Keyword: taxreformthreads
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Republicans have given up the pretense that their party is the party of small government. “One of the most misunderstood parts of Hoosier culture is that Hoosiers are reluctant of change of any kind,” State Rep. Luke Messer told Brian Howey, publisher of Indianapolis Eye News, in an article that identifies an undercurrent in Indiana to have a constitutional convention. “If we have a strong leader, Hoosiers are willing to step up and make big changes. Bob Knight and Larry Bird were pretty big figures in Hoosier culture and they have been willing to make big changes. What we want...
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I have created a public register of "bump lists" here on Free Republic. I define a bump list as a name listed in the "To" field used to index articles. Free Republic Bump List Register
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Oregon Libertarian Tom Cox is following up on his promise: He said last year -- when he was chairman of the state Libertarian Party -- that Republican legislators in his state who voted to approve a tax hike would be opposed when they came up for re-election. He is now running against one of those Republicans. And his move has been noted -- and applauded -- by local media and lawmakers alike. The Salem Statesman Journal, in the capital city, pointed out that both Libertarians and some Republicans said they would do their utmost to kick those lawmakers out of...
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January, 2004By Peter Bagge
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NEWS 1920 L Street, NW • Suite 200 • Washington, DC 20036 202.785.0266 • Fax 202.785.0261 W W W . A T R . O R G FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Paul Prososki 30 October 2003 202-785-0266 Gas Tax Hike in New Jersey? It’s Time For Candidates To Come Clean With Voters Rumors claim New Jersey gas tax will increase once legislators have no accountability to their constituents. WASHINGTON – With less than one week before an election, rumors are circulating a deal has been cut to increase the gas tax during the lame duck session of the state legislature....
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WorldNetDaily / Commentary Shock and awe not only for Iraqis Posted: April 16, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Joan Veon © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com While jubilant Americans can't help but be fixated on "revolutionary" military operations they have witnessed on television for the past two weeks – called "Shock and Awe" – most are not aware that Americans are about to receive their own economic "Shock and Awe." Many forget that while Rome burned, Nero was busy deflecting attention away from the real center of action. For example, the front page of the March 8 Washington Post featured a huge picture showing the...
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<p>Prospects of raising the state income tax on the richest New Jerseyans are getting a boost from three Republican lawmakers who say they'll back the plan if the extra dollars are used to increase state aid to towns and growing school districts.</p>
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*** Center for Freedom and Prosperity Special Alert *** ATTENTION The European Union is pressuring the Bush Administration to support a cartel to prop up welfare states like France and Germany – even though the proposal will undermine America’s competitive advantage in the global economy. We need your help. Career bureaucrats at the IRS and Treasury Department want President Bush to participate in the European Union “savings tax directive,” even though this misguided scheme would allow foreign governments to tax income earned in America. We hope that you will contact the White House and your Member of Congress. Please...
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Candidate Proposes SF Tax A Republican candidate for an Alabama congressional seat has proposed a plan to tax science fiction to fund NASA, The Huntsville (Ala.) Times reported. Michael Williams, who is running for the 5th Congressional District seat, proposes a 1 percent "NASA tax" on SF books, comics and any other space-related literature to finance the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the newspaper reported. The tax would also apply to "space, space-related and science fiction toys, puzzles and games," Williams said in a listing of his platform, the newspaper reported. A Hampton Cove, Ala., resident, Williams, 28, holds a...
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Top Ten Civil Liberties Abuses of the Income Tax by Chris EdwardsChris Edwards is director of fiscal policy studies at the Cato Institute. Any tax system creates a threat to individual liberty because "the power to tax involves the power to destroy," as Chief Justice John Marshall observed.[1] But the federal income tax and its enforcement harm civil liberties much more than necessary to raise needed funds for the government. Certainly, the IRS performs poorly and too easily abuses the rights of citizens. But ultimately Congress is to blame for creating an excessively complex and high-rate tax system. New...
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CLOSING COMMENTS "ADDRESSING THE JURY - THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" Ladies and Gentlemen: My name is Sherry Peel Jackson. I became a Certified Public Accountant in 1987, I was an Internal Revenue Agent in the Atlanta District for 7 years, and I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 2001. I am here to summarize the tales of ignorance and deception that you have heard over the last two days and I am here to inform you of the state of the nation so that you may choose your next course of action. You have heard the truth of how the Internal ...
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A host of witnesses who offered testimony under oath during congressional-style hearings at a "Truth-in-Taxation" forum in Washington, D.C., say the event went off without a hitch and was generally a success. Bob Schulz, head of the We The People Foundation, which helped sponsor the event, said the forum – held Wednesday and Thursday at the Washington Marriott Hotel – "brought to public attention" allegations that the government has "intentionally and systematically conspired to deprive the American People of our Constitutional rights. …" "The hearing was but another step in the people's determination to get to the truth regarding ...
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- Oklahoma officials just announced that they have removed 450,000 ineligible names from the voter rolls, including 100,000 dead people
- The Political Cost to Kamala Harris of Not Answering Direct Questions
- Manchin: Harris Says the Right Things, I’m Unsure if She’ll Do Them, ‘I Like a Lot of’ Trump’s Policies, But Won’t Back Him
- Hillary Clinton, Queen of Disinformation, Issues Two-Faced Call for Censorship
- Cuomo personally altered report that lowballed COVID nursing-home deaths, emails show – contradicting his claim to Congress
- Trump’s momentum and the Dems’ struggles are paving the way for a red wave in NY
- MAGA extremist Mark Robinson may drop out of governor race due to trans porn allegations
- VW ‘considers cutting 30,000 jobs’
- UN General Assembly Adopts Resolution Effectively Prohibiting Israeli Self-defense Against Terror
- Trump says he would uncap the state and local tax deduction, a California favorite
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