Taxes
Hell-bent on Killing the Dream
The bank where I work recently had its holiday party. For a few of us who started with the bank at the beginning or soon after, it was an amazing sight: A couple of hundred people coming together to celebrate the holidays and another successful year of serving customers.
Why the Governor’s Tax-Hike Panel Failed
The Governor’s Task Force on Tax Policy has completed the specific tasks it was directed to do.
So why, then, did the panel fail to accomplish the most fundamental purpose for which it was formed?
Fees & 'Fair Share' Foolishness
Those who believe that the State of Nevada needs to take more money out of the hide of business—so that the government can do its thing— always use homebuilders as examples of companies “that are not paying their fair share.” The implication is that homebuilders pay no taxes and are greedy companies that give nothing back to the community. Builders headquartered outside of Nevada have especially been targeted, as critics contend that these builders “earn huge profits in Nevada, then take their money elsewhere.”
Saving the Young AND the Budget
Wouldn’t it be great if Nevada could make truly major improvements in K-12 education and yet at the same time save hundreds of millions of dollars annually while avoiding destructive new taxes?
The Petulant State
Spoiled young children always want more. Because they don’t pay for anything themselves, or work, they don’t appreciate the idea of sacrifice or saving for the future.
How SNWA Tries to ‘Soak’ Taxpayers
Pretend for a moment that you operate a golf course in Clark County. To irrigate that course, you need water, and you have two choices about how to obtain it.
A Stealth Income Tax
That so-called “gross receipts” tax being talked up by the Governor’s Task Force on Tax Policy would actually be a de facto income tax on Nevadans.
How Many More Punches?
When the economy slows and businesses fall on hard times, what do businesses do to survive? Raise the price of their goods or services and assume that remaining customers will pay more so the business can keep its doors open?
Hoover-nomics for Nevada?
Nevadans do not want their taxes raised for the purposes the governor and the Democratic tax hawks in the Nevada Assembly say they want to raise them.
Ever-So-Scientific ... Twaddle
The whole campaign to impose permanent new taxes on Nevadans rests on a fantasy.
