Senate GOP leader Dick Ackerman and Assembly GOP leader Mike Villines have penned twin columns reiterating their fellow Republicans' opposition to new taxes to balance the budget.
The commentaries, posted on the conservative FlashReport Web site, don't raise new issues, but come after Senate Democratic leader Don Perata drew his own line in the sand earlier this week, saying Democrats wouldn't cut education funds from the budget.
Democrats, Perata said, would hold out for more revenues, in the form of taxes, to prevent education cuts.
"Every taxpayer in our state should be outraged that Democrat leaders have resorted to bullying tactics to try to impose billions in higher taxes on families like yours," wrote Villines, a Clovis Republican.
Ackerman wrote, "Tax increases will hurt the economy, dig deeper into the pockets of California’s families, and not address the state’s overspending problem."
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