By John Moorlach in FLASHREPORT

January 8, 2016

Yesterday, Governor Jerry Brown released his 2016-17 budget proposal to the legislature, and in that budget he anticipates approximately $7.6 billion in new spending over the previous year’s approved budget.

The fact that we have increased revenues to the state should be good news for California taxpayers, as the additional funds should take away any pressure to raise taxes.

But, that’s not how Sacramento logic works.

In addition to incorporating the increasing revenues, the Governor’s budget also renews the call for even more taxes – bringing back the car tax and further increasing the gas and diesel taxes – and using those tax increases to address the lack of maintenance of our highways and bridges.

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