{"id":594,"date":"2002-05-16T02:41:24","date_gmt":"2002-05-16T09:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mossback.org\/archives\/2002\/05\/davis-taxes\/"},"modified":"2002-05-16T02:41:24","modified_gmt":"2002-05-16T09:41:24","slug":"davis-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/2002\/05\/16\/davis-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t— What’s the lead story in California politics? This article from Rough & Tumble<\/a> tells all: <\/p>\n

Gov.
\n Gray Davis proposed raising taxes Tuesday on smokers and motorists to help overcome
\n what has grown into a $23.6-billion budget shortfall, saying there was no other
\n way to protect schools. The move reversed a promise Davis made in January not
\n to ask for tax increases. Julie Tamaki<\/font><\/b> and
\n Miguel Bustillo<\/font><\/b> in the Los
\n Angeles Times<\/a> Greg Lucas, Mark Martin, Lynda Gledhill<\/font><\/b>
\n in the San
\n Francisco Chronicle<\/a> Dion Nissenbaum<\/font><\/b>
\n in the San
\n Jose Mercury<\/a> Mitchel Benson<\/font><\/b> in the Wall
\n Street Journal<\/a> Barbara Whitaker<\/font><\/b> in the
\n New York Times<\/a>
\n William Booth<\/font><\/b> in the Washington
\n Post<\/a> John Hill<\/font><\/b> in the Sacramento
\n Bee<\/a> John Howard<\/font><\/b> in the Orange
\n County Register<\/a> Andrew LaMar<\/font><\/b> in the
\n Contra Costa Times<\/a>
\n Ed Mendel<\/font><\/b> in the San
\n Diego Union<\/a> Will Shuck<\/font><\/b> in the Stockton
\n Record<\/a> Steve Geissinger<\/font><\/b> in the Oakland
\n Tribune<\/a> Lesli A. Maxwell<\/font><\/b> in the Fresno
\n Bee<\/a> Erik N. Nelson<\/font><\/b> in the Los
\n Angeles Daily News<\/a> Robert Garrett<\/font><\/b> in
\n the Riverside
\n Press<\/a> Jim Miller<\/font><\/b> in the Modesto
\n Bee<\/a> Timm Herdt<\/font><\/b> in the Ventura
\n Star<\/a> — 5\/15\/02 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I’ve never seen so many links in one story before, anywhere. In essence, the Gov. proposes to cut all social programs except the most ineffective one, public education, and to raise the taxes on drivers and smokers. So light one up for the People, dude. The Prison Guards just got another 35% raise<\/a>, in case you were wondering; but it’s cool, they paid for it.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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