Just received from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
To Oppose $20 Billion Tax Increase on May Ballot
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association will vehemently oppose the more than $20 billion tax increase, masquerading as a spending limit, on the May 19th special election ballot.
“The spending limit is a phony,” said HJTA President Jon Coupal. “It is a trap to get voters to approve allowing the state to impose the highest taxes in the nation for an extra two years.”
The spending “reform,” which will be advertised by backers in glowing terms, will do nothing to control the growth of government. If the Legislature increases taxes, the spending cap is automatically increased by the amount of the new revenue.
The massive tax increases just imposed by the Legislature are scheduled to expire in two years. “If voters agree to the meaningless spending cap, all they will get in return are two more years of outrageously high taxes,” added Coupal.
Gilbert comments.
Juice readers. For starters. When is the last time you have found a “temporary” tax?
We, www.cuttingedge-atalkshow.com, covered Arnold’s “California Comeback Express” statewide bus trip on Oct 2, 2003 at his campaign stop at the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, CA. We listened as candidate Schwarzenegger states we have the “highest budget deficit with $38.2 billion dollars. That’s what these guys have done.” Folks. What’s the 2009 number?
In reference to SAC politicians Arnold says “all they’ve done is spend, spend, spend and then when they realize they have spent money they don’t even have then it’s tax, tax, tax.” Sound familiar?
Candidate Schwarzenegger follows by saying “back room deals being made.” Does this comment sound familiar?
At this Orange County stop he tells the crowd that “we are mad as hell and we are not going to take it any more.” Later in his appearance he says “now it’s time to terminate Gray Davis.” You can also hear him say “when I get to Sacramento I will immediately destroy the car tax.” Arnold can be seen and heard on our Archived “Reality Express” program stating that his predecessor wants to “increase the car tax by 300%. We are not going to allow that to happen,” adding “it’s going to hurt the low income person.” Is that what he actually stated? That’s what I heard.
Should I send him a copy or link to our video?
Closing the event, using Hollywood theatrics to work the crowd, he promotes no increase in the car tax as a huge wrecking ball demolished a white GM vehicle as we all stood by and watched.
I seem to recall another Republican say “read my lips.”
cc: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
A soliloquy by Polonius in Act I, Scene 3 of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Polonius is giving advice to his son Laertes before Laertes heads back to school. Here is more of the quote.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
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*Evidently, none of our California Law Makers
have done much reading. They certainly have
not done much ruminating about the future of our children and seniors on fixed income. They also
have no clue about creating wealth.
Their thought processes are ……to say the least TAXING!
Oh, yeah, the Jarvis Association, responsible for the boondoggle that is Prop. 13.
‘Nuff said.
hey little joe you pay the tax it seems you like paying . pay my car registration too it just doubled since this stupid thing passed .
You’ve got my vote on this one, Larry. No, no, no, is there a box for Hell No!
The budget is mostly payroll and can be balanced by across-the-board cuts. Higher taxes is not a good long term strategy. There’s too many other states with much lower taxes and all ya gotta do to leave is leave.
Do you want a state consisting of public employees and people too poor to care about taxes? Keep at it, you’re getting there.
As the post was to announce the HJTA opposition to the upcoming Special Election I was tempted to change the heading.
Can someone tell me the criteria for which we Recalled Gray Davis yet use a different yard stick for governor Schwarzenegger?
I say that because there are some people in the blogosphere who say I am biased in my reporting.
Larry, everyone is biased.
The governor, Schwarzenegger should resign, because he has not lived up to his promises to fix the broken system.
cook
Six million Californians rallied behind Arnold when the deficit was out of sight as stated by Arnold in our event coverage.
What’s the difference between him today and Gray Davis whereby no one on the blog is calling for his resignation?
If he takes time to look in the mirror, and is honest with himself, he should resign.
PS: Although I am a Republican, let me repeat a prior comment. I did not vote for him. My ballot was cast for Tom Mc Clintock.
Larry,
McClintock would have had the same level of budget deficit, and if Meg Whitman runs for the Republicans (and, although it is unlikely, let’s assume for the sake of argument she wins) would have the same issues.
Nobody can fix the CA budget until Prop. 13 is gone.
That’s the hard reality.
Until you come out of your fantasy land and enter reality, you will get disappointed by every governor, regardless of which party.
Larry is correct. Proposition 13 was not really about or for homeowners, or old people staying in their homes (Prop 8 let older people stay in their homes) In reality, it allowed corporations who formed holding companies to continue to pay their original taxes for years, even when businesses were really changing hands. I am a business owner, but I can see that many businesses do not pay their fair share of property tax. It has forced cities and school districts to rely on the state for tax funds, and income tax and sales tax is not a good substitute for property tax, which is more stable. And cities have had to pull all these big box stores in to try to get sales taxes. It’s a disaster all around, and now our businesses can’t even rely on an educated populace for employees. Our business is hanging on a thread because of construction shut downs. This no tax mantra is not as business friendly as many appear to think.
If you own real property and think Prop 13 is/was wrong. Then cut a check and pay the diff.
I think AZ is charging 2 1/2 percent OR is charging 3 percent. And those state’s can, and do change the rate whenever.
So when you pay your county property tax, cut a second check to the state for an equal amount, that way you won’t be cheating the government out of there rightful share.
And yet Arizona is rapidly growing in population.
They also have income tax rates which are half of those in California, and a sales tax which is less as well.
Either amend prop 13 so that businesses have to pay, or scrap it, or scrap prop 98, or scrap the inane budget rules which require a 2/3 majority to pass a simple budget, or get a Congressional delegation which will get California back more than $.70 for every dollar paid to DC. Or do all these things.
But don’t act surprised when the state has put itself in a budgetary straightjacket and then has to pull a Houdini every single year.
Why can’t we just re-enact prop 187? I would imagine that would help a lot.
“The power to tax is the power to destroy”
The government takes your money and spends it the way they wish. For example in 2006 California paid over $1.2 Billion in Medi-Cal benefits for non citizens including pregnancy care, birthing, and all other health care.
It is estimated that California will spend about 10Billion dollars a year on Non Citizens health care and education. Don’t forget your kind, loving California Legislators have decided to spend more of your tax dollars this way: Some estimates show illegals now make up half of California’s prison population, creating a massive criminal subculture that strains state budgets and creates a nightmare for local police forces.”
American Citizens are going bankrupt because they cannot afford health care. Citizens are losing their health insurance, losing their jobs and if you think the politicians, all of them ,in the CA Legislature have your interests first and foremost you are either receiving tax payer dollars or you are so stupid you deserve what you get.
Can someone explain how there was a 40 Billion dollar surplus when Gray Davis took over, yet Prop 13 is to blame for todays budget problems. Also maybe if California was more business friendly we would have more businesses, which means more workers, which means more state income tax money, which means balanced budget.