Brown reports $1.7 million for his tax campaign

Brown reports $1.7 million for his tax campaign 
nctimes.com
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 5:16 pm
http://www.nctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/brown-reports-million-for-his-tax-campaign/article_c0720754-d545-58fb-8b5a-dc8c57e62ca2.html#ixzz1lIGmhLrs

Gov. Jerry Brown's campaign reported Tuesday that it has raised $1.7 million for his proposed November ballot initiative to temporarily raise California's sales and income taxes to help solve the state's ongoing budget deficits.

the conetion is that in the1770s people were getting taxed.
if this is aceptable then the rest of the people like this will try to get away with somthing like this.