What's next? And when will people say "Enough"??
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EDITORIAL: 'You're working for no one but me'
California Democrats love the taxman
In the Beatles' tune "Taxman," George Harrison offers a scathing indictment of Britain's confiscatory tax structure:
"Let me tell you how it will be
"There's one for you, 19 for me
"Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman ...
"If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
"If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat,
"I you get too cold, I'll tax the heat,
"If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet ..."
Little did Mr. Harrison know when he wrote the song in 1966 that it would also apply to California circa 2008.
Looking to close a multibillion-dollar budget deficit created by their own profligacy, Democrats in the California Legislature have signaled that virtually nothing is off limits when it comes to how far they'll go to confiscate more of other people's money.
Here are a few of the ideas generated by the bright lights serving in Sacramento:
-- An 8 cent levy on iTunes downloads.
-- A 25 cent tax on every grocery bag.
-- A special $1.80 tax on each purchase of a six-pack of beer
-- A 25 percent assessment on pornography, strip shows and other adult entertainment items.
-- Special surcharges for those who drive vehicles that Democrats define as "gas guzzlers." (As if the gasoline tax isn't enough punishment.)
Alas, such suggestions aren't always going over well.
"Some people are e-mailing, threatening to come and slug me," Assemblyman Jim Beall, a San Jose Democrat who backs the beer tax, told the Los Angeles Times this week. "We're getting some pretty nasty comments."
Why, the nerve of people who aren't willing to turn over more and more of their earnings to Assemblyman Beall and his colleagues!
The Times reports that "GOP lawmakers say the majority party simply has an insatiable appetite for taking money from Californians."
Of course. Cause they're the taxmen. "And you're working for no one but me." |
