"Qualified Statewide Ballot Measures." - Elections
& Voter Information. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2012.
<http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures.htm>.
As most of us know California has a very large amount of
dept. Prop 30 is an attempt to try to have California get a 6 billion dollar budget
bump so it will be easier to pay for government provided programs. Prop 30 also
guaranties that local governments will get some of the revenues so they can
fund programs as well. As of now the current sales tax is a little over eight percent
but prop 30 will raise the sales tax by one quarter of a cent for every dollar
of stuff people buy. This sales tax rate would be good for four years. It would
be enforeced in 2012 and would end in 2016
The new tax will also affect Personal Income Tax and would
raise it from one percent to nine point three percent but only one specific
income brackets. (which translates to how much people make.) The more money you
make the more you will be taxed and will be deposited into the state’s General
Fund. Also to those who make over a million dollars they will be taxed an extra
one percent.
If these taxes don’t go into effect the California government
will have no choice but to cut funding for certain government funded things
such as schools. Because we have such a huge amount of dept. it isn’t possible
for the government to be able to fund the money to keep these programs. And no
programs meansl ess education.
http://closetheloophole.com/
"Close the Loophole." Close the Loophole. SFWeekly, 4 Jan. 2012. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. http://closetheloophole.com/.
Prop 13 was passed in 1978. What this law basically states
is that property values are frozen at the year the owner bought the house and
it can only be changed when people sell the home. According to the people from
this wed site prop 13 is hurting seniors and the poor because they cannot afford
the taxes that go along with the home and if they choose to sell the home it
will be worth only what it was in 1978 even though inflation and other financial
factors have changed.
Egelko, Bob. "Prop. 13 Stays Intact, at Least for Now | Politics Blog | an SFGate.com Blog." Prop. 13 Stays Intact, at Least for Now | Politics Blog | an SFGate.com Blog. SFGate, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/07/26/prop-13-stays-intact-at-least-for-now/.
According to this most of our states woes are to be blamed
on pro 13 from 1978. The problem is that because these old properties cannot be
taxed they are hurting us all and making it very unfair for wealthier people to
by these properties that are not at current market vaule.
"Temporary Taxes to Fund Education. Guaranteed Local Public Safety Funding." League of Women Voters of California Education Fund. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. http://cavotes.org/vote/election/2012/november/6/ballot-measure/temporary-taxes-fund-education-guaranteed-local-public-safety-funding.
This article states that not only would the sales tax, and personal
tax be raised as well as the corporation income tax. These temporary tax
increases would help balance our budget without having to have mandatory spending
reductions. If this doesn’t pass there will be “trigger cuts” that will
automaticly happen if this fails to pass. Voting no on this will mean that
mostly educational programs will be cut and that would take place this year if
it doesn’t pass.
The people who say it will pass say it’s our only saftly net
for public education and is the only real solution for our states budget. They
also not that these taxes are temporary and will only be for vital services.
Opponents only sound like but holes who do not propose
anything other than cuts to programs. There argument is that instead of making
reforms to spending public school only wants to spend out of control which they
are not doing they are only trying to educate children many who are poor and
will be hardest hit by a no on prop 30
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