I hope your are right but I wouldn’t bet on it. The majority of voters in this state are sheep. They passed Brown’s tax increases and the majority of local sales tax increases and bond measures pass in most elections. My fear is the voters will do as they are told and pass most of the tax increases on the next ballot.

When voters see numerous tax increases that affect them on the same ballot, the tendency is to “just say no” to all of ’em. And a batch of tax increase props could have some marginal beneficial effect on GOP legislative candidates in competitive districts. The ONE area where the GOP can gain popular support in CA is on taxes.

Contrary to popular thinking, Californians are loath to levy higher taxes on themselves. Raise taxes on others? You bet! Soak the rich!! Soak smokers!! Soak corporations!!

But “soak ME”??? Even though such a statewide tax increase needs only a simple majority vote of the electorate, and even though we taxpayer advocates will be outspent at least 20-1, I think we have a great shot at turning that tax down flat.

Don’t you idiots see that no matter how high taxes are they will never be high enough?

Tax’em to the stone age, son!

Tax’em good and hard, then tax’em again.

Tax the shiite outta ’em.

I love the smell of tax increases in the morning!