Attended the anti-tax rally in Fullerton Saturday sponsored by KFI-AM’s The John & Ken Show. This is the first time I’ve been to something like this and I have to say I was very impressed. Thousands of people turned out and it was a fun couple of hours. John & Ken were broadcasting live, but the best part was interacting with the people in the crowd. This was certainly not some fringe group of crazy tax protesters. Rather, it was an amazingly diverse group of average citizens, many for whom this was also their first foray into activism of any kind. I saw all ethnicities, young, old, families, people with an agenda, and those who were simply fed up with the lies from those in power. I was heartened to see so many people who were so motivated by their outrage at our political leaders that they would give up their sunny afternoon and brave the crowds and traffic to make their voices heard. I’m not sure anyone is listening yet, but make no mistake, these voices will just grow louder. If you get a chance to attend one of theses, I urge you to do it. It may restore your faith in the idea that individuals, acting together, can make a difference.
I want to also give a special shout out to the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association who passed out some 5000 NO on Prop 1A bumper stickers. (See related post) The HJTA is the granddaddy of the California grassroots taxpayer watchdog groups. Visit their site for lots of great information.
Oh, and here’s a couple of pictures I took. Continue reading “Tax Revolt 2009″
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March 8th, 2009
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Unless you’ve been under a rock these last few weeks, you probably already know that thanks to our Governor and the Republicans in the legislature who all went back on their promise not to raise taxes, Californians will be hit with the largest single state tax increase in the 232 year history of the United States. What you may not know, is that as part of this budget deal, a ballot measure known as Prop. 1A will appear on the ballot in the May 19th statewide election. This measure pretends to be a spending cap, but in actuality will extend the recent tax increases an additional two years. Of course, the politicians who wrote this measure don’t want you to know that, so they omitted this little tidbit from the title and the summary you will see in the voter guide and on the ballot. They’re hoping you’re too stupid or ill-informed to realize. A lawsuit was filed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association to force the politicians to change the wording to reflect the true nature of the ballot measure, but a judge ruled that voters don’t need to be told the truth up front as long as the politicians bury the information deep in the text – you know, the part nobody reads.
In addition, the “spending cap” isn’t even a real spending cap, because the way the law was written, the “cap” is tied to prior revenue, so as long as they keep raising taxes, the “cap” will keep increasing. This is the height of hypocrisy, especially for the republicans who almost unanimously voted to put this piece of horse s@#t on the ballot. If they were really against a tax increase, they would never have allowed this ballot measure to be worded in this way. Which just goes to show, that neither party has your best interests at heart.
Don’t be fooled again. And inform everyone you know in California that on May 19th, they should vote NO on 1A. The politicians are well funded with your tax dollars which they will use for TV ads promoting this deceptive ballot measure and certainly Arnold the Liar will be going around the State deceiving the public about it as well. The only chance we have to defeat this is to get the word out ourselves. Email is free, ignorance will cost you dearly.
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March 8th, 2009
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