Scott Varley/Digital First Media/Torrance Daily Breeze via Getty Images What was billed as a temporary tax hike in California in 2012 could become permanent for wealthy Californians. That new push is heavily backed by one of the largest teachers' unions in the country. "The most permanent thing in the world is a temporary government program," Wayne Winegarden, senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute, told Straight Arrow News, paraphrasing renowned economist Milton Friedman. Prop.