Comments on: `Close Tax Loopholes:’ Fighting Words

By: jh

jh — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:41:13 +0000

Bull crap…..make these jerks spend less money and the only way to do that is make sure they don’t get as much.The more you give them the more they spend and if you did increase taxes they would soon have another deficit from expanding upon or creating new programs to line their pockets. Ever wonder how so many in public office become millionaires and that is the only job they have ever had ? A deficit only exists because politicians have decided they want to spend an x amount of money and don’t have it….want should not be confused with need.We are the boss here and we need to act like it. All of us have to find a way to live within our means and our government should have to also. They will parade out some program that involves kids that is in danger of being cut (they decide what gets cut by the way so they pick a kids program instead of something they want not need) everyone ends up feeling guilty and passes some new tax to fix this…that same program ends up with other things attached to it that have nothing to do with kids and it starts all over again…..I don’t care if you are democrat,republican or something else….every one of these people do this to us then point fingers of blame at each other…then later go out to dinner together and laugh at us arguing with each other about which party is screwing us over when the answers is always…D: all of the above

By: Gary Ault

Gary Ault — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:04:01 +0000

The mortgage deduction is the sacred cow of the middle class, no it does little to help the poor, but what does. It is time we protect the middle class from the chopping block, we are becoming an endangered species in this state. Reduce spending and raise the sales tax by 1 cent, it is the fairest tax of all since everyone in California along with anyone visiting and spending a buck will pay. Any new laws that were signed by the Governor this year that cost money should be repealed. Reduce our Legislature to part-time like most of the country, this way they make less and don’t get to pass all that worthless legislation that ends up costing the taxpayers Billions.

By: Glen Smith

Glen Smith — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:46:24 +0000

Time to fish or cut bait guys. They may not be outright tax hikes but they look like the only way out to me.