Opinion: High tax rates are not the mark of a civilized society
SACRAMENTO – This year’s tax day falls on Tuesday, although most Californians have a reprieve until October if they live in a county that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has deemed a disaster area due to recent flooding. On its
Even with the current set up, Americans have every reason to be infuriated by the local, state and federal taxes they must pay. At which point my progressive friends love to quote Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: “Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society.” TheThere’s obviously some truth in that message. We need to pay for the infrastructure, schools, police patrols, parks and other public services that support a well-functioning society.
California’s public schools grab more than 40-percent of our astronomical state budget, yet news reports ofsuggest that we have some of the worst public schools in the nation. Our infrastructure is crumbling and California struggles to keep the basics – water supplies, the electrical grid, our transportation network – functioning in a tolerable manner. We spend more money on the same bloated agencies and failed policies.
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