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Home Front: Politix
Brown files a ballot initiative for higher taxes
2011-12-06
"But don't worry, it's only on 'millionaires and high-income earners', so no one else will be affected. And hey, I might as well say it'll be good for the economy while I'm at it. Heck, it'll probably keep God from punishing California with earthquakes for the sin of corporate greed too. Win-win-win."
Nevada, Arizona and Colorado thank you for the business you send their way. Only problem is, the people who leave Laficornia take their attitudes with them to their new homes. Now Colorado and Nevada are purple states, on their way to having the same problems...
Posted by:ryuge

#19  First they came for the billionaires and I didn't say anything because I'm not a billionaire. Then they came for the millionaires and I didn't say anything because I'm not a millionaire...
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-12-06 16:38  

#18  This won't affect any of those Hollywood types, will it?

Not really. I'd suspect that there'll be a lot more film and television productions (or parts thereof) made outside California.

You'll also see a lot more Hollywood types with residency outside California and spending less time to avoid losing their non-resident status(like Oprah).
Posted by: Pappy   2011-12-06 16:18  

#17  Glenmore - I'm sure the hollywood types have their own special exemption.......
Posted by: CrazyFool   2011-12-06 16:13  

#16  Who votes for this? Stupid people and people whos children have already left the state so they are leaving the baggage to others.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2011-12-06 14:48  

#15  Ebbang Uluque6305
Dead right.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2011-12-06 14:35  

#14  income tax hike on those making $500,000 and above

This won't affect any of those Hollywood types, will it? Or maybe they've been wanting to pay more taxes all along but couldn't figure out how.
Posted by: Glenmore   2011-12-06 13:27  

#13  The income tax hike on those making $500,000 and above, combined with the half-cent sales tax hike for everyone, is estimated to be worth $7 billion a year

Brown wanted it started at 250K. The teachers union pushed for (and got) $500K.

Next push is to include services in the sales tax.
Posted by: Pappy   2011-12-06 12:24  

#12  Hey Jerry,

Not just no. HELL NO!!!
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-12-06 11:38  

#11  What kind of populace keeps voting like this?

People who vote themselves money and entitlements never realizing that their bondage to that system is a certainty (if they even care).
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2011-12-06 11:15  

#10  What kind of populace keeps voting like this?
Posted by: newc   2011-12-06 11:05  

#9  
Posted by: AzCat   2011-12-06 10:49  

#8  So the question usually arises in these Democratically-controlled states: "What's the problem?" The answer usually is: "I don't know but I'm sure the answer is higher taxes!"
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-12-06 10:00  

#7  The income tax hike on those making $500,000 and above, combined with the half-cent sales tax hike for everyone, is estimated to be worth $7 billion a year -- leading legislative Republicans to instantly brand it a "$35 billion Tax Increase."

Probably more like $35b. Brown was the architect of many of the current problems in California when he was previously governor. Now he has to muck around in the mire of illegal immigration costs, high public union costs, crushing environmental regulations, businesses fleeing high taxes and regulations, and many other of the usual blue state problems except on a much bigger scale. They just don't seem to yet get the gist of this Progressive disease.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-12-06 09:43  

#6  The question is what bullshit is the new money request going to be spent on?

This ought to be good for at least doubling the state income tax:
Nearly 1 million undocumented immigrants could live and work openly in California with little or no fear of deportation under an initiative unveiled Friday by a state legislator and others.

Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, a Democrat, is helping spearhead the measure, called the California Opportunity and Prosperity Act.

The proposal was filed Friday with the state Attorney General's Office, marking a first step toward a drive to collect the 504,760 voter signatures needed to qualify for the ballot.
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And if you believe there are only 1 million illegal aliens in CA, then I have a bridge in San Francisco for sale. Cheap.
Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165   2011-12-06 09:09  

#5  The question is what bullshit is the new money request going to be spent on?

High speed train to nowhere?
Paid collage for illegals?
Save the spotted darter (which is not native)?
Green energy?

Having moved to CA recently, I can at least throw another "NO" pea and the money monster.
Posted by: DarthVader   2011-12-06 09:01  

#4  Gorb: you can truncate your question at "Do they ever think" and the answer is a resounding "NO!"

Liberals feel

thinking is verboten.
Posted by: abu do you love   2011-12-06 06:12  

#3  They've jacked up taxes to the point that every percent counts. Do they ever think about which companies they are forcing out with each wave of the magic tax wand?
Posted by: gorb   2011-12-06 05:41  

#2  Go Brown! My state could use some more ex California corporate HQs, R&D facilities and factories. FYI CA residents: No state income taxes.
Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165   2011-12-06 02:09  

#1  Perhaps Linda Ronstadt could cover the Ten Years After hit and sing "Tax the rich, feed the poor, til there are no, rich no more"...
(She was kind of a hottie a hundred pounds ago)
Posted by: Capsu78   2011-12-06 00:21  

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