california: Brown is going to put massive tax increases on the ballot in June, and let voters vote to tax themselves some $45B extra... California has the highest income tax, sales tax, and property tax in the nation as it is... Is this proof that Brown is senile?|||Let the experiment continue. When all the taxpayers leave let's see what all the tax increases in the world brings in. Everyone else uses tax breaks as an incentive to bring in business, Californians need to learn economics 101 the hard way.|||Too chicken to actually try a budget, I see. Typical. Report Abuse |||Try citing authority, since all of this is wrong. Brown is not proposing "massive" tax hikes. Except for eliminating a recently enacted tax break for business (with little opposition from business), he is proposing keeping taxes in effect which would otherwise expire this year. (Funny how the right wing always calls keeping a tax in place a tax "hike.") http://www.latimes.com/health/la-me-0111鈥?/a> California does not have the highest income tax; that would be Hawaii and Oregon. California's highest tax rate is third, but applies only to those with incomes over $1,000,000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_incom鈥?/a> While California has the highest minimum sales tax, California does not have the highest possible sales tax, that would be Illinois, with Missouri second. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_taxes鈥?/a> Thanks to Proposition 13, California does not have the highest property tax, not even close. California ranks in the bottom 50% of the US in property taxes collected. http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Tax鈥?/a> I tell you what. Go to this site and figure out how to balance the budget after allowing the currently scheduled tax reductions to go into effect, and come back and tell us what you would cut. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/budget鈥?/a>|||No, it's proof that CA's government is spineless. They have the power to vote the needed changes and won't do it. The legislature needs to make the changes. That's what they were elected to do. CA's constitution needs to be scrapped.|||No. Proof that he is a libbie. There will be MASS exodus from California and more foreclosures. People will leave the state to escape this. More for Az. California will be a sanctuary State and who will pay for their libbie policies?|||He is giving them the choice of do they want massive cuts or higher taxes , democracy in action the five highest states not in order are new york ,new jersey,rhode island,newhamshire and Connecticut|||He's a Democrat what do you expect? That's the only way they know to keep providing all the 'freebies' they authorize. To answer your second question. He may be senile, but I doubt it. He's a Democrat!|||It's proof that we're getting the same Jerry Brown we had in the 1970's. During his campaign he kept saying that he could balance the budget without raising taxes, now he's breaking his promise.|||There's a shocker, huh? You would think that Californians would have figured Jerry out by now.|||To be fair, he has also continued to call for spending cuts.|||California should be called the "Brain-dead state!"|||I guess the half that pays taxes that didn't leave yet, will be packing their bags.|||No, it just proves he is a Democrat.|||And yet still better than the South.|||CA made the mess it can fix the mess just don't use federal money!