Take a look at The Conversation: Tax 101, Who pays, how much and why it might change this week with a state budget, by Daniel Weintraub in the Sacramento Bee, Sunday, February 8. It begins,

California’s long era of tax cutting might soon end. With the state deep in a financial hole and unable to pay all of its bills, even some business leaders and Republican lawmakers are acknowledging the inevitable: The state government cannot balance its books with spending cuts alone. It needs more revenue.

Take a look.