California governor sees tax referendum as sign of changing tide

Gov. Jerry Brown sees California voters’ openness to temporarily increasing taxes on wealthy individuals’ income as a sign voters nationwide may be open to the idea.

“The cutting and the deficits are out of control,” the California Democrat said Sunday on CNNs “State of the Union.”

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“When government gets excessive, yes, people want to pull it back. That was the tax revolt,” he told CNN's Candy Crowley. “But when the private sector begins to have more and more, and the public sector is starved, people know that. I mean, it’s common sense. You need a balance.”

Plus, he said, while "billions" sounds large, the increases would be of little significance in his state’s massive economy.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/11/california-governor-sees-tax-referendum-as-sign-of-changing-tide/