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FIGHT BACK Against Higher Taxes!
California taxpayers are already paying some of the highest taxes in the nation! Tell the Sacramento politicians you are already paying too much! No New Taxes! Click here for your Representatives' contact information.
California taxpayers are already paying some of the highest taxes in the nation! Tell the Sacramento politicians you are already paying too much! No New Taxes! Click here for your Representatives' contact information.
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Several years ago, the last time California was "going off a cliff," I wrote a column entitled "Taxpayer Ants and Government Grasshoppers." It was based on the wonderful old Disney cartoon about industrious ants working hard and putting away provisions for the future and a lazy grasshopper which refused to do the same. Read more >>