Gov. Jerry Brown says "marching orders" are forthcoming on his tax plan.
Posted on 02/12/2012 8:01:11 AM PST by SmithL
SAN DIEGO – Gov. Jerry Brown acknowledged Saturday that his tax proposal for the November ballot has a "few issues," but he sidestepped the controversy in a high-profile speech at the California Democratic Party's annual convention.
A growing rift between Democrats about competing measures to raise taxes was evident at the gathering, where supporters of a competing "millionaire's tax" waved banners outside the San Diego Convention Center.
Brown referred only in passing to his tax plan, a major part of his agenda this year.
"Look, we've got some issues. We've got a tax measure, we have a little, few issues there, and we'll be talking about that from time to time," Brown said. "You'll get your marching orders soon enough."
Brown is seeking to raise the state sales tax and income taxes on California's highest earners to forestall further state spending cuts.
His political adviser, Steve Glazer, said on Twitter that Brown raised $750,000 for his tax campaign at a fundraiser following the speech, at a hotel adjacent to the convention center. Brown already had reported raising more than $2 million for the effort.
Brown believes the presence of multiple tax initiatives on the November ballot could hurt the chances of any of them passing. But the Democratic governor has been unable so far to bring his own party together around his initiative to raise the state sales tax and income taxes on California's highest earners.
Education advocate Molly Munger is proposing an initiative to raise income taxes on all but the poorest Californians. The daughter of a business partner of Warren Buffett, she has contributed nearly $1 million to her campaign.
The California Federation of Teachers and California Nurses Association, meanwhile, are trying to qualify an initiative to raise income taxes on Californians earning more than $1 million.
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All those poor new Facebook billionaires.
Gov. Moonbeam is licking his chops, LOL.
Come on Jerry say it, you can do it just once....Tax..... tax...c.., tax cu..
Your almost there Jerry, just once now say it, tax c..
I'm confident that with a bit of therapy and you will be able to say it Jerry.
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Tax them until you can tax them no more - then reap the whirlwind of the leftover dredges when you cannot support their habits any more.
Desperately trying to drive that final nail into the coffin of California’s economy.
at least with a sales tax, the black market/non income-tax paying people have to pay too...
Teachers and state workers need more money ya know. /s
I guess he figures that he hasn't quite yet run out of other people's money.
One day the cuts in services will come, and when they come, the cuts will be neither on his schedule nor on his terms.
How little you know! Ever heard of the cash economy?
so cash spent in stores won't pay sales taxes???
Just imagine what a party with no scruples, no limits, no opposition could do.. and then tune into what is happening in California.
Yes, but first build a fence between California and America.
“Brown is seeking to raise the state sales tax and income taxes on California’s highest earners to forestall further state spending cuts.”
Yeah, god forbid the government should be the one to tighten its belt.
All cash all the time. No records, no paper trail. No tax. Spending in stores is for the suckers.
All cash all the time. No records, no paper trail. No tax. Spending in stores is for the suckers.
sure if everything they buy is stolen... but online doesn't take cash so clothes at walmart/good will/Salvation Army, cell phones and their usage plans, tv's/electronics@walmart, KFC/Mc Donald's/restaurants, junk food/tobacco/soda/beer/wine/liquor, bars, movies, gas stations, dvds & rentals all have sales taxes last i knew
If that's the limit of their intellectual power and imagination, I consider it the best possible argument to replace them all.
Ineptitude. It's not that rare any more among elected "egalitarian" legislators.
You’re quite determined aren’t you?
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