INDEX
- Vote 'NO!' to Government Regulation of Privacy at The Economist
- FCC Stalls on Internet Regulation; Asks for More Comments
- Why was the Volcker Commission Constrained by Obama’s Tax Pledge, but not the Simpson-Bowles?
- Daily Media Spotlight September 2, 2010
- Harry Reid Looks to Resurrect RES During Lame-Duck
- Calculating the Cost of Government (CFA Site »)
Thursday, September 2, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight September 1, 2010
-
Obama Tax Commission Report:
Baby Step Toward IRS Tax Preparation - Dina Titus Launches False Attack Ad on Joe Heck and the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
- Indiana LaunchesTransparency Website (CFA Site »)
- Rally for Jobs Kicks Off Today in Texas
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 31, 2010
- Let us All Join in on the NOT so “Green Cause”
- California Bag Ban Bill Up for Vote Today
- Norquist to Gov. Pat Quinn: Pick a Flawed Income Tax Hike and Stick With It
- Phil Moffett Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Kentucky Gubernatorial Race
- New Mexico Sets Trends in Transparency Websites (CFA Site »)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
- Robert Gibbs’s Fuzzy Tax Hike Math
- Daily Media Spotlight August 30, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
- 2011 Could Be Ugly for Nevada Taxpayers
- Lame Duck Governor Ed Rendell Not Going Gently Into That Good Night – New Call for Higher Taxes
- Happy Cost of Government Day, California
- Bay Staters Spent 239 Days Paying for Government Burdens in 2010 (CFA Site »)
- Washington Welcomes Cost of Government Day (CFA Site »)
Friday, August 27, 2010
- Spill Commission Should Lift Moratorium Which Has Cost Gulf Residents 12,000 Jobs and $2.1 Billion
- Daily Media Spotlight August 26, 2010
- Why is Dan Onorato Knowingly Misleading Pennsylvania Voters?
- Unions plan on spending big this election cycle
- Utah Tobacco Sellers Feeling the Impact of Tax Hikes
Thursday, August 26, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 25, 2010
- WI Democrats Launch “Blatantly False” Attack on Sean Duffy
- Unions plan on spending big this election cycle (AWF Site »)
- Philly's New Blog Tax May Foreshadow Other eTaxes
- BNA: For 14 States, Existing Tax Code Leaves Room for Etax (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- Philly's $300 Blogger Tax (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- Cost of Government Day Arrives in the Commonwealth
- Pennsylvania Finally Celebrates Cost of Government Day
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
- California Budget Proposal Advocates eTax (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- Daily Media Spotlight August 24, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 23, 2010
- Government Workers' Pensions are Underfunded by $3 Trillion
Monday, August 23, 2010
- Fourteen Ways to Reduce Government Spending
- FCC Report on Broadband Performance: A Scare Tactic
- Sen. Al Franken Doesn’t Understand Wireless Networks...or the First Amendment
Friday, August 20, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 19, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Daily Media Spotlight--Financial Regulation, Tobacco Taxes, Out of Control Spending
From Douglas Kellogg
Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform:
"...These regulatory regimes inevitably become mechanisms to keep out competitors”
“‘Any problem of overspending that could be passed on to cigarettes could be fixed by just spending more wisely,’ Norquist said. ‘The problem with the tax increase isn’t just that it’s a tax increase, … it is that the tax is what you did instead of reforming state government.’”
“Today's breakfast was done in conjunction with yesterday's press conference that featured Jonathan Williams, the Institute's Kristina Rasmussen, and Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform. All three spoke about the tax hikes proposed by Governor Quinn and the negative impact it would have on the state's economic growth.”
“Norquist, head of Americans for Tax Reform, has never seen spending become a vote-moving issue. ‘When ‘spend too much’ becomes inflation or tax increases, then you’ve got a fight,’ he said.
But he sees signs that this is changing. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) left the GOP after his vote for the $787 billion stimulus was so unpopular with Republicans that he became convinced he could not win the 2010 GOP primary.
Then the April 15 tax-protest tea parties drew hundreds of thousands across the country. ‘We couldn’t put 600,000 people at 600 rallies four months into Clinton, or four months into Carter,’ Norquist said.
‘The big thing that changed in the last year or so is spending, which in the 20 years that I’ve been involved in politics I could never turn into a vote-moving issue,’ he concluded.”
But he sees signs that this is changing. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) left the GOP after his vote for the $787 billion stimulus was so unpopular with Republicans that he became convinced he could not win the 2010 GOP primary.
Then the April 15 tax-protest tea parties drew hundreds of thousands across the country. ‘We couldn’t put 600,000 people at 600 rallies four months into Clinton, or four months into Carter,’ Norquist said.
‘The big thing that changed in the last year or so is spending, which in the 20 years that I’ve been involved in politics I could never turn into a vote-moving issue,’ he concluded.”
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Comments
Financial regulations and regimes don't protect the low-income man. They rob him. The Obama tax hikes, particularly on cigarettes, disproportionately charges the low-income individual. Only by cutting taxes and restoring personal liberty will people truly be able to prosper.
>> Conservative Tom Friday, June 19, 2009 12:23 PM Report Comment
Personal liberty is a myth invented by anarchists who refuse to acknowledge the need for governance. Cutting taxes have brought America to the verge of bankruptcy. What we witnessed during bushco was STARVE THE BEAST being implemented. The result of such misguided policy is that the dollar has sunk and America's primary banker, China, is now trying to implement a drop the dollar scheme with other Asians countries such as Russia and India. If this scheme succeeds the dollar will become worthless and America will be bankrupt. And all because some misguided fools believed tax cuts would solve all problems in society.
>> Bartok Sunday, June 21, 2009 9:22 PM Report Comment