[speaking suicide...]

California tax bites get hard to digest

Stung by one of the highest state tax rates in the nation, Californians soon could be paying even more if officials and voters approve an array of new bond measures and taxes now under consideration. Already on the November ballot are nearly $17 billion in statewide bonds...

[bonds: the worst way to pay for anything, in that it doubles (if not more) the cost by virtue of the interest paid. Vote against all bonds; they're end-around games to financing what our taxes were supposed to go for. Every time we approve, we teach them it works...]

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