Impasse Over State Budget
A suggestion to prevent a California fiscal collapse: Why not increase the state income taxes by 10% providing that state employees take a 10% cut in salaries and perks at the same time? While I’m no “fat cat,” I would gladly pay a higher income tax if this compromise could be achieved to prevent fiscal calamity!
We can’t expect the federal government to bail us out. But California is still a great state and we can cooperate to resolve our problems. Perhaps we can curtail some state government services, discontinue some, and privatize some at lower costs?
RALPH S. LITTRELL
West Los Angeles
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