Statewide and city sales tax increases in California will all end up going to fund public employee pensions
Posted by Richard Rider
It’s “game on” in Sacramento. Our RINO governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has just now come out for a “temporary” full 1% statewide sales tax increase for a state budget bailout.
If all goes according to the big taxers’ plan in San Diego County, by 2011 many if not most local jurisdictions will have a total sales tax of 10% or higher — none lower than 9.25%.
Now THAT will certainly give our economy a boost!
There’s a new half percent “Quality of Life” countywide sales tax planned for the ballot for 2010. Don’t you love the name? It will be for little-used mass transit and tons of “mitigation” spending (nationalization of more private land).
National City and El Cajon’s sales taxes would both be at 10.25%, La Mesa at 10%, and other cities will follow these “leaders” if taxpayers let them.
Make no mistake — statewide and city sales tax increases should all be labeled “Public Employee Pension Payments Tax.” Proponents will never admit this, but after the shuffling of funds between spending pots, that’s what the money is really for.