Proposition 42: Protect Your Retirement Savings and Avoid Being Taxed Twice
Californians already pay some of the highest income taxes in the country. Proposition 42 seeks to protect the money they have saved for retirement and to keep politicians from imposing a new tax on those funds, even retroactively. That is why firefighters, workers, seniors and small businesses support the measure and urge voters to vote yes.
Cheryl Brown: Seniors don’t get a do-over. Vote Yes on Prop. 42.
When I served in the State Assembly and chaired the Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, I said one thing on the floor more than anything else: seniors don’t get a do-over.
Editorial: Sí a la Proposición 42
Los activos que protege son los que normalmente ya se han gravado una vez cuando se venden o cuando generan ingresos
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