Comments on: No New Taxes! https://calwatchdog.com/2010/12/30/no-new-taxes/ Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:13:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: StevefromSacto https://calwatchdog.com/2010/12/30/no-new-taxes/#comment-3447 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:13:35 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=12333#comment-3447 First, here are some interesting numbers, courtesy of the state Department of Finance. Contrary to what most voters believe, 71.1% of the state government’s general fund expenditures actually go to fund local government and its services, including education. Only 13.3% goes to state operations. 6.7% goes to debt service, 5.3% to the state’s universities, and 3.6% to public pension systems.

(By the way, the state employee payroll is only $9.2 billion. Put it another way, every state worker would have to be fired not once but three times over and the budget deficit still would not quite be eliminated.)

Sorry to confuse you with the facts.

]]> By: David from Oceanside https://calwatchdog.com/2010/12/30/no-new-taxes/#comment-3446 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:29:57 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=12333#comment-3446 This is not unlike the three year old that keeps asking for candy while waiting in line at the supermarket. They know that when asked long enough and loud enough many parents eventually give in.

Given the power of the lie as demonstrated in the recent defense of AB32, I am guessing they will eventually get their new taxes.

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