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Britney Spears or State Legislators? Poll Suggests No Difference When it Comes to Handling Finances
In an attention grabbing poll, California's legislature slightly edged out Britney Spears when polled Californians were asked who they would rather see manage their family budget.
"Thirty-five percent of respondents said they would opt to have the Legislature manage their money, with 31 percent preferring to put Ms. Spears in charge. Thirty-four percent of those surveyed either didn't know or refused to answer the question," reports the Sacramento Bee's Capitol Alert.
Who would do such a poll? A Los Angeles based man, of course.
Mortgage broker Philip Tirone commissioned Wilson Research for $10,000 to conduct the poll with that question for a campaign he's called No to Sacramento, which protests an additional 10% withholding in state's personal income tax.
But as the Bee notes, "an additional 10 percent of our state tax withholdings in order to run the state."
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