http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/06/01/who-has-not-signed-a-written-pledge-to-oppose-taxes/ ...on California's most significant political news... Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:10:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/06/01/who-has-not-signed-a-written-pledge-to-oppose-taxes/#comment-21108 Mark Sheppard Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:47:55 +0000 http://www.flashreport.org/blog/?p=53671#comment-21108 As though 1966 is anywhere near analogous to the present time. There is absolutely no excuse for any Republican candidate to avoid pledging not to raise taxes. Failure to do so gives aid and comfort to the spending lobby that has overspent the state into the chronic deficits it now reaps on an annual basis. As though 1966 is anywhere near analogous to the present time. There is absolutely no excuse for any Republican candidate to avoid pledging not to raise taxes. Failure to do so gives aid and comfort to the spending lobby that has overspent the state into the chronic deficits it now reaps on an annual basis.

]]> http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/06/01/who-has-not-signed-a-written-pledge-to-oppose-taxes/#comment-21106 Bob Evans Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:04:03 +0000 http://www.flashreport.org/blog/?p=53671#comment-21106 What would Ronald Reagan do? We know what he would do because he did it. In his own words: "As a result, we have, as you know, submitted a revenue bill of nearly one billion dollars in increased taxes." Reagan went on to explain what the increased taxes would do: "Roughly half of that tax increase is necessary simply to pay off this year’s deficit and put us on a pay-as-you-go basis. Half of the remainder is not a new tax so much as a broader based substitute tax to give, for the first time, direct property tax relief. Next year, with the deficit paid off, that relief can be more than doubled. The remainder – about one-quarter of the total tax revenues – is for the normal increase to keep pace with population growth and increased prices and wages …" I don't think Ronald Reagan would sign on to some dumb tax pledge. That is why the far right wing-nuts of his time as Governor who were in the leadership of the CRA vilified him as a - gasp - moderate. I wonder; Jon, do you think Ronald Reagan could get the backing of the California Republican Party if he were starting out today - and you were still on the governing board? What would Ronald Reagan do? We know what he would do because he did it. In his own words: “As a result, we have, as you know, submitted a revenue bill of nearly one billion dollars in increased taxes.” Reagan went on to explain what the increased taxes would do: “Roughly half of that tax increase is necessary simply to pay off this year’s deficit and put us on a pay-as-you-go basis. Half of the remainder is not a new tax so much as a broader based substitute tax to give, for the first time, direct property tax relief. Next year, with the deficit paid off, that relief can be more than doubled. The remainder – about one-quarter of the total tax revenues – is for the normal increase to keep pace with population growth and increased prices and wages …” I don’t think Ronald Reagan would sign on to some dumb tax pledge. That is why the far right wing-nuts of his time as Governor who were in the leadership of the CRA vilified him as a – gasp – moderate. I wonder; Jon, do you think Ronald Reagan could get the backing of the California Republican Party if he were starting out today – and you were still on the governing board?

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