Claims extracted
29
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
3%
1 of 29 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
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It’s time for taxpayers to stop getting taken by surprise, and stop getting taken for granted by California politicians.
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taxpayers → ’ → politicians
People are surprised that their sales tax rose in LA County last week, to 10.25%.
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tax → rise → %
People are surprised that Metrolink fares are rising this week, by as much as 27%.
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fares → rise → %
People were surprised when the “mansion tax” passed, and new apartment construction suddenly slowed down.
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construction → pass → ?
People are going to be surprised when Gavin Newsom’s new tax on health insurance premiums kicks in — about $100 per person, per year.
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tax → go → year
There are two questions here: Why do these taxes keep passing?
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taxes → be → ?
And why are voters, and consumers, taken by surprise almost every time?
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voters → take → surprise
The first answer is that California’s politicians have an endless appetite for other peoples’ money.
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politicians → have → money
And they are determined to get it.
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they → get → it
They know the rules of the game.
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They → know → game
They are well-funded — often by the same donors who stand to benefit from the new taxes and new spending.
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who → fund → taxes
And — let’s face it — California is a one-party state.
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California → let → it
Not one Republican has been elected statewide since Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Republican → elect → Schwarzenegger
Democrats take the voters for granted.
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Democrats → take → voters
Those who might object to tax increases — the general public — are less organized.
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who → object → increases
Taxpayers are also overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of battles they have to fight.
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they → overwhelm → battles
The political class has unlimited resources.
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class → have → resources
Ordinary people do not.
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people → do → ?
That said — it’s not impossible to fight new taxes.
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it → say → taxes
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association fights to defend the cap on property tax increases that voters enacted with Proposition 13 in 1978.
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voters → fight → 1978
But that’s just one tax.
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that → ’ → ?
The politicians are raising taxes on everything.
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politicians → raise → everything
And the reason voters are caught by surprise because they just don’t know that they’re going to be taxed.
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they → catch → surprise
When voters are told, they are usually lied to.
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they → tell → ?
That’s what happened when Xavier Becerra changed the name of the gas tax repeal initiative in 2018 to mislead the public.
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Becerra → ’ → public
As LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger wrote in The California Post recently, voters were told that Measure ER, the recent sales tax hike, would pay for health care.
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ER → write → care
Except there’s nothing in the proposition that requires that.
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that → ’ → that
The money goes into the general fund.
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money → go → fund
It’s time for voters to get informed and to stand up for themselves.
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voters → ’ → themselves
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