Schwarzenegger Sorry That Services Not Taxed in California

Listen to (I mean read) what CA Governor, Schwarzenegger said last week at a town hall meeting in the Northern California city of Pleasant Hill: "The way we are taxing. I mean, we are missing a lot out there," the governor said. "There's whole new economies that are developing, service-oriented economies. Manufacturing is going down." […]
Updated: October 26, 2022
Originally Posted:
March 25, 2008

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Listen to (I mean read) what CA Governor, Schwarzenegger said last week at a town hall meeting in the Northern California city of Pleasant Hill:

"The way we are taxing. I mean, we are missing a lot out there," the governor said. "There's whole new economies that are developing, service-oriented economies. Manufacturing is going down."
 
So taxing services is on the horizon out there in CA. I would agree with the writer of this article in the Sacramento Bee, that the most likely first target will be telecommunications and cable television. I really have to shake my head though when an elected official thinks any item not taxed is a big dissapointment.

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