RecommendApril 15 used to be simply the day that federal and state income tax returns were due.
However, with political angst running amok, it's been transformed into Tax Day with capital letters, pitting those who believe they're taxed too much by wasteful governments against those who contend that taxes are too low and vital services are dying.
Thus, hundreds of tea party tax protesters gathered at the Capitol on Thursday while union leaders and liberal politicians ramped up their pro-tax rhetoric.
The California Teachers Association touted its pending ballot measure that would repeal some big corporate tax loopholes that the Legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger enacted last year as they temporarily hiked personal income, sales and car taxes.
Meanwhile, the union-backed March for California's Future, which entered Sacramento County on Thursday and will arrive at the Capitol next week, trumpeted a $40 billion
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