Posted on 11/17/2005 5:44:37 AM PST by .cnI redruM
A friend who works for the Service Employees International Union called the other day to alert me to a Web site her union has launched with the intriguing name SinceSlicedBread.com. The union, which broke away from the AFL-CIO in July to pursue its own liberal agenda, has invited the public to submit ideas for policy innovations that might fuel productive political debate.
As this column was being written, the Web site had logged 9,053 entries. After Dec. 5, a panel of judges will pick 21 finalists and the public will be invited to vote on the one it likes best. Next Feb. 1, the winner of the "best idea since sliced bread" will be given a $100,000 prize.
As I scanned the entries the other day, I was struck by the frequency with which certain topics were mentioned. Schemes to keep jobs in the United States, to improve access to health care, and to stimulate energy conservation and save the environment were very popular.
But perhaps the favorite category involved ideas for making the tax system simpler and fairer. As it happened, earlier this week I heard Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon argue that his party had better be prepared to enter the debate on exactly that topic -- or else cede vital political ground to President Bush.
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That's easy: Lie, lie, lie.
And raise taxes.
They have a tax plan, which can be summarized in one simple word: "Up".
If anyone would like to be added to this ping list let me know.
John Linder in the House(HR25) & Saxby Chambliss Senate(S25) offer a comprehensive bill to kill all income and SS/Medicare payroll taxes outright and replace them with with a national retail sales tax administered by the states.
H.R.25,S.25
A bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national retail sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.Refer for additional information:
"But perhaps the favorite category involved ideas for making the tax system simpler and fairer. As it happened, earlier this week I heard Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon argue that his party had better be prepared to enter the debate on exactly that topic -- or else cede vital political ground to President Bush."
That is consistent with the findings of the President's Commission on Tax Reform. Their interim report, published last July, was titled "America Needs a Better Tax System". It is too bad they didn't adhere to those findings when they made their final recommendations.
New Jersey is in for a shock. The MSM held off the article till after the election. We are 5 billion short and it is getting worse. The memo about the shortfall was dated November 4, 4 days before the coronation of Corzine.
Now Corzine will either have to cut spending(not) or raise taxes(will). You get what you pay for.
Most of the ideas on sinceslicedbread.com are crackpot-ish or very Left. But I saw one on there that calls for a new HomeStead Act for Federal lands. That's not a bad idea...
Bump.
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