California Public Schools Need the Millionaires Tax
By Lisa Schiff
California voters will have the opportunity and responsibility this November to take some of the state’s financial matters into their own hands. The Republican no-tax-do-or-die-pledge strangle-hold over the state legislature that makes it literally impossible to raise revenues is being sidestepped by a handful of tax measures presented to the public on the ballot. If ever there were an example of the initiative process being a check on other branches of government, this is it.
