California voters

[vvvexation]

I've mostly figured out how I'm voting on Tuesday, but I'm still undecided on Props. 1A, 61, and 63. Anyone want to argue me into a position on those?

Comments

[imnotbob.livejournal.com]

My thought is that 1% of income over 1mill isn't all that much, and moving would cost them much more than that. Also, I haven't heard anyone offer any suggestions as to where else to get the money.

In addition, they will get a return on their money from less people on the street or in high cost inpatient care, and just because they are rich doesnt mean that they or their family wont need that kind of care some time.

[rfrench.livejournal.com]

So if the rich people will get this return, why won't everybody else? It seems the non-rich people will get a "free" benefit. Wouldn't it be more fair to tax everyone equally? It seems like this targets rich people because they don't have the voting power to make it not pass. It's the masses ganging up on the minority.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

According to the Chronicle, they admit this but seem to be stuck for other ways to pull this off.

[rfrench.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the pointer. I was actually just sitting down tonight to look over all the voting stuff, so this discussion was the first I'd seen on any issue.

Personally, while I might agree that the benefit is good, I don't agree with the means of funding, and so I'll vote "no". If people think this is an important issue, everyone should chip in. It seems really bizarre to fund this from the "rich". It's about as illogical a connection of funding source and benefit as I can imagine.

[imnotbob.livejournal.com]

Were it up to me everyone would get the tax, but this is what we have now. Its unfortunately more likely to pass as written also. I suppose the rational behind it is that rich people can afford it better than us regular folk.