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SENT BY: TQWNSEND AND CQMPANY ( 7-19-88 10:'35AM ; Proposition 99 Argument in opposition Californians Against Unfair Tax Increases 9164( i3B2-) CC I TT 63; # 7 e[-71 I_l-['WK IL '.?1cVs•O-q ;'Lltq In smoking ban. Proposition 99 will sasaaM1;~g~ cr s• .~r{~,~te aati~t ona /1- cio Proposition 99 would establish several historic firstsi ® ® U a. Large tax increases on tobaoco products in other states have triggered bootlegging, hiqhjacking, vandalism and other criminal behavior. They create a financial bonanza for street gangs and organized crime. The , Ctiifornia State Bheriffs l~ssomiation and the __californ ~sa O tieers Associatin knoy the faats andigpposa__pmowosition__99. * This ballot measurm was d siaMed.to nay off sany of its gro oters, Most taxes benofit all aitizens. But California's medical industry would pooket at least $292 million of these projected taxes each year. And those least able to afford it would feel the sharpest impact of these new taxes. Proposition 99 would create an unacceptable precedent for other self-serving ballot measures sponsored by speaiai interests seeking new tax dollars for their "special" agendas. m LN W -'~ -* -C is 6E taxat on the behavi r of a er. Proposition 99's promoters would impose their values on everyone, penalizing one segment of society for its conduct. Who will be 87699808

SENT HY:TOWNSEND AND COMPANY ~ 7-1~9-88; 10:36AM!: 916q ?382~ CCITT G37# 8 punished next? Can new taxeg on beer, wine, coffee or even red meat and eggs be far behind? Proposition 99 is an exaise tax. lt hits one qroup of citizens for what they buy, not what they earn. In 1987 the Congressional Budget Office reported that oxoise taxes such as tobacco taxes proposed by Proposition 99 are a greater burden on lower-income Americans than other taxes. Tobacco taxes are more unfair than taxes on qasoline, beer or wine. Grours renresentitsc a •1 101!:_ It, _:_-A,AqNW-t~tt•~ft~t~-t r~.e-.,'_r+,~__1-J _ It:- aAM Coa ss reJ edted i . 8imia.arly, a state tobacco tax increase failed to get one vote in the California Legislature last year. The promoters of Proposition 99 have billed it as a health ressaroh initiative. Yet, onl fin pennies of aach nev tax dollar n d go to healtb researah -- the smallest allocation in the initiative. The promoters of hroposition 99 have billed it as a health education initiative as wall. The promoters say somr of :~hs nev education money would be used to finance "major local and statewide media campaigns." Don't be misled. Even the state's largest teachers orqarii$ation took no position on this initiative. Proweition 99 lunda for a health eduaation aacount aould esnlt__ in a cut in tbe _leyel of financ nZE029a arrQ other basic alassroom subieots. Don't be fooled by trendy, noble-soundinq rhetoric. $QU pronosition 99 aarefuliv. The promoters want you to penalize one group of Californians, impose an unfair tax that falls hardest on lower-income families, and put millions of dollars into their pockets -- while encouraging crime . . . all at the same time. Proposition 99 is less than me.ts the eye. yoters shoal raiect Proposition 22.

SENT BYt TOWNSEND AND COMPAN4' ( 7-19-88 10: 37AM J 916-f 1382-, CC I TT G3: # 9 11 Siqnaa! paul Cann pr.,aidant, The PeoP1.'s Advooate Vincent Calderon National Chait'man, Latino paaoe Otlioors Assoaiation Ass.mbiyman Richard Floyd M.mb.r ot the California gtata 7lsssmbly, District 53 Chairman, Gov.rnmantal Organization Committee