+1 Tax filings start in a couple months, the deadline is just about 5 months away. At best this is just a very temporary stopgap. If they can't cut the budget

+1 Tax filings start in a couple months, the deadline is just about 5 months away. At best this is just a very temporary stopgap. If they can't cut the budget now and can't float a bond issue now what makes them think they'll be able to do so then? "Forced, interest-free loan" is Orwellian. It's theft. Setting aside any moral considerations surrounding taxes, these words are the semantic equivalent of CA saying "We're taking your money now, like it or not, and hopefully we'll repay it in a few months." It's not a tax, it's not a fee, it's stealing and it's easy because of the whole notion of withholding. To stand against it would require that both employer and employee perform simultaneous disobedience that is sure to bring the wrath of the IRS. If we really want to see rage against taxation we'd eliminate withholding and all taxes would be rolled into a single lump sum that the taxed would have to pay the week before election day.