
Larry McCarthy: Taxpayers are Big Winners as Four Tax-Grab Initiatives are Rejected
Larry McCarthy is the President of the California Taxpayers Association, and he has penned his thoughts on Tuesday’s election, and the message sent by California voters about tax increases…
Taxpayers were big winners in the 2007 General Election in California as four tax-grab ballot initiatives were defeated and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has vowed not to raise taxes, was re-elected. Voters not only gave the governor a vote of confidence in a campaign in which taxes were a major issue, but they sent a strong message by repudiating well-financed ballot initiatives promoted by hucksters who wanted to raise taxes by manipulating the initiative process for their own business or political interests. … Read More