Proposal

Proposition 30 is Governor Jerry Brown's first attempt to help better California in his still relatively new position, and he faces a behemoth for his first challenge, California's incredible amount of debt. Proposition 30 is income tax on the rich to give to the poor school systems, as well as helping us eliminate some of our state's debt. Lawmakers have been stacking budget cut after budget cut on the school systems, proposition 30 is saying enough reductions to education. A yes vote will stop schools from losing 3 weeks from their school year, as well as an increase what is considered a 'normal-sized' class. Proposition 30 also has a quarter of a cent increase to the tax on a dollar so that California has more money to decrease the debt of California.

A person would find little opposition saying that Sacramento lawmakers have  been doing a terrible job in the past years holding California out of the ocean of debt we have now sunk into, in fact some would say they're the ones drowning  us. Californians now have a common attitude of distrusting the government completely because we feel we have been cheated by them already in some way, we just don't know about it. I personally have a hard time swallowing the food that is forced down my throat by Sacramento. Luckily Proposition 30 isn't to disgusting to swallow, maybe just a little over salted.

I say 'over salted' because of the way it is advertised is like there trying to make it look good, that it is 'for the children'. They try to drive home this point by making a no vote on Proposition 30 mean that you are voting for a $6 billon cut to the school systems. So either you want to give the schools the sanctuary of Proposition 30 or you want to rip even more money out of the school systems damaging our future thinkers even more. It's an ultimatum on us by Sacramento, if you have any sympathy for the school system and have seen firsthand how badly any school in California have taken the recent budget cuts from Sacramento then you know that the school cannot take an outrageous $6 billon dollar cut with a grace, it will be a  broken shell of the former education system.

Proposition 30 is estimated to give California $6 billion annually, through increasing the income taxes by 1-3% on incomes more than $250,000. The income tax brackets are stated as:

Individuals making $250,000-300,000 dollars will see a 1% increase to their income tax.

Individuals making $300,000-500,000 dollars will see a 2% increase to their income tax.

Individuals making $500,000-1,000,000+ dollars will see a 3% increase to their income tax.

That is not the only money that will be coming through Proposition 30, it also has a separate sales tax increase of  .25%  on every dollar. Proposition 30 has some shady advertisement schemes and psychological tactics in order to convince a yes vote on 30. Even with those scary sides, the actions of this proposition remind me fondly of the story of Robin Hood. Proposition 30 will have a positive outcome on California as a whole, a much better result then what we would get from a no vote on Proposition 30.