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# GOP needs to wake up
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/gop-needs-to-wake-up-editor/
- Published: 2008-08-06T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:33:35.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ron Lowe Santa Monica*

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pushes for a sales tax hike. A one-cent increase for three years would help end the budget impasse and deficit.

The GOP’s response: “We continue to be opposed to broad-based rate increases especially in the face of a weak economy.” — Roger Niello (R - Fair Oaks).

There you go again. A few anti-tax Republicans continue to force their flawed and warped ideology on millions of Californians, deficits and fiscal instability be damned.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 6, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/080608.pdf?ref=smdp.com)