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No meters on our modems!

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

On November 1, the ban on taxes for internet access expires. This would leave state and local government free to impose taxes on your ISP bill, just as there have been taxes on your phone bill for decades.
Senate Republicans want to permanently extend the ban. Mitch McConnell recorded yesterday the video below declaring determination […]

Tithe to Climate Change: Dems want to increase gas tax

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Democrats have recently filed legislation to increase the national gas tax by 50 cents in order to curb consumption of gasoline in an effort to lessen the alleged effects of greenhouse gases as a variable in climate change.
Representative John Dingell, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee has said:
A fee on carbon emissions requires […]

Tax Fairness as Tax Increase

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Charlie Rangel (D-NY) held marathon hearings yesterday as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. The hearings constituted a four-panel, all-day focus on the Democratic theme of tax fairness.
Although broadly focused on tax fairness, specifically Rangel directed the hearings to deal with problems associated with the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), namely that the […]

Cutting Taxes: Good Philosophy, Good Policy, Good Strategy

Friday, August 10th, 2007

President Bush is rumored to be considering cutting corporate tax rates. On Bush’s part this is a smart move as it signals his willingness to move forward with another part of his domestic policy agenda. Not to mention, cutting taxes is good philosophy, good policy, and good strategy.
It is good philosophy for precisely […]

Quote of the Day

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Put another way, it’s about $1,300 in higher spending every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every year for the next five years
- President Bush in regards to how much the Democrats’ tax plan to fund $205 billion in new spending will cost every second over the next five years

Massachusetts moves to end income tax

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Taken from the Massachusetts Alliance of College Republicans blog:
Attention all low-tax supporters and free market apostles: The movement to end the state income tax is coming to fruition. The Committee for Small Government is currently pushing a ballot initiative to allow voters to vote on ending the income tax in the 2008 elections.
In early August […]

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