Opinion: In Tuesday’s Letters to the editor
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Some things never change: in Tuesday’s Letters to the editor, readers react -- with their usual good measure of hostility -- to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest plans for the California budget. Writes Michelle Zweig, of Marina del Rey:
On Tuesday... we approved additional sales taxes... then on Friday The Times reported that Gov. Schwarzenegger is asking for a sales tax increase... to fund the state’s coffers. Also in Friday’s Times there is a report that the Department of Water and Power wants to increase our bills so that they can install solar panels. This would put our sales tax above 10%. Has everyone gone completely out of their collective minds? If our esteemed leaders are trying to concoct a recipe to totally kill business in this state, they have succeeded.
Debra L. Wiley of Inglewood thinks a tax on Internet sales might do the trick. Lewis Flock, of Encinitas, argues for a tax on religious organizations. And Carol Marshall, of Anaheim, wonders how on Earth it makes sense to impose such big cuts on schools:
While it seems obvious to me that an educated workforce will guarantee that California leads the country out of the current economic downturn, the governor is taking the biggest chunk of money out of education. How can that be?
Reader reaction to Rep. Henry Waxman’s bid to take control of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, rogue hacker traffic engineers, and school bonds, too.
* Photo of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from Ken James/Bloomberg News.