INDEX
- Daily Media Spotlight September 3, 2010
- Dina Titus Attack Ad on Joe Heck and the Taxpayer Protection Pledge is Thoroughly Misleading
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120 Days to Go Until the
Largest Tax Hikes in History - Government vs. Private Control and "Balkanization" of the Internet
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Get 'Em While They're Hot:
Medicine Cabinet Tax Hits in 120 Days
Friday, September 3, 2010
- 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
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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
Friday, August 20, 2010
Utah Legislators Paving the Way for Higher Taxes
From Kelly William Cobb on Monday, February 1, 2010 2:10 PM
Over the past five years, state spending has grown by 41% in Utah – even when indexed for inflation. In that light, it’s easy to explain why the state is set to overspend revenues by $700 million this year. Instead of bringing this spending in check, however, lawmakers have proposed a litany of tax hikes including:
- A $1.30 per pack cigarette tax hike. On average, smokers have a median income of little more than $36,000, about 30 percent less than non-smokers. That hasn’t stopped lawmakers from pushing a $94 million tax hike onto lower income individuals.
- Establishing a progressive, three-tiered income tax with a top rate of 7% – abolishing the state’s 5% flat tax.
- A 10-cent gas tax hike set to cost consumers over $100 million.
- Eliminating the sales tax vendor credit for another $20 million tax hike.
- Raising the tax on food to match the state’s general sales tax rate.
Utah residents: CLICK HERE to write your lawmakers now and urge them to take these tax hikes off the table.
(photo by Paraflyer)
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Comments
Utah is a very interesting state. Republicans find it to be an easy place to gather votes, but (and this is completely coming from my own ideas) this is frequently because of religious affiliation more than conservative economic policies. Natural resources are a huge source of revenue for Utah. Tourism as well. There is plenty of money to be made there...with the Mormon religion being so prevalent, taxation of liquor and cigarettes is probably all too easy. However, wishing to control the public's behavior has drastic economic (and obviously liberty) costs in this case as well.
>> Not From Utah but Visit Frequently Monday, February 1, 2010 5:28 PM Report Comment