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Dueling ballot tax initiatives? Hey Jerry, Molly’s not going away
The Orange County Register blog Orange Punch ^ | 3-16-2012 | Mark Landsbaum

Posted on 03/16/2012 10:13:23 AM PDT by landsbaum

Gov. Jerry Brown tried to improve his chances of raising your taxes by caving in to a teachers’ union and agreeing to merge his tax initiative with the union’s. Too many tax-increase initiatives on the ballot, Brown rightly reasons, will make it unlikely voters will approve one.

But there’s still a second initiative authored by attorney Molly Munger to raise about as much in taxes as Brown’s, $9 billion to $10 billion. Munger’s would increase everyone’s state income tax. Brown’s would increase income taxes on high earners and add a quarter cent to the sales tax...

(Excerpt) Read more at orangepunch.ocregister.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; california; govjerrybrown; taxes; taxincreases

1 posted on 03/16/2012 10:13:30 AM PDT by landsbaum
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To: landsbaum

click the link and go vote!


2 posted on 03/16/2012 1:11:17 PM PDT by Aunt Polgara
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To: landsbaum

click the link and go vote!


3 posted on 03/16/2012 2:00:22 PM PDT by Aunt Polgara
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To: Aunt Polgara

Vote twice if you can... sorry for the double post.


4 posted on 03/16/2012 2:02:33 PM PDT by Aunt Polgara
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