The California Democratic Party officially endorsed Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative on Sunday.
The party voted to endorse Proposition 30 at a meeting in Anaheim, Calif. The proposition, which is on the November statewide election ballot, would increase income tax on high earners and would enact a quarter percent increase in state sales tax, which would generate about $8.5 billion in revenues and help fund state public higher education.
If the proposition does not pass, the UC will face an overall budget shortfall of $375.4 million and create need for a 20.3 percent mid-year tuition increase, according to a July 2012 UC Board of Regents meeting agenda item.
The party board then proceeded to vote against Proposition 38, which would increase income taxes for most Californians, sending most of the revenue to schools and early childhood development programs.
Currently, the party supports Propositions 30, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 40. It opposes Propositions 31, 32, 33 and 38 and remains neutral on Proposition 39.
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Proposition Thirsty (30)
Wasn’t it
Abraham Lincoln who said, government of the people, for the people and by the
people? Doesn’t it seem there should be a correlation between the size of the population and the amount of
government spending? Well not in California. California has an unquenchable
thirst for spending… and Governor Brown wants more.
During the
past 12 years, combinations of three California Governors have presided over
government spending that bears no
resemblance to the actual state population and its growth. California
population during the past dozen years has grown from 33.9 million residents to
37.7 million, an increase of 11.2%.
During this same time period, California government spending grew from $67.2
billion annually to its peak of $103 billion, a whopping percentage increase of
54%. After the past few years modest
cuts, bearing no correlation to the dramatic state revenue downturn, we are
still riding a 38% increase over the beginning of the 1999-2000 budget. All up,
in relationship to population growth, California has overspent by $200 billion
dollars in the past 12 years. Wouldn’t we like to have those funds now?
Governor
Brown’s Proposition Thirsty (30)
aims to restore over half of the modest spending cuts made during the past 4
years recession, not because there are now more people… or more business… but
because the unquenchable thirst of its government leaders cannot be restrained.
Instead, with a proposed tax increase on the backs of the very same population
that grew nowhere near the proportion of spending, Governor Brown has decided
to demonize those that oppose his increase, threatening “draconian cuts”
to education. Oh, the children!
Doing the
same population analysis for California education reveals education spending, during
past 12 years, grew from $35.5 billion annually (over half of the state budget)
to a peak spending of $53.3 billion annually, an increase of 50%! During a time
when technological advances (computers, the internet, wireless data
transmission, video learning, and home study) should have been reducing
education costs, the state of California found a way to ignore these advances
and carelessly spend an additional $78.6 billion dollars over what population
growth called for. Wouldn’t schools like to have those funds now?
We have no
choice but to deny Proposition Thirsty (30) and starve the government beast if
we are to ever gain control of our overspending ways. Demand that spend-happy government
leaders reinvent government, education and pensions. Vote no on Proposition
30. Will it pass? My bet? Bankruptcy here we come!
Anyone that thinks that this is a good idea better run the math……the only ones that think this is a good idea are state workers and if you run out private jobs there will be no tax monies because there will be no jobs only social programs with their hands out……………watch the ads because they are based on class warfare and do not mention tax increases which BTW will effect everyone including a raise in sales tax…..this is a squeeling pig hungry for more corn bent on busting down the barn door……….wake up America your being played