What you need to know here is that here in California voters passed Prop 13 a bunch of years ago which requires a 2/3 vote to raise taxes. So in order to raise taxes on gas, income and sales, the Democrat-controlled California legislature has simply begun calling them fees and was able to vote in a tax-hiking budget that may very well violate the state constitution... WITHOUT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTE IN FAVOR.
SacBee article.
UPDATE from The Flashreport:
Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, in a column featured on the FlashReport this morning, makes it clear that this proposal is the equivalent of "shredding the State Constitution" -- and says that these end-runs to Proposition 13 will end up being challenged in court.Continue Reading
