ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Proposition
30: The Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of Fact Sheet. “
University of
California, 27 August 2012. Web 5 Sept. 2012.
This
fact sheet gives a brief summary of the Proposition 30 pros and cons, as well as
a few website references to gather further information from. There is background outlining the history of
the initiative starting in 2011 by Gov. Jerry Brown. The proposed sales tax and income tax
increases will generate revenue to support Education K-14 and public safety
programs in California, if the proposition passes by 50% of Californians voting
for the initiative. The article goes on
to give an estimate of the revenue to be generated over the next seven years if
Proposition 30 passes and the economic impact on UC colleges over the next
seven years. The article closes with a
statement from the UC Board of Regents in support of Proposition 30.
Brown, David.
“The reactionary essence of California’s Proposition 30.” World Socialist Website,
8 Sept. 2012. Web. 23 Sept. 2012.
The
author, David Brown starts by suggesting that Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed to
increase taxes on the working class, giving the two main methods, sales tax and
income tax. He goes on to explain that
Gov. Jerry Brown is, “holding California State school systems hostage.” If Prop. 30 doesn’t pass California schools
will immediately face $5 billion in cuts and with that the same budget will
allow schools to decrease school days to 160 days per school year to
accommodate the cuts.
Mr. Brown points out the major cuts that have
been made to the state’s General Fund by Jerry Brown since in office. Yet he dodges the fact that California was in
extreme economic trouble before Jerry Brown was elected. He makes a valid point when describing the
Democrats and Republicans as paying for the economic crisis by stealing
programs from the working class and “safeguarding” the very wealthy financiers
who caused the crisis. Billions of
dollars have been cut from Education, Medi-Cal, CalWORKS, other programs have
been eliminated while corporate tax cuts have been “accelerated” to “stimulate
growth.” I think Mr. Brown is right on target here. The working class which pays the highest
percentage of their wages to the government is being kicked down again by the
government.
Buchmann, Wyatt. “Prop 30 Ads Confusing.” San
Francisco Chronicle. 3 Oct. 2012. Web 4 Oct. 2012.
Wyatt Buchmann wrote this article with a
seemingly unbiased opinion. He gives pro
and cons and talks about the
Television advertisements launched against Prop 30. He outlines the revenue that will be raised
by the tax increases and the use of the EPA.
Then he goes into Gov. Jerry Brown’s previous tax increases and how
proposition 98 will effect proposition 30 when it comes to the use of tax
revenue from the General Fund, which is where most of the educational funding
comes from currently. Unfortunately, it
sounds as though proposition 98 enables the legislatures to use the General
Fund at their discretion when tax revenue increases in California. And that is exactly what proposition 30 will
do, increase the state tax revenue, freeing up billions of dollars for other uses. I believe this is a huge concern that no one
is talking about. Yet the fact still
remains that our schools need additional funding and Proposition 30 will help.
“CASTROL Position Statement on
Proposition 30: Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act 2012.” California Teachers of English to
Speakers of Other Languages. 18 Sept.
2012.
In
this brief article, CASTROL states their position as pro Proposition 30 supporters
and lists the current
state of our state public schools, the ranking nationally and the up and coming cut backs if proposition 30 does not pass in
November. They also outline the sales and
income taxes that are
included in the initiative and how the revenue will be spent.
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