Stop Taxing Us, the Carlsbad-based taxpayer advocacy group, has created a new tool for holding candidates and elected officials accountable to California taxpayers. The Promise to California Taxpayers is a four-point pledge that commits signers to:
- oppose any and all efforts to increase marginal tax rates for individuals and/or businesses,
- oppose any and all efforts to amend and/or repeal Proposition 13,
- oppose any and all efforts to increase the taxpayers’ contribution to public employee retirement plans, and
- oppose all net reduction and elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates.
The Promise to California Taxpayers is absolutely voluntary. "We intend to offer the Promise as a way for fiscal conservatives, regardless of party affiliation, to articulate clearly that raising taxes is something they will never, ever do. We want to make it easy for candidates to tell the voters where they stand. Additionally, we want California taxpayers to know which candidates protect them and, should the unfortunate happen...that is... if a candidate breaks his/her promise in office, we want to let the taxpayers know that their governing actions were inconsistent with their campaign rhetoric." said Brady
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