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Property tax increase a bitter but necessary pill – Rocky Mount Telegram

Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) wrote 1 day ago: The city of Rocky Mount in 2009 hired eight police officers through a Community Oriented Policing Se … more →

Tags: Rocky Mount Nc, Rocky Mount NC City Council

The Steroid-Pumped Version of "Taxes Are for the Little People"5 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 2 days ago: I’m not a big fan of international bureaucracies, mostly because they always seem to promote b … more →

Tags: global taxation, Higher Taxes, Hypocrisy, International bureaucracy, International Monetary Fund, Taxation, United Nations, IMF, tax increases

July 31 Is an Important Voting Day. Here Is a List of Transportation Projects to Be Funded by the Proposed Tax Increase

Lesa wrote 2 days ago: The metro Atlanta area faces an important decision on July 31. Voters will go to the polls to decide … more →

Tags: Vinings News, smyrna news, transportation vote, Sales Tax

Jonah Goldberg's Good Advice for the GOP: Confess Your Spending Sins and Repent6 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 3 days ago: In a post last week, I explained that Obama has been a big spender, but noted his profligacy is disg … more →

Tags: Big Government, Entitlements, Fiscal Policy, Government Spending, Higher Taxes, Republicans, Romney, Jonah Goldberg, tax increases

Beat the Heat! Chico Taxpayers Association will meet at 9am next Sunday, Chico library

Juanita Sumner wrote 6 days ago: Next week we’ve moved our June 3 Chico Taxpayers Assoc. meeting to 9am.  I’ve asked Mark … more →

Tags: City of Chico, Phone Tax, Friends of Ann Schwab, telecommunications tax, Ann Schwab for City Council, Ann Schwab Chico CA

Does Increasing Capital Gains Rates For the Benefit of the Middle Class Kill Jobs?

Gregg Pavitt wrote 6 days ago: There is a current conversation on whether increasing the capital gains tax rate, or raising the mar … more →

Tags: Economics, Politics, job-creators

On the Right of Economic Emigration, France Has Better Policy than America2 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 6 days ago: I’ve mocked France on several occasions, and I thought Sarkozy was so bad that I figured (in t … more →

Tags: Economics, France, Higher Taxes, Laffer curve, migration, Taxation, united states, Big Government, tax increases

Allentown School Taxes Could Rise Nearly 5%

Roy wrote 1 week ago: English: View of Allentown, Pa from Keck Park (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Allentown School Board o … more →

Tags: Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, Allentown Board of Education, Allentown PA, allentown school district, Board of Education, Budget, Funding cuts, pension crisis, Property Tax

When a Budget Cut Isn't Really a Cut

goldcountrypatriots wrote 1 week ago: Many news stories surrounding the Governor’s May Revision of the 2012-13 budget proposal leave … more →

Tags: Budget Cut, California Budget, Deferrals, Economy, Fact Check, Fund Shifts, general fund, May Revision, Revenues

GUEST COMMENTARY: The Law of the Sea treaty will sink America's economy.

anahataetal wrote 1 week ago: The Law of the Sea treaty will sink America’s economy. Guest Commentary By: Senator Orrin Hatc … more →

Tags: Military Matters, Newsworthy, Guest Commentary, Homeland Security!, Senate, Politics, Government, Environment, Sea

The True Job Creators. So what do you think about this?114 comments

Uppity Woman wrote 1 week ago: h/t SophieCT via Twitter. For those of you who don’t know who this guy is, here he is on FOX w … more →

Tags: class warfare, Job Creation, Jobs, rich people, taxes

Should International Bureaucracies Get Taxing Powers or Direct Funding?2 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 1 week ago: Over the years, I’ve strenuously objected to schemes that would enable international bureaucra … more →

Tags: Big Government, Economics, Fiscal Policy, global taxation, Harmonization, International bureaucracy, International Taxation, Sovereignty, Statism

Baltimore County Council Closer To Adopting Budget

sjohnson2 wrote 2 weeks ago: TOWSON, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore County Council is closer to adopting what some members are ca … more →

Tags: News, Local, Politics, baltimore county, Budget, Layoffs, furloughs, Kevin Kamenetz

High earners in Andalucía to see tax increase3 comments

Real-Estate Insider wrote 2 weeks ago: Tax chief Carmen Martínez Aguayo and spokesman Miguel Ángel Vázquez This week the Junta de Andalucía … more →

Tags: News, Andalucia, Junta, high earners, public works on-hold

Where do state’s billions come from — and go?

goldcountrypatriots wrote 2 weeks ago: Voters are of two minds on the governor’s proposal to hike sales taxes,which is on the November ball … more →

Tags: California, Universities, Health and Human Services, Income Taxes, general fund, total revenues, Money in, money out, and sales.

SHOWDOWN AT THE CA CORRAL ON TAXES AND PROMISES

goldcountrypatriots wrote 2 weeks ago: When one political party controls both the legislative and executive branches of government, dispute … more →

Tags: California, taxes, Budget cuts, Jerry Brown, Tax Hike, Businesses, workers, deficits, class warfare

California Is the Canary in the Class-Warfare Coal Mine7 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 2 weeks ago: President Obama’s fiscal policy is a dismal mixture. On spending, he wants a European-style we … more →

Tags: California, class warfare, Competitiveness, Economics, Higher Taxes, Laffer curve, Taxation, tax increases, Welfare State

Will House Republicans, Squeamish about the Defense Budget, Get Bullied into a Tax Hike by President Obama and Senator Reid?6 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 3 weeks ago: Last year, as part of the fight over the debt limit, Congress created a “super-committee … more →

Tags: Big Government, Fiscal Policy, Government Spending, Higher Taxes, Taxation, Defense budget, Sequester, sequestration, tax increases

Facebook Billionaire Gives Up Citizenship to Escape Bad American Tax Policy11 comments

Dan Mitchell wrote 3 weeks ago: It is very sad that America’s tax system is so onerous that some rich people feel they have no … more →

Tags: Competitiveness, global taxation, Higher Taxes, International Taxation, migration, tax competition, Taxation, exit tax, Expatriation


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