Bottom line is that their “tax the rich” system has not worked and will work even worse with higher taxes. The rich got rich by being smart, hardworkind and frugal(for the most part) they are unlikely to give up those traits because of govt. They will move(which many have done), they will build more tax shelters, yes,they will cheat, and otherwise avoid paying more. Plus the prosperity which created the higher revenues will disappear.
Spending is the problem,,not revenues.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
“a new carbon tax on fuel at 18 cents a gallon”? I do not think that will fly with the middle class.
Therefore, it is incumbent upon the legislature and Governor to override this abominable chain on profligate spending; they must reinstate increasing property taxes. Billions of dollars of revenue will immediately flow from the coffers of the greedy rich. Oldsters who have horded the people's money will either cough up their fair share, or they will hit the streets and, by soon dying, free up crowded medical facilities for the deserving undocumented workers and young single mothers. In time, all those monster, 2000sq.ft. family dwellings, favored by the rich conservatives in this State, will be repossessed by the State and split into multifamily dwellings for needy Democrat voters.
Come on, California. You can do it if you simply have the courage to do the right thing.
Wah Wah Wah -— Prop 13 is to blame —— DAn Walters and the weasels in Sacatomatoes NEVER change. DRIP on em