California plan for wealth tax on anyone who spends 60 days a year in the state

Re:California plan for wealth tax on anyone who spends 60 da... by zepto on Saturday December 19, 2020 @12:03PM (#25478838)

This! California had had a lot of tax revenue over the last couple of decades but doesn’t seem to have much to show for it.

Where is the explanation for how the money was spent, why it hasn’t paid off, and what would be different?

As far as I can tell it’s not ‘earmarked’ it’s just more tax for the general fund.

Also, Earmarks have never been trustworthy so it wouldn’t matter even if it were earmarked.

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Re:California plan for wealth tax on anyone who spends 60 da... by secabeen on Saturday December 19, 2020 @12:13PM (#25478955)

The California state budget is here, in pretty good detail: http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/budget/2020-21EN/#/BudgetDetail

Reports here go back over 10 years, so there's plenty of data to analyze.

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Re:California plan for wealth tax on anyone who spends 60 da... by zepto on Saturday December 19, 2020 @12:31PM (#25479156)

Unless I’m missing something that just gives an apportionment of money to departments.

It doesn’t have any data about what the goals of spending that money was, not what the outcomes have been relative to those goals.

On it’s own it’s essentially useless for determining whether more or less money should go to any of those departments, let alone the state as a whole.

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Re:California plan for wealth tax on anyone who spends 60 da... by elhudy on Saturday December 19, 2020 @12:31PM (#25479149)

It shouldn't be the responsibility of the taxed to analyze the budget. If the government proposes a higher tax, they need to be transparent about where the shortfalls are that require such a tax, so those paying the tax aren't left guessing.

People want to know how their tax money is going to address society's problems. Is that so much to ask?

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