I tried to be as fair as I could, but there is no way but to eliminate state expenses, and raise taxes to get California back in the green.
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Tax Increases — Broaden sales tax — .1 billion
The sales tax exempts many things. Extend it to services including repairs, veterinarians, amusement parks, tickets to sports events.
Tax Increases — Alcohol — 5 million
Increase the existing tax by a nickel per drink
One-Time Fixes — Transportation funds — 0 million
Take local government’s share of the stat egas tax fund to cover the cost of paying itnerest on transportation bonds.
One-Time Fixes — Local Gov’t — billion
Take 8% of local government property tax revenue. Repay it with interest in three years
Law Enforcement — Early release — 0 millin
Release one-year early inmates who ahve no current or prior serious, violent or sex offenses on their records.
Law Enforcement — Illegal Immigrants — 0 million
Turn 19,000 illegal immigrants now in state prison over to federal custody for deportation.
Human Services — Child Welfare — million
Cut the payments the state gives counties for child welfare services by 10% and cut 10% in other child welfare grants
Education — UC and CSU — .5 billion
Cut support to the state university systems. .1 billion of the cut could be made up by federal stimulus funds.
Law Enforcement — Parole — million
Reduce prison time for parole violations.
Law Enforcement — Lower-level offenders — 0 millin
Change sentencing laws to shift 23,000 prisoners to county jails, moving the cost to county budgets.
State Workers — Furloughs — 0 million
Add a third furlough day each month for all government workers.
General Gov’t — Offshore Drilling — 0 million
Allow new drilling at Tranquillon Ridge off the Santa Barbara Coast, generating oil royalties.
General Gov’t — Eliminate Boards — million
Eliminate 33 state boards and commissions the governor has labeled redundant.
General Gov’t — Legislature — 0 million
Cutting the Legislature’s budget in half would save about one-eighth of 1% of the budget
Tax Increases — High earners — billion
The top income-tax bracket is 9.3%. Increase it to 10% for incomes over 0,000 a year and 11% over 0,000
Tax Increase — Commercial Property — billion
Keep Proposition 13 intact for residential property, but allow assessments for commercial property to rise.
Tax Increases — Cigarettes — .2 billion
Increase the tax by .50 per pack
Tax Increases — Oil severance — 5 million
Charge a 9.9% severance tax on any producer pumping oil from California lands or waters
Tax Increases — Corporate income — 0 million
Raise the corporate income tax to 9.3% from the current 8.84%
Rax Increases — Income tax withholding — billion
Require 3% withholding for independent contractors paid more than 0 per year by business, but not households.
One-Time Fixes — Juvenile Justice — 0 million
Transfer half of the recent car tax increase from juvenile justice funds to the general fund.
Tax Increases — Gasoline — .8 billion
Raise the gas tax by 32 cents per gallon
Chosen Answer:
I have a problem with 3 things. The tax on gas (why pick on people needs)
the tax on cigarettes (do you want me to start growing my own and selling it)
Welfare (why pick on the poor with all the people your letting out of jail your just inviting more people to enter, who may just need money to feed their families)
I don’t see nothing wrong with the rest but some of the subjects i know nothing about.
