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Re: Just wait
said by pnh102  :The only way to solve this problem is to require the government to put every single tax increase up for a vote. States which do this already have some of the lowest tax rates in the USA. Don't they already do this in California? See the mess they are in?
Everyone wants the government programs but no one wants to spend the money to fund them.
However, this tax is nothing more than an added on sales tax. |
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pnh102
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Mount Airy, MD
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said by JTRockville :Maybe governments wouldn't need to hike taxes if they stopped subsidizing private enterprise. $40 million for Comcast? That's nothing compared to the billions Penna. Taxpayers spent on free stadiums for sports teams in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh!
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JTRockville
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There are ways around votes too. Take PA's commitment to corporate welfare for example:
said by pittsburghlive.com:
Too bad we can't elect a trinity
By Brad Bumsted, STATE CAPITOL REPORTER, May 15, 2005
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Rendell has four responses to things, Piccola said: Raise taxes, raise fees, borrow money, gamble.
"These responses are called a Plan for a New Pennsylvania," said Piccola. He contends the Rendell administration hasn't provided the leadership or direction the state needs.
Nor is sending $40 million in state funding to Comcast for its new headquarters in Center City Philadelphia a "way to build a new Pennsylvania," Scranton said.
Rendell sent the money to Comcast after the General Assembly refused to approve an annual tax break for the company.
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Maybe governments wouldn't need to hike taxes if they stopped subsidizing private enterprise. |
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Fatal Vector
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That's wxactly what the initiative ballot is for, like with the "Propositions" in California |
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Derch
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Tulsa, OK | reply to pnh102
I'm afraid the politicians would never allow that. |
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pnh102
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said by Anubis Prime :Point is jackass politiicans of whatever persuasion are raising the crap out of taxes and taxing every single activity of our lives--all because they are fiscally irresponsible and because WE let them get away with it. The only way to solve this problem is to require the government to put every single tax increase up for a vote. States which do this already have some of the lowest tax rates in the USA.
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