Californians Love Taxes, Not Government Reform

By Steven Greenhut
Mar. 29, 2012

A funny thing happened after California officials announced the shutdown of 70 state parks in the face of an estimated $33 million in budget cutbacks: Private companies, wealthy donors, nonprofit organizations and local governments came up with ways to keep many parks open.

Eleven parks have already been dropped from the closing list, and the parks agency is holding workshops to teach community groups how to run a state park.

Unfortunately, such creative solutions -- where government officials privatize services or find other ways to stretch the taxpayer’s dollar -- appear less likely as Californians express support for tax increases.

In a new state poll, 64 percent of those surveyed are behind Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to “temporarily” boost the state sales tax by a quarter cent and impose a new surcharge on people earning more than $250,000 a year.

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