Democrats don’t want to cut any more. Republicans don’t want to tax Californians any more.
The great divide is measured in billions. So how do you arrive at a budget that closes this gap, without cuts, and without taxes? Enter the crazy left-wing bean counters who, for their Democrat bosses, can come up with every trick or gimmick.
Get this one — part of the "deal" allegedly is to basically force every California taxpayer to pay their taxes — earlier. How, you ask? Well if you are a salaried employee, while your total tax liability to the state doesn’t change (that would be a tax increase, right?), your employer will now take out the taxes you do owe earlier in the fiscal year. So you’ll pay more state taxes in August – December than you will from January – June. And if you are an individual or a business paying quarterly taxes? Gone will be your quarterly payments, each 25% of your