tax, intended to stick it to people who could afford yachts. Instead it put the yacht builders out of business along with all their employees.


53 posted on 06/03/2016 10:11:45 PM PDT by Colinsky
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well isn’t that nice. LA has figured out a way to spend 250mil on more govt employees who will of course expect pensions and perks. I doubt much will actually go to helping homeless people, seeing that hundreds of millions have already been spent by dozens of non-pros with little effect, but, hey, the govt workers will sure look sharp doing it.

Build the Wall. It’s cheaper.


54 posted on 06/03/2016 10:53:07 PM PDT by blueplum (March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?)
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To: EagleUSA

I can’t say it upsets me too much, considering the politics of that bunch, but even so, can they legally do that? I don’t remember any entity in California, other than the state government, having the power to impose an Income Tax.

Beyond that, it will be interesting to see how Sacramento reacts - those are the kind of taxes that drive people away, as in OUT OF STATE, where they could pay NO INCOME TAX at all (rather than their 13.3% to the state)...costing Sacramento 27 times what this tax could have raised from a hyper-rich guy for Los Angeles.

Finally, assuming it passes, it will be interesting to visit in a few years and see all of the homeless gone, it will be a much nicer place - NOT! - they are only on the streets because politicians PUT THEM THERE to be in the face of the rich. They will not be disappearing, until higher levels of government force those governments to clear them out.


59 posted on 06/04/2016 4:20:57 AM PDT by BobL
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Look right at the clooneys, the streisands and the all hollywood hypocrites


60 posted on 06/04/2016 4:29:06 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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News flash for all these ignoramuses who have NO personal experience helping “homeless” people: Most homeless people WANT to be homeless.

Some guy 2000 years ago with divine insight stated the poor will be with us always. This is an opportunity for INDIVIDUALS to help the poor, not for voters to insist other people’s money helps the poor.

BEFORE Ahnuld even ran for CA Gov, he rallied for and won to have a law for a 1% income tax increase for anyone making a million dollars or more so the state could provide breakfast at public schools for the children of illegal Mexicans.


61 posted on 06/04/2016 6:41:24 AM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (Ready for Teddy, Cruz that is, but now opposing Hillary for Trump.)
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And "if" and "when" they collect such a tax it will immediately be SPENT on something else other than helping the homeless.
65 posted on 06/04/2016 9:18:28 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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Los Angeles / Hollywood? Raise the tax to 100%. :-)


66 posted on 06/04/2016 11:06:25 AM PDT by ataDude (Its like 1933, mixed with the Carter 70s, plus the books 1984 and Animal Farm, all at the same time.)
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I foresee 250-300 millionaires moving their legal residence.

Your move L.A.


67 posted on 06/04/2016 4:35:13 PM PDT by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a slasher, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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