{"id":73049,"date":"2026-05-16T00:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T00:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/73049\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T00:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T00:05:19","slug":"gavin-newsoms-revised-budget-leaves-out-income-tax-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/73049\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom’s revised budget leaves out income tax cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was one big idea missing from Gavin Newsom\u2019s revised budget<\/a>: income tax cuts.<\/p>\n

California politicians assume that the government should spend as much as the economy will bear. Newsom\u2019s budget grew<\/a> almost 10% from last year, twice the rate of economic growth.<\/p>\n

In other states, especially Republican ones, governors promise to cut taxes<\/a> while maintaining the quality of public services. In California, politicians promise new, \u201cfree\u201d programs and hope to find the extra money somewhere \u2014 perhaps by seizing wealth, instead of just taxing income.<\/p>\n

Perhaps that just reflects the difference between the \u201cred state\u201d and \u201cblue state<\/a>\u201d models. But the problem in California is that we aren\u2019t actually getting better government for the money.<\/p>\n

There was one big idea missing from Gavin Newsom\u2019s revised budget: income tax cuts. dpa\/picture alliance via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Perhaps that just reflects the difference between the \u201cred state\u201d and \u201cblue state\u201d models. But the problem in California is that we aren\u2019t actually getting better government for the money. Ringo Chiu<\/p>\n

Newsom\u2019s proposed $349 billion budget is more than double the state\u2019s $171 billion budget from ten years ago. <\/p>\n

If you could hop into a time machine and tell Californians that you\u2019d have twice the money to spend in just ten years, people would have been ecstatic about all the things we could do with the money. Safer roads! Incredible schools! New dams! Fire-ready cities!<\/p>\n

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Except none of that has happened. In fact, the quality of government services is declining.<\/p>\n

So where did the money go?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some of it was simply stolen. There is an unknown, but likely large, amount of fraud in California state spending, which Newsom did not address.\u00a0<\/p>\n

California has spent billions on homelessness, for example, while barely making a dent in the problem CA Post<\/p>\n

Some of the money is wasted on poorly designed programs. California has spent billions on homelessness, for example, while barely making a dent in the problem, largely because the state has bought or rented housing rather than treating mentally ill or drug-addicted people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The two biggest items in the budget are education and health. California spends a massive amount of money on schools, but results are mediocre at best, thanks to overspending on administrators and the unions\u2019 stranglehold on education policy. <\/p>\n

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Health care costs keep rising without any real cost controls, and Newsom\u2019s ill-conceived policy of adding illegal immigrants to Medi-Cal came to a sudden halt last year because the program ran out of money.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even if Newsom and the Democrats don\u2019t want to cut spending and taxes, they could certainly be doing a better job of spending what they have. Residents aren\u2019t getting value for money.<\/p>\n

Our leaders believe, despite all evidence to the contrary, that money is best spent by the state. The truth is that California does best when people can spend and invest for themselves.<\/p>\n

Real \u201caffordability\u201d would mean lowering taxes and letting Californians keep more of what we earn. <\/p>\n

But real tax cuts never enter the discussion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Newsom used the phrase \u201ctax cut\u201d to describe a reduction in filing fees for small businesses. That\u2019s not a \u201ctax cut\u201d; it\u2019s just reducing an obstacle that doesn\u2019t need to be there. And it\u2019s just $400 per business, per year.<\/p>\n

California needs a budget with a different \u2014 dare we say, more American \u2014 vision: one where the point of working hard isn\u2019t just to feed a gluttonous government, but to build a better life.<\/p>\n

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