Californians don’t need more speeches from elected officials about affordability. They need policymakers willing to stop driving up the cost of living.
These two tax increases suggest Sacramento still hasn’t gotten the message.
Californians are told almost daily that Sacramento understands the state’s affordability crisis. Lawmakers hold hearings about it. The gubernatorial candidates are campaigning on it. Gov. Gavin Newsom promises to fix it.
Then, when budget season arrives, Sacramento does what it always does: make California more expensive.
State lawmakers just approved two tax increases – one of which has been pegged as among the largest taxes in state history – that will raise costs on health insurance and make the software needed to run small businesses more expensive.
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The affordability crisis is real. Sacramento just made it worse.
Kerry Jackson
Californians don’t need more speeches from elected officials about affordability. They need policymakers willing to stop driving up the cost of living.
These two tax increases suggest Sacramento still hasn’t gotten the message.
Californians are told almost daily that Sacramento understands the state’s affordability crisis. Lawmakers hold hearings about it. The gubernatorial candidates are campaigning on it. Gov. Gavin Newsom promises to fix it.
Then, when budget season arrives, Sacramento does what it always does: make California more expensive.
State lawmakers just approved two tax increases – one of which has been pegged as among the largest taxes in state history – that will raise costs on health insurance and make the software needed to run small businesses more expensive.
Read the entire op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.