http://www.cagreens.org/press/pr090115.shtml:
Gov. Schwarzenegger should look more at his failed “one-man rule” than even the dysfunctional Legislature – and someone should remind him that people are losing their homes and can’t put food on the table while he refuses to tax the super wealthy, said the Green Party of California today in response to the State-of-the-State message.
“While the governor said he wants to punish the Legislature for not passing a budget on time, he forgets that it’s his veto over the will of the majority, and his stubborn refusal to tax the super rich, which could raise billions for the state, that is holding back real change and a solution to the budget crisis,” said Joe Feller, a member of the GPCA Coordinating Council.
Greens said a simple way to raise tens of billions of dollars would be to tax the wealthy – a move that GOP governors Reagan and Wilson willingly made.
“If we were to tax the upper 5-10 percent of our wealthiest citizens at the same percentage as we do the poorer 5-10 percent, we would have a manageable problem. But the governor today reaffirmed he would rather continue to sacrifice the disabled, the sick and the very poorest in this state. He won’t tax his rich friends, but will raise sales taxes – a regressive move that hurts those most in need,” said Wes Rolley, a California Green.
“There are other options, and they include supporting Green technologies which provide jobs, and universal single payer healthcare, which would help the people of California, and save us even more billions. But we don’t see this from this governor. All we heard today was more “he said, she said,” added Rolley.
“The Green Party is amazed the Legislature has accepted a pay raise, refuses to trim its own staff and continues to accept per diem payments even when lawmakers are not in Sacramento. Again, like the governor, they act as if they are not like the rest of us, including state workers who are being asked to ‘sacrifice’ by forced furloughs and pay cuts,” said Rolley.
Additional web log commentary by Mr Rolley on the California Greening web site
Contacts:
Susan King, Spokesperson, 415.823.5524, [email protected]
Daniel Brezenoff, Spokesperson, 310.422.2211, [email protected]
Cres Vellucci, Press Secretary, 916.996.9170, [email protected]
The Green Party of California
PO Box 2828
Sacramento, CA 95812
Phone: (916) 448-3437
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Posted to IPR by Paulie
he sure isn’t the Arnold he used to be
lol. Arnold is so ignorant. here’ a funny clip of Arnold…
http://www.ideachannel.tv/includes/video3.php?id=11 watch the first minute. arnold appears lol
source: http://www.freetochoose.net/
Wrong, this is all Arnold Schwarzeneger’s fault, Gray Davis would have prevented this, he was much better, it’s all the fault of the stupid conservative Democrats who voted for Schwarzeneger and the moderate to conservative Republicans who didn’t vote for McClintock to stop him in 2003 and allow at least Bustamante to win.
The stupid thing is this: Had CA adopted the CO TABOR model since 2004 and kept spending increases to inflation plus population, CA would have a $9B SURPLUS right now to refund to the taxpayers, or about $235 each.
CA has the highest income, sales, and property taxes in the nation. More taxes are not the answer. Sorry, Greens, you never understood that you can’t tax your way to prosperity.
Less taxes and even less spending is the answer. But Sacramento is too stupid and too beholden to the unions to do it, and the stupid people elect them.
Schwarzenegger is rising up with thunderous endorsements of a truly conservative agenda, causing the Leftists to go for their pitchforks while Republicans joyously scream “It’s alive!”
http://www.caivp.org/article/issues/2009/1/16/hit-road-quack
Top 5% – 10% SUPER rich , Yeah you know those 1 out of ten people driving around in the lambos that you see all over the place.
Super taxing the smallest percentage of the people will not make a difference it’s a matter of math
Here it is broken down
38,000,000 people
1% or 380,000 people make $1000 = 380,000,000
2% or 760,000 people make $100 = 76,000,000
97% or 36,860,000 people make $10 = 360,860,000
As you can see if you make 10 times more than the lower 97% of the people, the total amount made still does not come close to the amount made by the MAJORITY !!! (the key word here)
Now let’s bring the SUPER RICH in … well, well, yes indeed the total amount made is greater than the MAJORITY, so we should tax the living hell out of them ???? Right????
The key word here people that we are missing is MAJORITY, to be fair I would not ask any “one” person to pay for something/anything…. that EVERYONE else uses.
unless of course it is asking the person that does not agree with me, is it ok if I crash at your place rent free? whenever I feel like it???…. ohhh and thanks for paying for the place, tell your wife to get me a beer.
Simply put people, be fair !!!! don’t ask someone else to fix your problem.
AND ….now read slowly here…. L I V E Within your M E A N S
Have a day.
“super rich” … “top 5 – 10 percent” Huh!?!