On the main page today, I link to this article by Evan Halper of the Los Angeles Times in which is excerpted here:
Administration officials are soliciting advice from business groups and other special interests on how to propose billions of dollars in tax hikes that could help close a budget shortfall the governor now says is as large as $20 billion.
Schwarzenegger’s staff is exploring a range of options, including sales taxes on lawyer and accountant services, on high-end services such as golf lessons and personal-trainer sessions, and on takeout coffee and other prepared foods that are not taxed now.
The administration’s goal, participants in the discussions say, is to gather support for new taxes from a broad spectrum of the business lobby, giving the Legislature’s Republicans political cover to break their pledges never to vote for them.
**There is more – click the link**
May 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 am
Question: If the Governor’s office is denying that any discussions has occured, then Why in the world would the LA Times make such report?
Yes, the LA Times should give the names and not dance around the matter.
All of this could be happening as we wait for the May Revision numbers on the Budget.
Jon, Thanks for alerting us on the matter.
May 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 am
Just great….hauling in a bunch of loser “moderates” to play ball with hardline socialists….
The only thing a good Republican “moderate” is good at is CLAPPING and SMILING with HERR Arnold have they have sold us down the river.
Ooops! They are good at another thing…..LOSING ELECTIONS ANNUALLY!