On raising taxes for the wealthiest

A new Tulchin Research poll conducted on behalf of the California Federation of Teachers finds that California voters strongly support increasing taxes on the wealthy as a way to balance the state's budget without additional cuts to essential services.



Given the recent events in Sacramento that saw budget negotiations collapse and efforts launched to find a "Plan B," a recent statewide survey of likely voters in California has discovered a proposal that could help solve the state's budget mess-- raising taxes on the wealthy. Notably, the poll finds overwhelming support from California voters for a proposal to raise income taxes by 1% on the top 1% of Californians-- known as "1% on the 1%"-- in order to help balance the state budget and prevent deeper cuts to essential services. Specifically, nearly four out of five voters (78%) support this proposal with more than half of all voters (53%) strongly supporting it.

a billionaire chatting with his friends, they've gotta stop to laugh

"we've really got those suckers fooled, we've got 'em trained like

rats!" the riches plot, control your mind, to make you blame yourself

"the rich are rich because they're smarter than me..." you're taught

this is right, that it's your fault kill, kill, kill! they throw a war

like a party saying, "it's for a moral cause..." telling you if you're a

patriot that, "you better do what you're told!" you burn a flag, you're

gonna hang, brainwashed nationalism makes you a tool they're getting

rich by selling weapons to both countries, you never think to question

what you're told! kill, kill, kill! they're gonna give you nothing they

want to take away the little they call something you know you're being

used, but still you play along. if you're not complacent, you're doing

something wrong. one day they'll push too far that marks the beginning

of their end. we'll bring them crashing down 'til they're all dead,

they're all dead! the time is growing near... put the trigger to the

man... ok, kill 'em!

California has a Democratic Governor and Democratic majorities in both houses of the legislature. But that hasn't stopped a nihilistic and ideologically deranged minority from taking a suicide bomber approach to governance in the Golden State, preventing a referendum by the voters on whether or not to extend taxes. Friday Tulchin Research released a poll showing that a nice majority of the state's voters have a logical solution. It is, in fact, the solution to all the budgetary problems facing the country: make The Rich pay their fair share. But of course The Rich entirely own the Republican Party and own enough of the Democratic Party-- think Blue Dogs, Third Way, DLC... Obama-- to keep The Rich rich and getting richer.Bernie Sanders doesn't represent California. But he does represent working families and his solution is incredibly similar to what the Tulchin poll found. Watch Bernie on this MSNBC clip:And why don't we close with a little pop tune from Anti-Flag, "Kill The Rich," although just as poetry, not as an operational plan.

Labels: Anti-Flag, Bernie Sanders, California budget crisis, tax policies