Income inequity a hot topic on California ballots

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Joe Garofoli | Joe Garofoli

[artichokegrower]

President Obama is expected to make the widening gap between wealthy and poor Americans a major theme of his State of the Union speech Tuesday, but it's unlikely that he'll be able to shove legislation through a gridlocked Congress this year. Instead, the real action could come in California.

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[gingerbread]

I’m wondering, does this new law apply to all these movie stars? I wonder what these leftist movie stars will do if those same laws will be applied to them. And of course, these union presidents and politicians must be forced to obey this law. I wonder how long this law and those liberals, socialists and communists that passed it, if it was applicable to them?

[Pearls Before Swine]

Unless they are stopped, we are heading toward a Guaranteed Annual Income, and confiscatory taxes for especially productive people.

Eventually, the focus will be on accumulated wealth, rather than income. Then the crap really hits the fan--why bother to work if most of it is taken away, and why bother to save if they tap the rest?

[Lazamataz]

[Lazamataz]

Raycis.

[Rodney Dangerfield]

I can’t wait to get out of here.

[Chode]

i'm sure any law would only apply to evil greedy Republicans...

[nascarnation]

I wonder if any Republican has the b@lls to mention to the MSM how much the “gap” has increased in the 5 years of the Baraqqi Regime?

[Chode]

i'm sure some will look at it that way...

[Opinionated Blowhard]

said Ron Unz, a wealthy Palo Alto conservative who is funding the ballot measure to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2016.

So in California, "conservatives" are behind measures to raise the minimum wage. Why stop there? Why not $30 per hour? Any wonder why California is so screwed up?

[Mike Darancette]

Given that California is very dependent on income taxes from it’s wealthiest citizens, I would think that taking money from tax payers and giving it to people who don’t pay taxes is not a good business plan.

[Mike Darancette]

Wouldn’t that better path be helping them to get jobs?

There are no jobs and there won't be any jobs. Maybe 2017 and not in Kalifornia if you don't mind part time.