Ed Morrissey of Hot Air reports on the findings of a new study by the non-partisan Tax Policy Center showing that while 86% of the tax increases in President Obama's new budget would be borne by people earning $200,000 or more a year, some people earning between $100,000 and $200,000 a year would also pay about $150 more, while some earning less than $100,000 a year would pay less than $100 in additional taxes.

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Katherine Timpf of Investor's Business Daily talks about the dozens of bills that have been introduced since the Democratic supermajority gained power in November which take aim at residents' cash, despite repeated promises of frugality from party leaders.

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Dave Crane of Bloomberg reports just four months after the passage of Proposition 30, who's title began with "Temporary Taxes to Fund Education", the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office has announced that the California State Teachers’ Retirement System requires an extra $4.5 billion a year for 30 years to cover its unfunded liability and that the money will have to come from the school districts and the state.

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Union Tribune's editorial criticizing Sacramento lawmakers who promised voters they would be spared any new push for higher taxes after Proposition 30's passage, only to push for a variety of new fees and taxes in the form of more than two dozen bills sent before the Legislature.

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The Sacramento Bee reports more than two dozen bills introduced in the current session, take aim at Californians' pocketbooks. Taxes, fees or other charges are proposed for soda pop and sweet tea drinkers, motorists, gun owners and people who frequent strip clubs, buy prepaid cellular phone minutes, or use paper or plastic shopping bags.

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