Our esteemed editor Jon Fleischman posted a John Fund commentary on the state budget crisis, in which Fund mentioned speculation that Darrell Steinberg and Karen Bass might pass a tax hike on a majority vote.
I say: please, go right ahead. Not only would it be declared unconstitutional, but California voters would be presented with an enormous, purely Democratic tax hike.
I’m all for clarity, and in this case such a rash action by Bass and Steinberg would make it crystal clear to California voters that the Democrats are the party of higher taxes, the party of raiding working family budgets rather than restraining the state spoending spree.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Right on Matt.
We need a
purely Democratic tax hike
so people will see that our party is different than theirs.
February 17th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Oh, don’t worry about that. The people of California already know. That’s why they California Republicans are endangered species, or as your Republican governor put it, “dead at the box office.”