Texas Freepers a Call to Arms! The Panty Brigade.

Ankarlo.net ^ | 03/15/05 | Daryl Ankarlo

[kildak]

73 Pantywaisted Texas House members voted to approve HB3 on Monday night, March 13. HB3 hits small businesses and regular citizens with new and increased taxes The Republicans have charge of the Texas Legislature for the first time in a century and they voted for a HUGE NEW tax!! What are they thinking??!!

I am asking all citizens to send the Republicans (and Dems too if you want) who voted for the tax a pair of PANTIES since they proved they are sissies! (You can buy a yellow pair at Walmart for 88 cents.) Send the panties to as many BAD House members that you can afford to.

All House members (especially Republicans who voted for the tax) deserve the panties!! Let them know you think they wimped out by sending them a new selection of underwear!!! REMEMBER, THESE PEOPLE GET THE PANTIES!!!

Republicans voting 'yes'

Speaker of the House Tom Craddick; Allen, R; Anderson; Baxter; Berman; Blake; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Callegari; Campbell; Casteel; Chisum; Cook, B.; Corte; Crabb; Crownover; Davis, J.; Dawson; Denny; Driver; Eissler; Elkins; Flynn; Geren; Goodman; Goolsby; Griggs; Grusendorf; Hamilton; Hamric; Hardcastle; Hartnett; Hill; Hope; Howard; Hunter; Hupp; Isett; Jackson; Keffer, B.; Keffer, J.; King, P.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Madden; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Nixon; Orr; Otto; Phillips; Pitts; Riddle; Seaman; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Truitt; Van Arsdale; Wong; Woolley; Zedler. Absent and not voting- Delisi; Gattis; Harper-Brown; West- send them a big 'thanks' as well.

Democrats voting 'yes'

Edwards

The House members disregarded the Will of the People and voted to keep their political careers intact by voting to RAISE and CREATE NEW TAXES instead of listening to us!! We have to let them know we are watching them!!

Now, we have to start applying the pressure to the Texas Senators who think they can get away with passing this junk legislation on to the governor for signing!

We will fight and we will WIN!

While you're thinking about it: Send a kind note or phone call to the good guys who voted AGAINST the tax. REMEMBER, THESE ARE THE GOOD GUYS--BE NICE TO THEM! These folks voted NO! (click here to determine your representative and find their contact information)

Republicans voting 'NAY' Haggerty;Heger; Jones,D; Keel; Laubenberg; McCall; Merritt; Paxton; Reyna Democrats voting 'Nay' Allen, A.; Alonzo; Anchia; Bailey; Burnam; Castro; Chavez; Coleman; Cook, R.; Davis, Y.; Deshotel; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Escobar; Farabee; Farrar; Flores; Frost; Gallego; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Guillen; Herrero; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Jones, J.; King, T.; Laney; Leibowitz; Luna; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Moreno, J.; Moreno, P.; Naishtat; Noriega, M.; Oliveira; Olivo; Peña; Pickett; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Solis; Strama; Thompson; Turner; Uresti; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo.

Darrell

PS I'm kicking the idea around for a "Panty Drop-off site" Keep listening to KLIF for details.....

Finally, don't forget to let our Governor know how you feel.....

Contact Information:

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Office of the Governor Main Switchboard: (512) 463-2000 [office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CST]

Citizen's Opinion Hotline: (800) 252-9600

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Mailing Address Office of the Governor P.O. Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711-2428

[Texas Federalist]

We don't have an income tax. We already have a business tax called the franchise tax, they are just changing the cricumstances (closing loopholes) under which they collect it.

The bill provides that businesses may pay a 1.1% tax on the incomes of all workers it employs in lieu of the franchise tax. Market forces, of course, will act to pass that on to the worker. It is an income tax that the Republicans meant to disguise to garner the support of people looking for property tax relief at any cost.

[The_Victor]

Market forces, of course, will act to pass that on to the worker.

That would actually be illegal under Article 2 of the HB3.

[kildak]

I don't disagree with you on property owners needing tax relief, but what kind of relief are those who rent going to see? I don't think anyone can honestly sat that landlords are going to pass their tax savings along to their tenants.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Quite frankly I want my $5.4 bil in property tax relief.

Me too, though I am not paying quite that much. :-)

This thread seems to be the honey to which anti-Republican insects are attracted. No mention of the tax cut.

[The_Victor]

Me too, though I am not paying quite that much. :-)

*grin*

Thanks for the smile. You're right about this thread.

[kildak]

At 88 cents a pair, how can you go wrong? Of course once our congresscritters find out these inexepensive panties are made in China, all we'll hear about is how the undergarment industry being run out of the country and a need for more Americans to be employed in the panty making industry.

[deport]

Well renters will have to fend for themselves.... Maybe they'll get a $20 a month increase the next year rather than a $25 a month increase. I don't know. I'm just tried of funding education via the protperty tax route only. Spread it around so that all get a chance to contribute to the education dollars.

[isthisnickcool]

Looks like I picked a bad day to sell my house then start smoking, eating junk food and starting a business in Texas.

[Texas Federalist]

I'm aware of that, but it would be nearly impossible to prove that a wage decrease, or rather the lack of a wage increase is directly attributable to the tax. That provision is unenforceable.

[Donaeus]

Thanks for the ping! Glad this got posted, I wanted to put it up but haven't had a chance to.

I heard the show this morning and was in hysterics. Someone from his show called Walmart and they said they'd sell the unmentionables for .88 cents a pair. Different folks were calling in with slogans to write on them and where to write them, eg "HB3 belongs here" on the inside rear. We need to come up with some of our own. This is a great FReeping opportunity!!

[Donaeus]

Thanks for the ping! Glad this got posted, I wanted to put it up but haven't had a chance to.

I heard the show this morning and was in hysterics. Someone from his show called Walmart and they said they'd sell the unmentionables for .88 cents a pair. Different folks were calling in with slogans to write on them and where to write them, eg "HB3 belongs here" on the inside rear. We need to come up with some of our own. This is a great FReeping opportunity!!

[kildak]

All your doing is giving up one tax for another. The cost of the tax will be passed on to you in the form of higher prices of goods and services, and potentially smaller raises by your employer.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

"Just as long as they're clean!;)"

But my washed ones are still two toned.


Yellow in the front and brown in the back.:)

[Mind-numbed Robot]

All your doing is giving up one tax for another

So?? Where is the loss? Where are the "increased taxes" in the big picture?

[The_Victor]

...it would be nearly impossible to prove that a wage decrease, or rather the lack of a wage increase is directly attributable to the tax

You can apply the same logic to any business tax, or business expense for that matter.

Please understand, I'm not for this tax, I just am not willing to shoot down this tax bill over it. If you really want something to get worked up over though, the Texas Senate is working on it's own version of the bill which will increase business tax revenue from the $3.5 bil provided in HB3 to $5.5bil according to the Houston Comical

That might be a better place for this energy.

[native texan]

I have a call in to Fred Brown. I called his office and was talking to the receptionist, in the conversation I told her I really would like to talk to him...she said he would call as soon as he gets out of a meeting. We shall see....

[kildak]

We elected these folks with the expectation of a conservative agenda. Conservatives cut spending and lower taxes overall, which apparently our Texas House Republicans are incapable of doing. Instead of cutting spending or looking for other ways of generating revenue, the State is attempting to saddle us with another form of taxation.

[kildak]

It's probably going to be a very long meeting;)

[Mind-numbed Robot]

We elected these folks with the expectation of a conservative agenda. Conservatives cut spending and lower taxes overall,...

I am assuming you can see that this cannot happen each term less we finally end up with no taxes and no government. With ever increasing costs just holding their own is doing pretty good.

The left has started their propaganda campaign against all things conservative in preparation for the next election. They are sliming DeLay and trying to create deadlock in Congress. Post like yours accomplish the same goal, intended or not.

[native texan]

Well, Fred Brown just gave me a call back. He explained one reason for the employment tax...Businesses will have the option of either going with this tax or the franchise tax. As an example, WalMart just franchised outside of Texas and in doing so cost Texas $28 million dollars a year. That is only one business...Dell, TI, and others have done the same thing. This is to get businesses who are doing business in Texas to pay their fair share.

I also ask him about it just going into the general fund...that is not true. It will be earmarked for education.
Our property taxes will be reduced 1/3 almost immediately.
So...that's what he said...I hope he's right.