Posted on 03/15/2012 10:43:16 AM PDT by landsbaum
To increase his chances of increasing taxpayers’ burden, Jerry Brown has “compromised” with a teachers’ union and revised his tax initiative to take $9 billion a year out of the economy instead of the mere $7 billion he intended to take.
Whereas there are some who cast this as a “compromise,” it’s more accurately identified as what it is: Gov. Jerry Brown kowtowing to the people he serves, the people who got him elected, public employee unions. In this case, public school teachers...
(Excerpt) Read more at orangepunch.ocregister.com ...
You’re looking for a few hits on your blog? We’re shocked. Well, not really.
You realize that the Orange County Register is a newspaper, right?
No attribution in the first two paragraphs. -20 points.
You realize that this landsbaum cat is just using FR to make money, right?
His last comment (April of last year) bears this out quite nicely:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2708568/posts?page=12#12
He’s just posting excerpts here to pay for his hookers and meth.
Don’t be a sucker.
According to State Controller John Chaing, California’s economy as measured by tax revenues is still tanking. Compared to last year, State tax collections for February shriveled by $1.2 billion or 22%. The deterioration is more than double the shocking $535 million reported decline for last month. The cumulative fiscal year decline is $6.1 billion or down 11% versus this period in 2011. While California Governor Brown promises strong economic growth is just around the corner, Chaing proves that the best way for Sacramento politicians to hurt the economy and thereby generate lower tax revenue, is to have the highest tax rates in the nation.
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