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2006 Press Releases from Americans for Tax Reform
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12/4/06 Flat Tax Revolution Continues in Eastern Europe

11/17/06 Charlie Rangel Calls for $350 billion Tax Increase

11/16/06 Americans Mourn the Loss of Milton Friedman

11/13/06 Numbers Show Democrats Have Precarious Hold on Power

11/10/06 Democrats Reveal Their True Intentions: Tax Hikes

11/8/06 Democrats Win by Dressing Up As Republicans

11/2/06 Look Out Montana for Taxin’ Tester

11/2/06 Melissa Bean’s Promises to Raise Taxes

11/1/06 Phil Kellam Promises Tax Increases for Social Security: The Tax Collector at It Again

10/31/06 Taxpayers Beware:Tax Cuts Aren’t Permanent -And they won’t be with Jim Webb in Office

10/31/06 New Yorkers Think Twice: Never discount tax increases from tax and spend liberals

10/30/06 Taxpayers Beware: Tax Cuts Aren’t Permanent

10/30/06 ATR to Grant: Tell the WHOLE Story

10/25/06 Taxpayers Beware: Tax Cuts Aren’t Permanent For Ohio’s 15th Congressional District, it’s time to choose

10/23/06 John Dingell Has a Devious Plan To Shove Hillarycare Down Nation’s Throat

10/23/06 ASA: Nancy Pelosi: A Lifetime Record of Failed Leadership Healthcare

10/20/06 ASA: Nancy Pelosi: A Lifetime Record of Failed Leadership Outsourcing

10/19/06 ASA: Nancy Pelosi: A Lifetime Record of Failed Leadership Welfare Reform

10/18/06 Jim Marshall’s “Voodoo Economics”

10/10/06 Pledge Signer vs. Tax-Greedy Challenger Candidate: Bob Casey refuses pledge to voters

10/6/06 Pelosi Promises Tax Hikes If Elected Speaker

10/5/06 Plan to Pay More at the Pump with Phil Kellam

10/4/06 Phil Kellam (D-VA) Fails to Sign Taxpayer Protection Pledge

9/28/06 Momentum Building in Congress to End the Unfair Tax on Inflation

9/26/06 Rangel: Tax Increases on the Table if Democrats Win

9/14/06 It’s Time to End the Inflation Tax on Capital Gains

8/3/06 Is Mary Landrieu Siding with Louisiana Families or with Harry Reid and His Party Cronies?

8/3/06 Cantwell Turns Her Back on Washington Taxpayers

8/3/06 Sen. Tim Johnson, the Death Tax, & Tom Daschle’s Lingering Ghost

8/3/06 Does Sen. Pryor Represent Arkansas Taxpayers, Small Businesses and Farmers or Harry Reid and the Democratic Party?

7/31/06 Menendez Eliminated Property Tax Deductions for Garden State Homeowners Now Claims He Is For It

7/28/06 Americans Almost Finished Paying for Spanish-American War

7/26/06 Repeal of the Spanish-American War Tax Now Has 218 Cosponsors

7/12/06 When Do You Finish Paying Off Your Share of Government?

6/29/06 ATR Hails Senate Committee Passage of Spanish-American War Tax Repeal

6/9/06 Sen. Pryor Flip-Flops on Death Tax

6/7/06 When Voinovich Says “We”, He Doesn’t Mean “You”!

5/25/06 Taxpayers Group Hails Senate Passage Of Comprehensive Immigration Reform

5/25/06 House Judiciary Committee Approves Internet Regulation

5/25/06 TAXPAYERS WIN!!! Secretary Snow Announces End to Long Distance Telephone Excise Tax Voices support for full repeal of the Spanish-American War tax

5/24/06 Pledge Signer Wins Idaho Primary

5/22/06 Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge

5/17/06 ATR Commends President for Tax Cut Extensions

5/17/06 Robert Vasquez (R-ID) Fails to Sign Taxpayer Protection Pledge

5/10/06 Pledge Signer Wins Nebraska Primary

5/10/06 Pledge Signer Wins West Virginia Primary

5/5/06 Term-Limit the Big-Spending Appropriators

5/3/06 Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge

5/1/06 Medicare Goes in the Red This Year -- HSAs are the Solution

4/25/06 If Spending Cannot Be Controlled Then Term-Limit the Big-Spending Appropriators

4/17/06 President Bush Shows Support for HSAs On His Federal Tax Return

4/12/06 ATR's Annual Tax Day Rally and Press Conference!

4/06/06 Rep. John Spratt (SC-5) Pushes for Punishing Tax Increases on Middle Class Families

4/06/06 Americans for Tax Reform supports Rep. Melissa Hart’s (R-PA) “Tax Return Choice Act of 2006”

3/31/06 ATR Opposes New IRS Tax Return Regulation

3/28/06 Letter to Chairman Jim Nussle urging the rejection of an amendment to the Medicare Modernization Act (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/23/06 Senator Sam Brownback a Hero to Conservatives

3/22/06 Pledge Signer Wins Illinois Primary

3/17/06 Property Rights Alliance Applauds President’s Nomination for Interior Secretary (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/16/06 Americans for Tax Reform Will Rate Demint Amendment (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/16/06 Letter to U.S. House of Representatives urging the support of the Tax Return Choice Act of 2006 (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/16/06 Taxpayers Support Comprehensive Immigration Bill That Fixes Undocumented Worker Issue (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/16/06 Norquist Urges Majority Leader Frist to Give Senate Judiciary Committee Enough Time to Craft Reform (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/16/06 Letter to Chairman Barton concerning future legislation by the Committee on Energy and Commerce (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/16/06 Letter to Chairman Dreier supporting his lobbying and ethics reform bill (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/10/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: Cost of Capital Impacts Equity Returns

3/10/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #21: CBO Fails to Account For Growth From Tax Cuts

3/10/06 Jobs & Wealth Continue to Soar

3/09/06 ATR Commends Plans to Pursue U.S.-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement

3/09/06 Line-item Veto Essential for Curbing Government Waste

3/09/06 ATR Supports RSC Balanced Budget Proposal

3/08/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #20: CBO/JCT Predictions have a History of Failure

3/08/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: The Tax Cut Boosts Total Returns for Shareholders (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/07/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: Historic After Tax Return for Investors (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/07/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #19: Tax Revenue Continues to Exceed Forecasts

3/06/06 ASA: Shareholder Group Praises Rep. Thomas’ Achievements (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/06/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: After Tax Return on Equities Up 12 Percent (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/06/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #18: Tax Cut Led to Largest One-Year Increase of Tax Revenue in History

3/03/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #17: FY 2004 Tax Revenues Increased Nearly Three Times Faster than Projected After Tax Cut

3/03/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: Reliance on Dividends and Cap Gains Increases with Age (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/02/06 ATR Hails U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement

3/02/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #16: Dividend Tax Cut “Cost” Way Overestimated

3/02/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: Half of All Taxpayers Over 65 Claim Dividend Income (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/01/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #15: 2003 Capital Gains Tax Cut Paid For Itself, And More

3/01/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: Seniors More Reliant on Capital Gains Income than any other Demographic (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/28/06 ATR Launches Oregon’s Least Wanted Poster

2/28/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #14: 1997 Capital Gains Tax Cut More Than Paid for Itself (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/28/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day:Seniors Claim Large Percentage of Capital Gains and Dividend Income (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/27/06 Coalition Letter to Chairman Stevens Advising the Committee to Reject any Expansion of a Universal Service Fund Tax (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/27/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day#13: Small Changes in GDP Lead to Big Changes in Revenue (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/27/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: Lower Capital Gains Tax = Higher Home Prices (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/27/06 An Open Letter to Congress Concerning Rep. Hart's Tax Return Choice of 2006 (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/24/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #12: Lower Tax on Cap Gains = More Tax Revenues (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/24/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day:Dividends Cushion Market Downturns (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/23/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #11 Higher Stock Market = Higher Tax Revenues (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/23/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: Dividend Reinvestment Boosts Returns 523%(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/22/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #10: More Jobs= More Tax Revenue(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/22/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: Dividend Income Boosts Retirement Security for the Aging Baby Boomers (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/21/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #9: Increased Investment Spurs Job Creation (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/21/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: Individual Dividend Income Doubled After Tax Cut (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/21/06 Letter to Congress on federal spending (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/21/06 Letter to the Senate urging the sponsorship of S. 2287, introduced by Sens. Snowe and Lott (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/20/06 Congressman John Barrow (D-GA) Refuses to Sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge

2/17/06 Ronald Reagan Legacy Project: USPS Reissues Ronald Reagan Stamp

2/17/06 Max Burns Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge

2/16/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: $100 Billion of Dividend Cash/Tax Savings (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/16/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #7: Lower Cost of Capital Spurs New Investment

2/15/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #6 – 4.73 Million New Jobs

2/15/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: Tax Cut is Improving Corporate Governance (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/14/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: Unprecedented Dividend Cash for Shareholders (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/14/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #5: Lower Cap Gains Rate = Higher Economic Growth

2/13/06 Presidential Candidate Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge

2/13/06 The Facts about Federal Spending: A Series of Federal Spending Summaries from the Americans for Tax Reform (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/13/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: Dividend Increases Up 74 Percent (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/13/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #4

2/13/06 ASA: Shareholder Group Opposes Increased Taxes on Energy Production (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/9/06 ATR Supports Pork-Barrel Reduction Act

2/08/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #3: $12 Trillion of New Household Wealth

2/08/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day: Dividend Income Up 37% Percent Since 2002 (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/07/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #2

2/07/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/07/06 ATR Statement on Tort Reform Objectives

2/06/06 ATR Statement on FY 2007 Budget

2/06/06 Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day #1

2/06/06 ASA: Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cut Fact of the Day (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/03/06 Americans for Tax Reform Supports Nomination of Robert McDowell to the FCC

2/02/06 Markets, Not Taxes Will Stop the “Addiction”

2/02/06 Taxpayer Champion Wins Majority Leader Slot

2/02/06 Property Tax Reform Study Findings

2/01/06 ATR Hails Senate Confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court

1/26/06 Study Reveals Source of Property Tax Woes: Out-of Control Local Spending

1/23/06 Candidates for House Majority Leader Should Commit to Secret Ballot Reform

1/20/06 Postal Moneygrab! USPS raises first class rates, expected to do so again

1/20/06 Inauguration of Freedom and Prosperity
25 years ago, Reagan declared “government is not the solution”

1/20/06 Union Members Get Much Older; Are Concentrated in Just a Few States