Jerry Brown Calls for 4-Day Workweek to Trim $15.7B Deficit

[sabbat hunter]

5. couple of things

1) it isn't very easy to raise new taxes in California thanks to prop 13 (under which a tax on luxury cars would fall)
2) it is equally hard to raise income taxes in california (you need a 2/3rds vote to raise taxes)
3) he is also trying to raise income taxes on the top earners, but faces a tough road to do so

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/14/11697542-california-governor-calls-for-higher-taxes-4-day-state-workweek-to-fill-16-billion-gap?lite

So maybe you should see the entire issue before attacking Governor Brown.

"The plan would also raise the income tax on residents earning between $250,000 and $300,000 a year to 10.3 percent from 9.71 percent and to 11.3 percent on people with annual incomes between $350,000 and $500,000 — a 17.7 percent increase over the current rate

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