Statewide Day of Action protestors expected to call for higher taxes

Students, teachers, and professors are planning protests at numerous schools throughout the state, arguing that planned cuts to public education will decimate instruction. Some of the flyers I've seen have specifically called for increasing taxes on California corporations and higher-level earners.

Thursday morning on "AirTalk," we'll talk with KPCC reporters at various campuses to hear from protestors. Do you think the protests will have any impact on what happens with the budget in Sacramento? Do you think supporters of tax increases should seek to qualify initiatives that would enact such hikes? Do you think such measures would stand a chance of passsage?

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