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Being a proposition, does the legislature have any responsibility involved in the unfairness of this retroactive tax? Isn't the responsibility of a proposition
by redcircle 14y ago
Being a proposition, does the legislature have any responsibility involved in the unfairness of this retroactive tax? Isn't the responsibility of a proposition in the hands of the voters, thus making it really important for voters to do their research? The blog post should be laying the blame on us voters.
- Moto7451 14y agoProp 30[1] was an initiative[2] so it went directly to the people for petitioning and then voting. The legislature was kept out of the loop. [1]http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_30,_Sales_and_Income_Tax_Increase_(2012) http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition... [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_ballot_proposition#Initiative http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_ballot_proposition#I...
- jalanco 14y agoThis is interesting because, since it was a referendum vote, the people who passed it will likely not be affected by it, unless the average income in Calif. is much higher than I would assume.
- Moto7451 14y agoYes, that's likely a good part of why this was voted in and why Prop 38[1], with its tax increases on anyone making 7,316 or more, wasn't. [1] http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_38,_State_Income_Tax_Increase_to_Support_Education_(2012) http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition... This is obviously not the first or last time this type of measure will be passed ;).
- jalanco 14y agoNow that makes it even more interesting (not shocking, but interesting). I wonder how many examples of referendum-style laws are approved in CA where voters are voting against self-interest (or at least with non-trivial skin in the game) for Utilitarian benefit.