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Semi_subversive

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4. After 36 years of working for this state,

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon May 14, 2012, 04:42 PM

May 2012

cut my pay again and fuck 'em, I'll just retire. I'm management, so I don't have the benefit of collective bargaining, but what happens to the bargaining units our staff belong to, is usually imposed on us. With my pension and 457, I'll make a little less than I am now, but with the lower taxation rate and no reason to go downtown any more, I'll come out ahead.

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Brown Proposes $8.3 Billion in Cuts for California [View all] alp227 May 2012 OP

Tax the rich here in Cali Iliyah May 2012 #1

The problem is that . . . aggiesal May 2012 #2

California already does it. ag_dude May 2012 #5

Top tier kicks in at just over $48 K. There is also a 1% Mental Health Services Tax... slackmaster May 2012 #6

tax Jon Lovitz! dhill926 May 2012 #3

After 36 years of working for this state, Semi_subversive May 2012 #4

It's not just taxing the rich ... bayareaboy May 2012 #7

Don't fret yourself California, it'll be over soon..... DeSwiss May 2012 #8