LifeinAsia - 3:34 pm on Jul 6, 2009 (gmt 0)

It does sound like he gets it. However, take with 1 or fewer grains of salt. This is the same Gov. who promised no new taxes to get elected when Davis was recalled, and has since then make California the highest taxed state in America.

This (and other press releases) have stated his opposition to any new taxes. But like I've pointed out before, this would not be a "new" tax- simply a new way of trying to collect the existing tax that has been on the books for years.