Every year around this time there's a crisis with the budget
of California. Every year around September or October it gets
ironed out.
Crisis? What crisis?
I like Cazlifornia and its beaches. However, the goverment there became too damn big for its own good. I do not wish harm on anyone but this state need a less restrictive goverment.
Bull Shi%t Calf. is in this because we spend on everything that pays nothing in return. This is exactly where the US will be in 2 years, wake up America and take a good look at special interest, and liberal spending. Helath care for illegal aliens, what are we thinking? This idiot news people want everything paid for who gets to pay for it. WORKING PEOPLE
if a family does not have the money to buy or do things they have to go without or cut back,
why does the politician think all they have to do is raise the taxes, some call it increased revenue, but still taxes increased.
time they do without. stop spending money they dont have
bullcrap
libs want to say it was prop 13 but prop 13 was fine for 29 years in a row.
stop spending more money than you take in!
the voters have spoken
pretty simple isnt it ?
Blame it on a tax cut afterall stupid taxpayers wouldn't know what to do with their money, only honest politicians know what to do witth your money.
They forgot to blame Bush..are they slipping?
This article was already posted on Yahoo. They just re-posted it for a second time. So I will comment for a second time.
CA has the highest sales taxes, highest income taxes and what other state has more 1 million plus dollar homes??? The property taxes in CA are HUGE because of the pure vollume of real estate and the highest prices in the nation, for the middle class neighborhoods!
And stop blaming Arnold! He said 3 years ago the increases in the state budget are not sustainable, he said it 2 years ago, when times were good he asked for the increase in revenue to be used to create a rainy day fund.
Why doesn't any reporter report on that record, I am just a common Joe and remember reading and watching all of this on the news!
You know who ends up paying the most if Prop 13 goes away, all teh seniors that have there house paid off and are trying to retire in peace, now boom taxes go from 1-2 thousand to 5-8 thousand!
California needs to file for bankruptcy in order to opt out of union contracts, reduce salaries, and slash benefits and pensions. The problem is not tax collections but rather the bloated government expenses and mandates. Need to make unions illegal in Government as they are dragging the whole nation into bankruptcy!
The problem is not Prop 13, but that in the past 30 years the legislature has been unwilling or unable to disapline itself and stop creating new programs that rob essential programs of funds. That and the overblown public pensions that eat up more and more resources. The last person to fix that will be Bob Hertberger. He was nothing as Speaker of the Assembly.
We've all heard the saying "As goes California, so goes the Country"... scary! Prop 13 and loss of tax revenue is not the problem that has led CA to this situation... rather the policies the liberal based government has relentlessly pursued. CA has some of the highest taxes in the Nation... the highest number of welfare and other public aid reciepents, a huge number of illegals growing families, and illegals running some of the most dangerous street gangs in the Country.
CA has made soft choices to satisfy the liberal agenda and that is why the State is in fiscal distress. It's NOT because there is a loss of tax revenue... especially not due to Prop. 13.
Prop. 13 is merely evidence that property owners were pissed off about government waste 30 years ago and tried to do something about it. This BS article is evidence that the liberal whiners didn't get the message then and we have waited too long to follow up with stroger medicine to clear them out!
And in the end....Californians,(Mexicans) will pour concrete over the entire L.A. Basin, and build a "NEW!" Los! ESE VATO!
You got the headline right, but Prop 13 was/is not the problem. Prop 13 is one of the greatest laws ever passed and saved thousands of older people from loosing there homes due to high taxes. The 30 years in the making to CA debt is the illegal immigrates that are sending there money out of country, getting medical care and not paying for it, kids in school and not paying taxes. We the American People are NOT stupid and are not going to take it anymore!
Time magazine and Yahoo are panzy-puppets of George"Socialist"Soros and are always trying to blame the Conservatives. That is why they print this dribble. This is a perfect example why time mag is on the skids. They can't print the truth, only what that jerk tells them.
Blaming Prop 13 and creating a race war, that's all this article does. Liberals have been in controll of the state legislature for much of the 30 years you mention. Our taxes have been raised, unions have had too much control and now we have the federal government coming in trying to control things. We need to scrap the whole system and go back to conservative, multi-racial roots.
Placing the "blame" on Prop 13 is simplistic and absurd. Congress continuously has refused to make the decisions necessary to keep California financially viable. Each year the budget comes before the two houses of Congress and our elected officials worry about what they have to do to get re-elected--not how to balance the budget and do the best for the state.
Can you believe this drivel? What utter nonsense and drivel! This article would have you believe that the budget crisis in California is the fault of old white conservative because we made it too hard for the state to raise taxes on the people. WTF??
I'll tell you what ! This crisis has been 30 years in the making because of 30 years of liberals being in charge of the legislature and the public school system. The people enacted prop 13 because too many people were losing their homes due to ever increasing taxes. Anytime the liberals wanted more money for thier socialist programs, they would raise property taxes. People actually lost their homes because of this. You're damn right we put a stop to this draconian taxation!
The problem is not that it is too hard to raise taxes in California, the problem is that the democrats cannot control their addiction to spending. STOP SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY AZZHOLES!
Prop 13 was not the problem. Excessive spending, compensation, fraud, waste and greed created this. Same as the federal government. What remains is the greatest Ponzi scheme ever created in the annuals of history. Drag down the recovery? There will be NO recovery.
Jim has it right ,its easy to blame prop 13 but thats not the cause . The real problem is the attitude the author of this article and the morons in the state capitol have , blame something besides the responsible party or partys . The solution is simple live within your means . And lose your elitist attitudes .
One always points to Prop. 13 as the tilting point. Please folks! The legislature is way too generous with prison guards, welfare individuals, generous pensions, and on and on. Added to that are props that tie peoples' hands. Get off that prop 13 dealie. It is time to cut spending. The money won't be rolling into the coffers anytime soon. Pretty soon there will be a lawsuit mandating that tax payers have to dig into their wallets to make sure the have-nots have something. that will be the time for individuals to come out of the closet and storm the capital.
More pointing the finger at prop 13. If you look at the property tax statement you will see additional fees like school, fire, water, hospital and other bond fees. There fees range from .5 to 1% added to the 1.4% property tax fee, depending on the city. Every year there is more bond fees. That is how the government get around the prop 13, just add more bonds. Please stop the BS. This article was written for the unions.
Time magazine is written by morons. I am sure glad I don't waste money on it. They have been writing the same crap for 30 yrs.Except back then they were afraid of the coming ice age
Don't blame this on prop 13. Blame ALL of California's problems on the excess programs that have been put on us by the liberals. Our schools are going down the tubes because of the extra teachers that have to take care of the non english speaking students. Any other country and you would have to learn the language. You should see our ballots for voting. Every language imaginable is printed. Sorry, if you don't speak our language you should not be able to vote. Our politicians are crazy, some of the judges, especially circuit court 9 are nuts. We're in a terrible mess. Time for a revolt. That's the only way California will be saved. I love this state and I am heart broken to see what is happening.
Budget solution in three easy steps:
1. Legalize marijuana.
2. Sell through established ABC outlets and tax at minimum 50% (maybe even 100%...people will still pay if the product satisfies them).
3. Use the millions (billions?) of dollars to close the budget gap (and show the other 49 states that this is a legitimate method of fiscal solvency).
...not to mention that if this takes off in enough states it would cripple the various drug cartels (READ: very bad men) who are presently taking all of this money for themselves on the black market.
Yeah, b;ame the taxpayers for not paying enough taxes instead of where the blame really lies, the politicians who spend money like there is no tomorrow. Way to go california.
It's just another show of power by the greedy heartless unfeeling politicians that continue to subsidize big money and big corporations and corporate farms and oil companies in order to continue to line their own pockets with $$$. Their egos won't let them even think about anyone but themselves. The california residents suffer in order to make the politicians richer and feed their egos. Pretty much the same as the federal politicians.
Why does this liberal moron keep getting published? Yahoo News you suck!! Throw this trash where it belongs. This LA Times leftist commie needs to get printed in the Moscow Tribune NOT on the main stream internet!
It seems so odd for everyone to blame the liberals, when the crazy ass Reputard minority makes any budget impossible. The people then vote on props that are not funded and that force the state to spend on.
I love the fact that the facist republicans complain about democratis taxing and spending. Look what Bush and the Republicians did for the last eight years after Clinton gave them a surplus.
1. Send all illegals to prison, with no writ of habeas corpus. Then deport them.
2. Legalize marijuana and tax it.
There; 2 ways of solving the budget deficit.
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