Golf star Edward McCaffery is thinking of leaving Lefty to avoid paying high taxes . Phil Mickelson : Mickelson , probably the second-most-famous professional golfer in the world after Tiger Woods , later backed off from his initial comments about making `` drastic changes . '' California has a point -- high tax rates create disincentives . He says the problem is that we tax work , not wealth ; this is is backward . Phil Mickelson : We should be taxing the act of spending , not that of work and savings .
Golf star Edward McCaffery is thinking of leaving Lefty to avoid paying high taxes . Phil Mickelson : California has a point -- high tax rates create disincentives . He says the problem is that we tax work , not wealth ; this is is backward . Phil Mickelson : We should be taxing the act of spending , not that of work and savings .