Gov. Moonbeam Uses Egypt to Justify Maintaining Tax Hikes

Democrats will use pretty much any excuse to justify tax increases:

Citing the pro-democracy unrest in Egypt and Tunisia, Gov. Jerry Brown called it “unconscionable” that GOP legislators are vowing to block his attempt to ask voters to extend tax hikes to balance the budget.

“When democratic ideals and calls for the right to vote are stirring the imagination of young people in Egypt and Tunisia and other parts of the world, we in California can’t say now is the time to block a vote of the people,” Brown said in his first State of the State address in nearly 30 years.

He said the budget has tough choices but that the people “have a right to vote” on the package.

I'm not sure Moonbeam wants that vote as much as he think. The voters demonstrated in the last election (at least in most of the country) that they were not enthused about high taxes. Perhaps the vote would be a little closer in California, but I don't think the voters will approve a package of high taxes that they already rejected when Gov. Schwarzenegger asked them to do it.