No on Prop. 29 (or Californians Against Out-of-Control Taxes and Spending) Proponents/Funders: Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds, and more. Complete list can be found here.

 

In 2010, I supported Proposition 25 which was sold to the voters as a way to make Legislators accountable for passing a balanced budget.  Prop 25 said essentially if the Legislature did not pass a balanced budget by the Constitutional deadline of June 15th, they would not get paid.

 

A push to incite nationwide protests on Tuesday, May 1st went unheeded, for the most part. Organizers hoped to get American students and workers, across the country, to take the day off in order to demonstrate against income inequality and unjust corporate practices, showing the 1% what life would be like without the 99%.