This is just the beggining.. Hold on to your pockets!!

http://ocbiz.freedomblogging.com/2008/1 ... n-oc/4502/

Schwarzenegger wants 9.25% sales tax in O.C.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced a financial rescue package for the state government that includes a 1.5 percentage point hike in the state retail tax that would take Orange County’s sales tax rate to 9.25%. (The state would get 6.5%.) The fresh cash is needed to backfill an $11 billion deficit in this year’s budget

Overall, Arnold is proposing $4.5 billion in difficult cuts and $4.4 billion in new revenues for the current year budget. He called a special session of the legislature to handle the funding crisis.

According to the governor’s plan, the higher sales tax would end in three years. Other planned tax hikes:

Sales tax applies to the repair of appliance, furniture and vehicles plus golf and veterinarian services. One Orange County vet called it “devastatingâ€