David Cay Johnston: State’s job growth defies predictions after tax increases

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David Cay Johnston takes on the conventional conservative "wisdom" – using DATA! Dire predictions about jobs being destroyed spread across California in 2012 as voters debated whether to enact the sales and, for those near the top of the income ladder, stiff income tax increases in Proposition 30. Million-dollar-plus earners face a 3 percentage.

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Dire predictions about jobs being destroyed spread across California in 2012 as voters debated whether to enact the sales and, for those near the top of the income ladder, stiff income tax.

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Do tax increases boost jobs? Or kill jobs? Here’s the take of David Cay Johnston in the Bee:. Dire predictions about jobs being destroyed spread across California in 2012 as voters debated whether to enact the sales and, for those near the top of the income ladder, stiff income tax increases in Proposition 30.

Tax expert David Cay Johnston is one such who has been saying higher taxes can stimulate growth, using California’s economic resurgence, one of the highest tax states, as an example. "Dire predictions about jobs being destroyed spread across California in 2012 as voters debated whether to enact the sales and, for those near the top of the.

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Home price gains continue to weaken "Home prices continue to rack up gains two to three times greater than the inflation. the combination of rising home prices and rising mortgage rates are beginning to affect the housing market.".