FLASHREPORT

Will the CRA insert Ronald Reagan's name into their "Republican Trators" resolution?

oops, that should be "Traitors"

Is that the Ronald Reagan who supported Howard Jarvis' and Paul Gann's historic
Proposition 13 tax cut ?

And then took it nationwide in 1981 as President with the biggest U.S. Tax Cuts
in American history?

THAT Ronald Reagan?

Get ready for a pathetic advertising campaign to raise your taxes to the moon!!!!

The purple shirts are warming up in the bull pen....

I heard the other day that one report estimated the unaccounted for pension costs to be more than $500 Billion!!!

That's an incredibly scary number that a tax cut couldn't hope to address.

I also heard pension reform and a hard spending cap are the things, along with CEQA and Regulatory reforms, that those five Republican Senators are looking to trade for just agreeing to support putting the Gov's tax extentions on the ballot.

Not supporting the extensions.... Just agreeing to allow their measures on the ballot.

I doubt the Dems would ultimately agree to the trade, but if they did, the potential reward in that deal strikes me as certainly being worth the effort to find out.

Maybe CRA's resolution should say, "...unless they were accompanied by ballot measures to institute pension reform, a hard spending cap, CEQA and Regulatory reforms... OR....by a ballot measure to cut taxes by an equal or greater amount."

No Mr. Sills, I am talking about Governor Ronald Reagan who, in his first year as governor, caused the largest income tax increase in California history. And in constant dollars Ronald Reagan's is still the largest income tax increase in California history. Thus, Ronald Reagan's name should be placed first on the CRA list of "Republican Traitors" who raised your taxes if the CRA is really serious about condemning all Republican politicians who raise taxes.

BOb cool your jets or you will be called Foghorn Leghorn.

Foghorn Legham? Please explain. I detect that comment is an insult of some kind but I'm not sure.

Ask Jim Sills...he does not like my numerous and laborius posts on Flash Report......he called me Foghorn Leghorn....."it" is a cartoon character that is bombastic, maybe irrational and their are some lingering doubts... is Foghorn a chicken or a rooster...sounds like a social FO PAW violation or something.....Bing or Google it....

Excuse me Bob....going back to the woodshed until the Gang of Five flips/flops/rolls over for more Tax and Spend....

The 1967 state tax increase agreed to by Jess Unruh and Ronald Reagan
raised State revenue by ONE Billion dollara a year (source, Martin Smith
column for McClatchy News Service). Even allowing for inflation, that is
tip tray money by today's standards.

Having learned a tough lesson, and regretting the 1967 decision, President
Ronald Reagan then quarter-backed the 1981 Federal tax cuts which saved
Americans SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY Billion Dollars from 1981 to 1986
(source: The Bond Buyer magazine).

Some people will nitpick the ONE Billion, but the rest of us applaud Ronald
Reagan for learning from his California experience and then delivering the
biggest Federal Tax cut ever.

Before people get too upset with the CRA on this proposal ...although I agree that "traiterous" like statements about our lawmakers are wholly inappropriate...let us remember the role of the CRA and of the GOP lawmakers.

CRA is the conscience of the Republican party so their leadership actions are ideologically driven.

The GOP lawmaker's job is to govern so, using ideology and their governing judgement, they must try to solve the problem. In that context, allowing the people to vote on Governor Brown's tax extentions together with the GOP lawmaker's reforms makes sense.

I can see this because I have been there both as a long time CRA Assembly leader and as a former lawmaker.

To CRA'ers who don't like the taxpayer vote I say: Remember! The taxpayers' sword is mighty when California unemployment is at 12.4%.