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Topic: Calif looking at taxing Amusement Park Tickets

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41	SingleParkPassholder Sat 5/3/2008 3:49p	As fdar as California taxes are concerned, post 35 is a decent assessment. People can complain about not wanting to pay more taxes all they want, but costs increase for governments just like they do for the people, and it isn't just workers' salaries. Gas costs more for the state too, as do rents, utilities, phones, food, everything that you pay for, same goes for cities, counties and states. If the public wants services, there's a price. And not to derail the topic, but in California, undocumented workers are killing the system.
42	RC Collins Sat 5/3/2008 9:05p	Our government is supposed to be representative - in other words, of, by, and for the people. When the people have to cut back their own spending, so should our government. Yes, in California, there are requirements for certain budget percentages to be spent on certain things (40% for education, I think). However, the actual dollar amounts are not mandated. So, you simply cut across the board. There is very little that the state government does that could not be handled by either local government or the private/volunteer sector. Another problem is that the system in California is largely a socialist one intended to serve all of the citizens and immigrants and tourists. However, it is being partially strained by illegal aliens (different from immigrants) who do not contribute enough in taxes/goods/services to offset what they are taking in public services (financial assistance, education, use of infrastructure and utilities, involvement in the judicial/correctional system, medical care). No, I'm not blaming illegal aliens for all of the problems - just their share of the problems. The state government does not need to raise taxes. It needs to limit spending. If the schools are strained, people will just have to help the schools directly. If the roads get worse, the state should allow more privately owned roads. We can't keep punishing the productive and coming up with new taxes without driving ourselves further into a problem. I can't wait until we have a lottery, Indian gaming, bonds, and cigarette taxes so California won't have these budget problems! ;-)
43	SingleParkPassholder Sat 5/3/2008 10:24p	"There is very little that the state government does that could not be handled by either local government or the private/volunteer sector." This is one of those things that sound great to the people that espouse them, but the concept works only in theory. In fact, quite the opposite is true. There is very little the government does that COULD be handled by the private sector. Accountability is one of the primary reasons. Greed another.

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