Assembly Reps: State’s budget problems caused by overspending, not low taxes
Morgan Crinklaw, the Assembly Republican Caucus’ communications director, sent this excellent release to Capitol press corps this morning. Good for the Assembly Republicans for quickly defining the state’s "new" budget problem as an overspending problem, not a "our taxes are too low" problem.
Democrats Think They Finally Have An Excuse to Raise Taxes
This week, California taxpayers learned that next year’s budget deficit has ballooned to a reported $14 billion. But rather than take immediate action to get spending under control, Democrats are hoping this will finally be the year they can raise taxes.
The Democrat chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee this week said the Legislature should raise taxes to reduce the budget deficit.