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a tool to highlight the hypocrisy of tax hikers
Constitutional or statutory requirement to rein in growth of revenues end expenditures
a commitment made by elected officials and candidates for elected office never to raise taxes
Raising the bar for tax increases
Requiring a cool-off period for all bills with a fiscal impact
pork-barrel spending - the broken windows of the budget
News Flash: Pledge Signers Protect California Taxpayers
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:00 PM
In California's budget standoff, the Taxpayer Protection Pledge continues to be the last line of defense for taxpayers. While tax and spenders have been trying to pass a tax-hiking budget for weeks, Pledge signers ( all Republicans with the exception of one) are holding the line, saying there is not enough emphasis on spending restraint and true reform in the current debate.
Pledge signers, while not a majority in the California legislature, are able to fend off tax increases because the California constitution requires a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes.
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Reader Comments:
Control spending, limit pensions, limit growth of state and local governments.
Charles Macri / Maryland
This is what happens when one party rules thru union intimidation.
moravecf@aol.com / Agoura hills, CA
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