{"id":11014,"date":"2010-01-29T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-01-29T17:12:09","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T17:12:09","slug":"majority-vote-revenue-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/29\/majority-vote-revenue-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority Vote Revenue Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Given the fact that the Republicans have no interest whatsoever in reforming our broken revenue system in a way that would be palatable to the majority of Californians, it leaves the Legislature looking for other solutions. &nbsp;The majority vote revenue package has been hanging around for a while, and Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed a version of it last year. &nbsp;But, the Democrats are bringing it back.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Assembly Democrats decided to find money to cut textbook costs for college students by closing a corporate tax loophole on multinational corporations.<\/p>\n<p>By casting Assembly Bill 1178 as revenue neutral, raising and cutting equal sums in taxes, Democrats could ignore Republican opposition and pass the measure by a simple majority.<\/p>\n<p>The bill moved to the Senate by the bare-minimum number of votes required, 41-28. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/topstories\/story\/2498572.html\">LA Times<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, the Republicans haven&#8217;t met a tax loophole that isn&#8217;t sacred, a credit which isn&#8217;t deified. &nbsp;They have no interest in working with the Democrats and the majority of the country.<\/p>\n<p>While majorities may support the supermajority, majorities also favor a working government. And right now, the Republicans are nothing but an obstacle to good governance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given the fact that the Republicans have no interest whatsoever in reforming our broken revenue system in a way that would be palatable to the majority of Californians, it leaves the Legislature looking for other solutions. &nbsp;The majority vote revenue package has been hanging around for a while, and Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed a version of it last year. &nbsp;But, the Democrats are bringing it back.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Assembly Democrats decided to find money to cut textbook costs for college students by closing a corporate tax loophole on multinational corporations.<\/p>\n<p>By casting Assembly Bill 1178 as revenue neutral, raising and cutting equal sums in taxes, Democrats could ignore Republican opposition and pass the measure by a simple majority.<\/p>\n<p>The bill moved to the Senate by the bare-minimum number of votes required, 41-28. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/topstories\/story\/2498572.html\">LA Times<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, the Republicans haven&#8217;t met a tax loophole that isn&#8217;t sacred, a credit which isn&#8217;t deified. &nbsp;They have no interest in working with the Democrats and the majority of the country.<\/p>\n<p>While majorities may support the supermajority, majorities also favor a working government. 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