Hey, arianna said she is going to start an initiative to stop the campaign donations and have public funding of campaigns.
Cruz laughed but said he would support it as well as Peter.
Tom asked the question and aimed a direct jab at Cruz, "You want to do it now while we have a massive state budget deficit ? What about the sacred programs that would suffer as a result of such a move?
Speaking of referendums. There was a guy last January who held a press conference and said that he had the ability to stop the car tax by referendum. He said he would do so and that Sacramento would not see one cent of new car tax money.
This, of course, did not happen and the car tax is here. Can you name the individual who made these claims? And why should we believe this guy now?
The following statement seems to have disappeared from his site. Thanks to Google it was saved.
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:idinsTX69ssJ:www.tommcclintock.com/news/sp20030127a.cfm+referendum+%22mcclintock%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Referendum on the Car Tax Increase
January 23, 2003 • Statement by Senator Tom McClintock
Thank you for coming.
The purpose of this press conference is very simply to put the legislature and the governor on notice that they should not expect to see a penny from increased car taxes if they adopt AB 4X.
If the Democrats want the biggest statewide tax revolt in 24 years, this is the quickest way to get it.
Within minutes of that measure being chaptered, the paperwork will be filed with the Secretary of State to referend it. This will automatically suspend the act for 90 days.
We have with us today representatives of the major grassroots taxpayer organizations in the state, who are already pledged to make a referendum of the car tax their top priority. I can certainly pledge the statewide campaign structure that I have built during my campaign for the state controller's office. And I intend to request the formal support of the California Republican Party as well.
It will require 373,000 signatures to qualify the referendum, at which time the effect of the tax increase will be stayed until the next election. At that time, the people will have the opportunity to reject the tax increase, which I believe they will do overwhelmingly.
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So those who vote for this bill should be on notice not to expect a penny from this tax. The filing and qualification of the referendum will stay the effect of this bill until the people of California have the opportunity to soundly repudiate it. And then they will have the opportunity to repudiate the politicians who sought to triple their car taxes.
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