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ARTICLE: A "Bah Humbug" With Holiday Tax Increases

November 6, 2009

World Mag quotes HJTA president Jon Coupal in their coverage of California's 10% increase in income tax withholdings. Just as predicted, the May budget "solution" was really just kicking the deficit down the road, leaving the burden eventually to fall on the shoulders of already overburdened taxpayers. CA legislature's financial negligence strikes again.
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