We are pleased to present this exclusive commentary from State Board of Equalization Member Bill Leonard…
Tax Increases are Doses for the Addict
By Bill Leonard
My heart goes out to the current Legislative Republican members as the cave-ins, compromises, squishes, and treasons of the past have all come home. California’s on-going structural financial problems have not been solved by postponing decisions and by papering over the excess in spending over revenue. This has been the solution that has been regularly adopted, usually by picking off a few Republicans with political promises. Even if it might work again, it will not solve the problem. The spending levels are not sustainable. They have to be reduced to a level that can be sustained.
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August 15th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Right on Bill!
It is great to hear the tuff talk… and we need it because we face a serious fiscal crisis. People in CA need to wake up… and spineless, cowardly Republicans need not to cave in.
It will be interesting to see what happens to Question 1 on the Massachusetts ballot. Will they eliminate the state income tax and shrink the government by that much? If they are successful, we should be doing that in CA.
It is time the “Leave Me Alone” coalition comes together to tell Sacramento to live within their means and to instruct Sacramento to get off our backs and out of our pockets.