Schwarznegger, however, is the first governor in modern times to actually make it even worse than usual. He won his first (recall) election against the former governor, Gray Davis, by calling for a repeal of the car tax. That was the most progressive tax in California: the rich paid more for expensive and more valuable cars, the poor less. That repeal cost the state $4 billion a year. Do the math: Schwarznegger’s term in office x $4 billion roughly equals $26 plus billion deficit
Quelle: Nathan Gardels: California’s Crisis of Consumer Democracy
