Posted by Jon Coupal at 11:45 pm on Feb 22, 2015 Comments Off on People Believe That Government Wastes Money Because It Does
According to a 2014 Gallup poll, Americans believe that their
state government wastes 42 cents of every tax dollar. However, here
in California, the political elite dismiss citizens’ widespread
concerns about waste and, instead, complain that the taxes they
collect from beleaguered taxpayers are not enough. This complaint
is hard to understand given that California has the highest income
tax rate in America as well as the highest state sales tax rate.
Oh, and did I mention that we also have the highest gas tax in the
United States?
Notwithstanding this heavy tax burden, our political elites in
Sacramento have recently put forward numerous proposals to raise
taxes even higher, including new taxes on services, property, gas,
oil and tobacco. Apparently, it has never occurred to them that
perhaps they should address the endemic waste, fraud and abuse that
permeates all levels of government in California.
To set the record straight, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers
Foundation has released a new report titled Follow the Money 2014,
documenting numerous specific examples of government waste that
cumulatively add up to billions of dollars.
To read the entire… Read More