Comments on: Sacramento special session tackles heath care, infrastructure funding, etc.

By: bob

bob — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 22:41:08 +0000

Colliefornia (as Ahnode calls it) had the highest gas taxes in the country and yet has the worst roads.

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/dan-walters/article31909365.html

And you idiots are going to let the DemoNcrat criminals in Suckramento steal even more of your money for the promise of road improvement.

By: Ulysses Uhaul

Ulysses Uhaul — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 20:13:04 +0000

In reply to Fedup with Gov’t.

Patience doomwhats…..Newsie is waiting in the wings to gather all these tax/fee thingees for redistribution after Jerry is our President……

By: Fedup with Gov't

Fedup with Gov't — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:32:27 +0000

Being a moderate member of the GOP i agree with the infrastructure enhancements with a notable exception…Gov Brown’s bullet train to nowhere. Fix the roads, deliver what you promised and do not raise my taxes. Tax my hybrid? Increase my gasoline tax? Increase my vehicle registration fee? Please! Get a grip Ca legislators, cut the fat at Cal Trans, stop spending billions on a train .03% of the population will use and do your jobs or we, the electoral will do something about it. You guys are making a very strong case for shorter term limits…

By: Ulysses Uhaul

Ulysses Uhaul — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:19:05 +0000

In reply to Dork.

Just look at roads in the tourist toilet San Diego. San Bernardino mountain roads on verge of collapse….bend over and pay…

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:09:07 +0000

California’s financial picture improved dramatically over the last 4 years due to the run up in stop prices and it’s reliance on the super rich (who use money to make money) for more than half of the state’s income taxes. Has anyone been watching the financial markets lately. Income may still be good through 2015 as the rich take profits before stocks fall further but prospects for 2016 are likely not too good. Add that on the sunset clauses of Prop 30 where at the end of 2016 the supplemental sales taxes go away and 2 years later the supplemental income tax is gone. It sounds like the legislature is using the poor conditions of the roads to motivate people to find a replacement for the supplemental sales tax terminating in 2016. I wonder what they’ll do to replace the income taxes in 2018?

By: Dork

Dork — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 13:17:30 +0000

new plans for financing public health care and road repairs”

I fail to see why this is so difficult, sounds like a no brainer to me:

ALL Persons that can be classifies as a “Public Employee” or a “Retired Public Employee”, SHALL purchase their own Health Insurance from the California Covered Health Insurance Exchange.

All Taxpayer Monies that were used for Health Insurance for Public Employees or Retiree’s, SHALL be exclusively used for Infrastructure REPAIRS.

Problem Solved OVERNIGHT. What’s Next?