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Proposition 30

EDITORIAL: Shameless unions want Prop 30 payback

San Diego Union Tribune calls out California's public sector unions for shamelessly calling for wage increases to be paid out of Proposition 30 revenues after they raised billions of dollars to support the measure.

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OPINION: Bankrolling Failure

Larry Sand of City Journal disputes the fallacy that more money is what's needed to improve California's education system, as touted by supporters of Proposition 30, and what is needed instead is real reform of our public schools.

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OPINION: Voters Approve Tax Hikes to Protect Schools - But Where Will the Money Actually Go?

California Budget Fact Check points out that despite the promises made last year that Proposition 30 would help California public schools avoid painful cuts, very little of the money is going towards students and education, while the majority is being used to cover pension short falls and faculty raises.

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OPINION: California’s New Taxes Are Paying for Pensions

Dave Crane of Bloomberg reports just four months after the passage of Proposition 30, who's title began with "Temporary Taxes to Fund Education", the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office has announced that the California State Teachers’ Retirement System requires an extra $4.5 billion a year for 30 years to cover its unfunded liability and that the money will have to come from the school districts and the state.

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EDITORIAL: Prop. 30? Who Cares? Tax-Hike Fever Is Back

Union Tribune's editorial criticizing Sacramento lawmakers who promised voters they would be spared any new push for higher taxes after Proposition 30's passage, only to push for a variety of new fees and taxes in the form of more than two dozen bills sent before the Legislature.

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