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Connecticut proves that income tax no cure-all
The Tennessean ^ | June 25, 2002 | Tim Chavez

Posted on 06/25/2002 8:21:06 AM PDT by tdadams

Edited on 05/07/2004 9:20:03 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

By what's going on at their state Capitol, Tennessee taxpayers like Charles Brandt of Hendersonville think that Tennessee and Connecticut are much closer politically these days.

As July 1 approaches, budget deliberations here flirt more with shutting down state government as a last-ditch way that legislative leaders can force passage of an income tax.


(Excerpt) Read more at tennessean.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: antitax; liberallies; rinos; tnincometax
This is an analysis by Tim Chavez, the Tennessean newspaper's resident self-described liberal who edits the section "Equal Time: Defining conservatism in Tennessee."
1 posted on 06/25/2002 8:21:07 AM PDT by tdadams
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To: GailA; JDGreen123; Nora; TheBigB; TennTuxedo; Morgan's Raider; Blood of Tyrants; TnMomofTwo; ...
ping!

A lot of these tactics will sound very familiar to the Tennesseans here.

2 posted on 06/25/2002 8:23:37 AM PDT by tdadams
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To: tdadams
A Tennessee income tax would mean a higher tax burden down the road for Tennesseans along with the joys of a bloated and expensive state government. If you over there like that kind of future by all means buy the model called Connecticut.
3 posted on 06/25/2002 8:26:29 AM PDT by goldstategop
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To: tdadams
That kills me...a liberal describing conservatism in TN. Apparantly the editors of the TENNESSEAN are saying to themselves, "What is this strange phenomenon known as conservatism? We don't know anyone who actually believes this stuff! We'd better have someone write about it, but we should use a liberal, becasue God knows how tough it would be to actually find one of these people in Tennessee."
4 posted on 06/25/2002 8:27:12 AM PDT by TheBigB
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To: tdadams
What happened in CT is what will happen in TN. Once the income tax is passed, the government will go on the biggest spending spree of all time.
5 posted on 06/25/2002 8:32:05 AM PDT by Rodney King
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To: tdadams
I find it absolutely incredible that the Tennessean (The Nashville Tennessean!) has published an article that does NOT firmly endorse a tax!

I didn't think the Tennessean had EVER seen a tax proposal they didn't favor.

6 posted on 06/25/2002 8:33:52 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: tdadams
Ah, the TAX Rally on the lawn of the Capitol building in 91...I remember it well...60 thousand of us, some say 75 thousand...and the media reports 12, 000...

I was there when Wieker entered the crowd an hour before the rally started. He claimed he was spit on. That is a lie, at least where he was in front of me, not a single person spit on him.

The best single act of defiance I saw there, as Wieker walked into the crowd, a man just stood still. Wieker tried to walk straight, but the man would not move. Wieker had to stop, then walk around him to continue. It was cool, the guy didn't plan it, he was just there, and that person-most-responsible-for-lying-to-the-connecticut population, Wieker, had to move for him!

7 posted on 06/25/2002 8:39:45 AM PDT by RaceBannon
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To: tdadams
As A Connecticut resident who lived through the income tax drama and discontent here I can tell you that Lowell Weicker is a hated man by many in the Nutmeg state.

That aside, the politicians in TN will probably get their precious and longed-for income tax, as the CT Democrats did. Then, they'll spend like drunken sailors until they find income has dropped, 'fixed' state expenses have soared and a deficit looms. Then they'll want to 'expand' the tax, and eventually raise it, and so the socialism goes.

Get rid of liberal Democrat politicians or be doomed to tax, tax and more tax, Tennessee. Look to Connecticut to see your future.

8 posted on 06/25/2002 8:43:24 AM PDT by Jim Scott
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Ah, the TAX Rally on the lawn of the Capitol building in 91...I remember it well...60 thousand of us, some say 75 thousand...and the media reports 12, 000...

Ah, yes. I was there too...remember the roar of the motorcycles coming into Hartford?

I was born and raised in CT...North Haven...I had been in and out of Ct for years, and had decided to move back for good when weicker pulled his lie off. That's when I moved out of CT FOR GOOD!

I still hate that lying SOB as much as I hate that other lying SOB LIEberman.

FMCDH

9 posted on 06/25/2002 9:15:24 AM PDT by nothingnew
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To: Rodney King
BTTT
10 posted on 06/25/2002 9:28:34 AM PDT by Stingray51
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To: Rodney King
Okay, now we know their game plan... the CT model. How do we stop it? I'm not in TN, but I'd love to help out in any way that I can.
11 posted on 06/25/2002 9:34:49 AM PDT by Teacher317
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To: tdadams
I said it before, I'll say it again: All an income tax is, is another pocket for the political class to pick.
12 posted on 06/25/2002 10:00:17 AM PDT by camle
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To: tdadams
Hey East TN Freepers! We're starting a new FR chapter for our region. Please visit this post:

http://www.freerepublic.com/fo cus/news/705694/posts


13 posted on 06/25/2002 11:07:14 AM PDT by Constantine XIII
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To: Constantine XIII
btt
14 posted on 06/25/2002 2:02:41 PM PDT by GailA
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To: tdadams
IIRC, a couple of years ago a bunch of these rat bastards actually flew to Connecticut to confer with their resident thieves as to how best lie, deceive, cheat, bully, scare, and generally scare Tennesseans into accepting an income tax.

The one saving grace we have had is that the Weikert tactic of vetoing budgets isn't as effective here; it only takes a 50%+1 vote here to override a veto by the Gub'ner as opposed to a 60% or 66% or whatever in Connecticut.
15 posted on 06/25/2002 5:43:11 PM PDT by Morgan's Raider
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To: Morgan's Raider
You are correct, although I think it was only about a year ago. The advantage we Tennesseans have that those in Connecticut didn't have is the internet. Today, in Tennessee, a little stroll over to google.com reveals the political strategies, demogougery, and the predictable scare tactics that statist tyrants employ to pass oppressive and unconstitutional income taxes on the people of Tennessee.

Unfortunately, in 1991 our compatriots in CT weren't so fortunate as to have the transparency of their legislative leaders' motives so easily exposed and many were either deceived or caught off guard.

In this way, TN has a big advantage in that in this big poker game of a state income tax, we've already seen the hand that Naifeh, Rochelle, and Sundquist are holding.

I'm not folding. I'll see you're bluff and raise you, Don.

16 posted on 06/25/2002 5:54:36 PM PDT by tdadams
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