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The politicians are poised to raise your taxes again. By voting for anti-tax candidates in the GOP primary, you can send a message: We insist that state government do better. In all likelihood, you're not going to bother voting June 14 in either the Republican or Democratic Party primaries. Like most of your fellow citizens, you probably figure the top spots -- Jerry Kilgore for the GOP and Tim Kaine for the Demos -- are a lock. And you haven't been paying very close attention to the other races, so you really don't care who gets nominated. That would be...

<p>As protectors of the public purse, California's leading anti-tax groups are doing something they wouldn't normally be expected to do - supporting Proposition 57, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's $15 billion "economic recovery" bond.</p> <p>Organizations like the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and the California Taxpayers' Association typically dread bonds. Those they do endorse, they say, have to be dedicated to capital investments such as education or highways.</p>

When To Revolt Wesley Allen Riddle The cords that bind the Union together are weaker than they have been in more than a century. Many states are entering into political revolt against federal encroachment. But this situation is no departure from American tradition. Revolting against consolidated government has been a key to keeping the government in check. The Founders themselves provided criteria by which to judge the proper occasion for action--both in terms of empirical precedent during the American Revolution, as well as in terms of written, theoretical discourse. In 1785, for instance, while still under the Articles of Confederation,...

Groups rally for, against Doyle veto on GOP limits By MEG JONESmjones@journalsentinel.com Last Updated: Aug. 7, 2003 Kenosha - Promising to start a tax revolution in Wisconsin, hundreds of taxpayers fed up with the governor's veto of strict limits on local property taxes showed their displeasure during a rally Thursday night. Chanting "Support the freeze," a crowd of more than 400 listened to legislators and rally organizers complain about taxes. "The taxpayers have woke up and are revolting," said Ralph Lisowski, who helped organize the event at a Kenosha restaurant. "Our intent is to start a new revolution with a...

<p>State anti-tax groups vowed Thursday to fight "with everything we've got" state schools chief Jack O'Connell's effort to set aside California's stringent vote requirement for raising taxes.</p> <p>O'Connell, the superintendent of public instruction, said Thursday that he plans to ask the state Supreme Court to lift the state's separate two-thirds vote requirements for raising taxes and passing budgets.</p>

<p>SACRAMENTO - As the slightly wacky anti-tax warrior of California politics, Ted Costa has played the bad boy of Sacramento politics for two decades, relatively unknown and swiping from the sidelines of power as he tried to thwart tax-and-spend politicians.</p> <p>Today, Costa has come in from the fringe.</p>

Join the Anti-Tax Rally In Opposition to Soon-to-Be EX-Gov. Gray Davis’ Proposals to: Triple the Car Tax & Hike the Sales Tax by 7% This Sunday, June 29, 2003 State Capitol in Sacramento West Steps 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Guest Speakers! Come join us! Get involved! Bring the whole family! Stop All These Tax Hikes! And, of course, we’ll hear about the 800-pound gorilla in the room: The RECALL of Gray Davis! Sponsored by: Citizens for Economic Progress www.CitizensEP.org

Per an ealier announcement on FreeRepublic "Today and Wednesday, Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson and Democrats from the Assembly will be in Republican districts to lobby local government, police and firefighters to pressure Republicans into voting for even more tax increases." It is a statewide campaign and Ventura County is scheduled for Wednesday – Camarillo City Council at 5:00 and Simi Valley City Council at 6:30 pm. I was planning on going down to Camarillo City Hall and just received an e-mail from Mike Robinson, candidate for State Assembly. He and other anti-tax advocates are also planning on being at the...

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

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<p>BOSTON (AP) Tax opponents, a potent force in Massachusetts since the late 1980s, have recently been scarce on Beacon Hill, where the Legislature this week takes up votes on the first major tax increases in a decade.</p> <p>Anti-tax forces have splintered and been largely silent in recent weeks as the House weighs dozens of new taxes to raise $1 billion or more.</p>