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Obama's not the first to raise taxes.
Sales tax soon to be raised an additional 1.5% to 10%
SACRAMENTO, CA -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday proposed a temporary 1.5 percent sales tax increase to deal with California's worsening fiscal crisis, which has created an $11.2 billion deficit in this year's budget.
"We have a dramatic situation here and it takes dramatic solutions ... and immediate action," the governor said as he called the Legislature back into session to deal with the budget shortfall. "We must stop the bleeding."
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