If that don't work, move to Georgia as soon as Barnes is gone. 
Posted on 04/24/2002 1:57:16 PM PDT by Jthro
Phil Valentine of 1510 WLAC AM radio reported that Don Sundquist, the Governor of Tennessee, has called up the Tennessee National Guard and has armed them with rifles and live ammunition in response to the Tennessee House Of Representatives suspending the House Rules in anticipation of a vote on the state income tax this evening. Governor Sundquist is using the National Guard to scare of and keep people from protesting the vote on an unconstitutional state income tax. Protesters have been successful in defeating the income tax vote three times in the past three years. Phil Valentine and others are encouraging people to show up and voice their opinions tonight as well as bring a camcorder to tape the proceedings outside the state capitol.
Yes, a window was broken, and someone was dragged out of the building. But, all in all, it was a LOUD, PEACEFUL crowd, from eyewitness reports. The legislators just got scared, and failed to pass the tax.
By the way, the legislators are pretty much well-off lawyers, or gentlemen farmers, etc. If they pass an income tax, they plan to repeal the "Hall Tax", which is a tax on investment income...
Think about it.
There is no better of an example of what can go wrong if two political parties start pushing the same agendas as in Tennessee. WHERE IS THE TENNESSEE GOP LEADERSHIP TO COUNTER OR OBJECT TO THIS???? Why are they not calling for this IDIOTS imediate resignation? Why? Because they too long ago sold out to Big Blue in Chattanooga and the rest of the Tenn Care HMO's. I will not vote for my current state senator Randy McNally-R Oak Ridge re-election. He up till last round supported it as well and will do so again if allowed to return. I don't care if a Green Martian replaces him I want him out of office. I will vote his opposition in the primary then Independent in the general I have had it with RINO's of any shape or form.
Ummmm, think about that.
Cincinnati, LA, Detroit, Seattle, Philly, Liberty City aren't that far away from Nashville. Freeloaders hate to be cut off.
If that don't work, move to Georgia as soon as Barnes is gone.
Hardly the latter. (I've interviewed him as a newscaster in Knoxville.) He and his co-host sponsored a spontaneous demonstration last summer when the TN Legislature tried to sneak the same thing through. The pro-tax forces are quaking over the thought of a similar horn-honking protest happening again, and hope to head it off at the pass.
The whole damn thing's unconstitutional, but if they can pass it, it will have to be "undone." And trust me, my foes and friends, once it's entrenched, it will NEVER LEAVE.
The federal income tax (1916) was temporary...withholding (1942)was temporary...Social Security (1936) was never supposed to be more than 2%.
Once they get their hooks in, the hooks go nowhere but deeper. The really sad part is that Tennessee, one of only nine states without an income tax, is trashed by the other 31 for fighting so fiercely against one.
Maybe it's envy....
Has there been threatened cuts? Other than police and fire, who really gets cut when a budget needs to be balanced...not the "refuse to work" poor, that's for sure.
Phil Valentine-Conservative Talk Host-WLAC- anti-tax Leader
Velentine's Budget Analysis - Cuts $1.1 Billion from Budget
Steve Gill-Conservative Talk Host-WWTN- anti-tax Leader
Hallerin Hill-Conservative Talk Host-WNOX - anti-tax Leader
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