Tim, you seem triggered by the term socialism being used in a less than gushing statement. I apologize for upsetting you and your beliefs. The holy grail of socialism is 100% tax as written and spoken by so many luminaries of the ideology over the last 170 years, so I thought it was a great explanation of the 110% sales tax example that otherwise has no reasonable explanation.
Regardless of the how the CDTFA came into existence, the point is that it has been implementing in relentless fashion new taxes. The CDTFA is proud of their tax hikes and they have plenty of documentation on the website of the new taxes as they implement them.
What this means is that we business owners in California are at an even greater competitive price disadvantage with other states. Look for more and more businesses to leave the state (our customer base).
No, I'm triggered by your ridiculous exaggeration of the entire premise and the introduction of some baseless, factually vacant conspiracy theory about some nefarious scheme to impose 100% taxes on people despite it never being done ANYWHERE on earth, let alone in California.
California, which I'll point out has climbed from the 7th largest economy ON EARTH to 5th in the last four years and SINCE Governor Brown AND the legislature reformed and retooled the tax collection body for the state. Let that sink in for a moment. Or for a lifetime if necessary. To climb two full positions in the WORLD economic ranking in less than four years means we as business people and our government must be doing something right.
Go peddle your crackpot, conspiracy theories to some other fools who don't care to inform themselves of the facts and truth of the matter. Or you can leave California for one of the low tax, low potential Shiitehole states that you neocons seem to think have their acts together better. Me, I'm staying right where opportunity abounds, major innovation occurs like nowhere else, incredible natural beauty is, and people for the most part are good and decent. People like you dump on the state all the time, but never leave and never do much to help fix things.