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Jerry Brown does not hide the fact he is owned by the unions.
"Core to the Brown plan is a special election in June that would give voters the choice of extending 2009 tax increases on income, sales and vehicles -- or cutting the education budget. Specifically, voters would be choosing between tax increases that would permit the state to fund the Prop 98 education guarantee or the suspension of Prop 98. Prop 98 was a 1988 ballot initiative written by and since protected by the California Teachers Assn., the state's largest teachers union. Brown wouldn't dare frame the election this way without the full-on support of CTA.
-Brown also seems to be reviving a number of proposals -- including the repurposing of money that voters had designated for early childhood education and mental health -- that were backed by the education lobby as part of a 2009 budget agreement. They were turned down by voters, but the education lobby is trying again here to get its hands on that money."
If the Brown proposals are defeated, we could end the monopoly of the unions--that would be worth the cut in government employees and "services". Maybe we could get education back to the basics and fewer special interest/unions projects.
The best news is that EVEN Abel Maldonado has decided to campaign against the Brown tax increases. These must REALLY be bad!
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"Core to the Brown plan is a special election in June that would give voters the choice of extending 2009 tax increases on income, sales and vehicles -- or cutting the education budget. Specifically, voters would be choosing between tax increases that would permit the state to fund the Prop 98 education guarantee or the suspension of Prop 98. Prop 98 was a 1988 ballot initiative written by and since protected by the California Teachers Assn., the state's largest teachers union. Brown wouldn't dare frame the election this way without the full-on support of CTA.
-Brown also seems to be reviving a number of proposals -- including the repurposing of money that voters had designated for early childhood education and mental health -- that were backed by the education lobby as part of a 2009 budget agreement. They were turned down by voters, but the education lobby is trying again here to get its hands on that money."
If the Brown proposals are defeated, we could end the monopoly of the unions--that would be worth the cut in government employees and "services". Maybe we could get education back to the basics and fewer special interest/unions projects.
The best news is that EVEN Abel Maldonado has decided to campaign against the Brown tax increases. These must REALLY be bad!
More...