
Let the Games Begin
On April 1, the Democrats running Sacramento took a perfectly good bill and – in the spirit of April Fools’ Day – made fools of California’s voters and college students.
Voters approved the Proposition 30 tax increase on last year’s ballot in order to protect education. For too long, politicians in the legislature have been wasting dollars that should have been spent on our schools and colleges by giving them away to their own special interests. But with Proposition 30, voters said no to continuing that waste.
That’s why the Republicans proposed Assembly Bill 67. As originally written before the Democrats pulled their April Fools prank, AB 67 would have prohibited California’s colleges and universities from increasing tuition during the seven years that Proposition 30 raises taxes. Voters were promised that those taxes would go to education. A tuition freeze honors that promise. AB 67 assured that Sacramento won’t spend the extra money on lower priority things. It assured that our colleges and universities won’t be starved for cash again, and forced to raise tuition on hard working California families. And it assured that promises made by… Read More