California’s
economy is one of the largest economies in the U.S, and it is the eighth
largest in the world. It is one of the busiest states in the United States.
California’s economy specialized on trade, business services, education, health
services, international commerce, hospitality, agriculture, and
high-technology. It produces at least half of fresh fruits in the United
States. Many top ten companies such as
Facebook, HP, Apple, Google, and etc
have their offices in North California, especially in Silicon Valley,
Santa Clara, and San Mateo country. For this reason, many people have been
coming to the state to find a job and settle. However, in 2009 it faced
economic crises which significantly hurt the state’s economy. Today California
still goes thought hard time. The state’s economy growth slowly, but it’s
still unstable because the government face
a huge deficit with which they don’t know what to do. Many people lost their
job; some school and colleges reduced their class size and closed some classes.
Some people are suffered by this terrible economic situation in the state. The
solution that government found for this problem is raising taxes because it has
always been the major resource of state’s budget. So each year they keep going
to raise income and sale taxes and cut the budget. The State Government is
hoping that raising taxes will eventually help to cover the deficit and recover
economy. Today California has the
highest income taxes and second highest sale taxes in the United States. In
November 2011 the Gov. Brown suggested a new proposal of raising income taxes on millionaires in a
purpose to avoid additional budget
cutting of public service. As everything this proposal has advantages and
disadvantages. Different group of people will get benefit from it or will be
hurt by new taxes.
Great topic discussion! I dislike how tax continues to grow. I feel like it's a scam in a way that taxpayers do not truly know where their money is going to. I know I'm hurt by new taxes :(
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