Taxes
TASC: Reagan’s gift to Nevada
Much of Nevada’s Tax and Spending Control initiative originated with the Gipper
Like so many things that make liberals’ blood pressure percolate, TASC—the Tax and Spending Control initiative recently filed with the Nevada Secretary of State—actually began with Ronald Reagan.
Fake Friends of the Republic
The 'direct democracy' charge against TASC is silly
Hypocrisy, said the sage, is the tribute that vice pays to virtue. In Silver State politics today, this phenomenon runs rampant.
Pseudo-Compassion and the State
Genuine, effective compassion is beyond the capability of government
Those who never give up calling for more and more government—whether here in Nevada or elsewhere—learned long ago that their appeals must always be cloaked in the language of “morality” and “compassion.”
The Long War
Why we see what we see in Carson City
If you notice, foes of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) idea never claim it is ineffective at restraining budget growth.
The Significance of TABOR
There's a new antidote in the constitutional medicine chest
Gratitude, said Samuel Johnson, is “the fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.” Ingratitude, on the other hand, wrote Shakespeare, “is a marble-hearted fiend.”
On Ratchets
Taxeaters love to rant about the TABOR "ratchet". But they've got a much more insidious one of their own.
In Colorado the majority leader of the state senate is going around trying to gin up hostility against that state’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) with a spiel about what he calls “Nurse Ratchett.”
The AMT: Not Just for Rich People Any More
The number of taxpayers who will face the Alternative Minimum Tax by 2010 is projected to more than double.
Members of President Bush’s advisory panel on tax reform agree that the individual Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) should be repealed. The panel’s chairman, former senator Connie Mack of Florida, cited the AMT’s “extremely negative effect” on middle-income taxpayers as the nine-member panel reached its first conclusion.
Smearing TABOR
If it saves taxpayers money, it must be bad
Democrats and Republicans alike this year have ridiculed Bob Beers’ legislation for a Colorado-style Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR). Many have said the measure is failing in Colorado, and that the state’s governor and legislators need to overturn the measure to avert disaster in that state.
A swing… and a miss
Oscar’s arguments for tax-financed sports facilities strike out
One of Mayor Oscar Goodman’s pet projects is to bring a major league baseball team to Las Vegas. At a recent breakfast presentation, the mayor promised that he would be throwing out the first pitch by the 2008 season.
Divide and Conquer – Again
For months Assembly Majority Leader Barbara Buckley has made exceedingly obvious her party’s desire to squeeze windfall property tax revenues out of Nevadans for as long as possible.
