- Leaked Memo Shows SEIU Controls Senate Labor Nom Vote Schedule (AWF Site »)
- Obama Proposes Over $220 Billion in New Energy Taxes
- Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy Releases Local Transparency Study for VA (CFA Site »)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
- New Transparency Resource for Connecticut Taxpayers (CFA Site »)
- Colorado Senate Debates "Dirty Dozen" Tax Package
- About Those Jobs Numbers (CFA Site »)
- More Job Creation By The Federal Government
Monday, February 8, 2010
- Van Taylor, candidate for Texas State House, Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge
- February 6, 2010: Ronald Reagan Day
Saturday, February 6, 2010
- The Obama Budget
- Obama Feels International Pressure to Pass FTAs
- Let's Expedite Debate on Spending Reductions! (CFA Site »)
- Bipartisan Reform Commissions - a Comparison (CFA Site »)
- Obama Should Cooperate with Boehner and Cantor to Force Debate on Spending Reductions
- Not All Bipartisan Reform Commissions Are Created Equal
- Populist Politicians Use Poultry to Pontificate and Pander (ASA Site »)
- The Hidden Tax Hikes in the Obama Budget
Friday, February 5, 2010
- PACT Act May Reduce Tax Hike Pressures
- Arizona Congressional Candidate Eric Wnuck Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
- David Schweikert Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge for Congressional Race
- ATR and CFA Will Rate House Vote Against Debt Ceiling Hike and PAYGO
- Why Everyone Should be Worried About Craig Becker (and why Scott Brown needs to stop him)
Thursday, February 4, 2010
- New UAW Union-Foxwoods Contract Will Cost Connecticut Casinos Millions (AWF Site »)
- Guess Where Politicians From Socialised Medicine Countries Go For Healthcare...
- De-Facto Card Check Vote Coming Soon
- De-Facto Card Check Vote Coming Soon (AWF Site »)
- Grover Norquist Urges Senators to CoSponsor Non-Government Spending Jobs Bill
- Jim Ward Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Arizona Congressional Race
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
- Good Evening Arizona Pledge Breakers
- The Obama Budget and Small Business
- Administration Pushes Ahead With Internet Takeover
- SEIU Response to Lobbying Investigation Tongue-Tied (AWF Site »)
- Brewer Sales Tax Hike Passed out of Senate Committee
- A Senate Vote for Craig Becker, NLRB Nom, is a Vote For Card Check (AWF Site »)
- Sound Tax Competition Policy From Switzerland
- U.S. Attorney Reviews AWF's Call for Probe of SEIU Activities with White House, Congress (AWF Site »)
- Colorado House Disregards U.S. and State Constitutions; Passes eTaxes (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- The President's Budget: No Fiscal Restraint in Sight
- Vulnerable Colorado Democrats Vote for Higher Taxes
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
- Colorado House Signs Off On Tax Package
- Do You Know Where Your Tax Dollars Go?
- US Attorney Reviews Call for Probe into SEIU President Andy Stern’s Lobbying Activities
- Property Rights is a Global Affair (PRA Site »)
- What does the "budget freeze" actually mean?
- Utah Legislators Paving the Way for Higher Taxes
- The Budget & International Tax Competition
- Initial Thoughts on the New Obama Budget
- Another Look At Employment Data
- Obama Labor Board Nominee, "workers should not be able to choose against having a union"
- State Level Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signers in Illinois
- Presidential Math: Failed Policies + More Failed Policies = More Jobs
Monday, February 1, 2010
- The Effects of the Mere Possibility of a Bank Tax on Your 401(k) (ASA Site »)
- Very well, so there is a 'job boom'
- Survey Says: Legal Downloading Not So Bad (PRA Site »)
- Post "Stimulus" Unemployment: A Historical Perspective
- Virginia Senator Janet D. Howell Doesn't Get It
- Trains, Pains, and a Whole Lot of Subsidies
- Do You Know Which Candidates in Illinois Have Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge?
- State of the Union Myth/Fact: Obama's Taxes on Energy & Families
- Real Stimulus Georgians Can Believe In
- Stimulus II: A Sequel America Cannot Afford (ASA Site »)
- SOTU: The President's Misguided Take on Spending
Friday, January 29, 2010
- Colorado House Finance Committee Passes Cadre of Tax Hikes
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State of the Union Myth/Fact:
Government-Run Healthcare - Colorado Legislature Kicks Off 2010 with an eTax (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- Beth Coulson Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in 2010 Illinois House Race
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State of the Union Myth/Fact:
Obama's New Taxes on Your 401(k) - Colorado Legislature Kicks Off 2010 with an eTax
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GOP SC Gubernatorial Hopefuls Debate in Charleston Tonight,
ATR asks all to Sign Pledge
Thursday, January 28, 2010
- ATRF Analysis: Prevent Repatriation Of Earnings In Certain Cross-border Reorganizations
- Possible Heightened Regulation on Banks Similar to Attempted Regulation of Microsoft in Late 90s (ASA Site »)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
- Your Chance to Tell DC’s Unionized Metro They #FAIL…In Person! (AWF Site »)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Wisconsin's Latest Round of Budget Fixes
From Kelly William Cobb on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:26 PM
Add Wisconsin's cell phone tax to the list of temporary tax hikes that are anything but temporary.
Earlier this year we reported on Governor Jim Doyle's proposed budget with $1.7 billion in higher taxes, as well as his "state economic stimulus bill" that amounted to $1.2 billion in tax hikes. Now, Doyle has announced further proposals to rectify the state's $6.6 billion overspending problem, including extending the tax on cell phones.
In 2003, the state created the cell phone tax to upgrade 911 response services. When the upgrade was done, it left a balance of $20 million in the state's coffers, which was slated to be returned back to consumers as a credit on their phone bill.
However, Gov. Doyle has now proposed extending the cell phone tax, raising it by 75-cents, and then making it applicable to all landlines as well. Oh, then he would then add another 56-cent tax to cell phones for the state's Universal Service Fund, which has nothing to do with cell phone usage. All told, the proposal amounts to a $100 million per year tax increase on cell phone users.
The latest round of budget fixes also includes raiding the $165 million hospital tax just passed in February. While the tax hike was originally sold as a way to provide increased care for medical assistance patients, it would now go toward fixing Governor Doyle's fiscal mismanagement.
The proposals are currently being considered by the Joint Committee on Finance, which is aiming to complete the FY2009-2011 budget by the end of the month.
CLICK HERE NOW to write the Governor and your state lawmakers urging them to oppose any new tax increases in the Wisconsin budget.
(photo by imdrugfree)
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Comments
He said in 2003:" Going forward, I am open to every solution except one. We should not, we must not, I will not, raise taxes." What a liar! Our deficit is the fourth highest in the nation, at 6.67 billion and climbimg. Despite his popularity ratings at 35%, his arrogance continues unabated. It's time to fire him before he can do any more damage! elections are for hiring, recalls are for firing; go to www.recalldoyle.com and join us in making history.
>> emily matthews Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:16 AM
this guy needs more than to be fired, he needs a serious butt kicking. being raised as a democrat in a democrat family i find this guy to be the most crooked of all politicians in the country. i say worst which includes the currently denounced governor of illinois who was selling obamas senate seat to the highest bidder. i have not one single time ever voted for this loser, after meeting him once i actually turned my back on him because he was just so darn full of himself. this guy is such a waste of precious space and air we breathe, i cannot wait until this guy gets whipped in the next guvenatorial election.
>> jerome dudek jr Sunday, May 31, 2009 6:39 PM