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Toledo Blade: Taxing services
March 22, 2013
(Original Post) Published: 3/21/2013 Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to expand Ohio’s sales tax is provoking a high degree of bipartisanship in Columbus. Unfortunately for the governor, most of it is in opposition to his plan. The governor wants to lower the sales tax rate from 5.5 to 5 percent. At the same time, he wants […]
Public News Service: Pump Prices Could Increase By Summer
March 21, 2013
(Original Post) March 21, 2013 ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Proposals to increase the gas tax in Maryland appear to be gaining steam. The House of Representatives is debating legislation this week that could increase the tax by nearly four cents a gallon by this summer. Tax policy analyst Carl Davis is with the Institute on Taxation […]
The Washington Post: Paul Ryan wants to cut income taxes. Bobby Jindal wants to kill them dead.
March 20, 2013
(Original Post) Posted by Dylan Matthews on March 20, 2013 at 11:45 am Most conservative policymakers at the federal level just want to sharply reduce the income tax, not eliminate it entirely. But more and more Republican-controlled states are deciding to go big or go home. So far, Govs. Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Dave Heineman (R-NE), […]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri Senate declares class war against citizens
March 20, 2013
(Original Post) By the Editorial Board Midway through the first session of the 97th Missouri General Assembly, the state Senate — in the name of tax “reform” — has declared class war on at least 80 percent of the state’s 6 million citizens. The Senate has done this by proposing a massive shift in the […]
The Daily Advertiser: Lawmakers ponder tax reform
March 19, 2013
Mar. 19, 2013 1:07 AM Written by Bill Decker If Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax reform plan hurts working people, state Rep. Joel Robideaux doesn’t see how. “I have yet to find a situation where a working individual in a working family will pay more taxes under this scenario,” Robideaux said Monday, speaking at the first […]
The Atlanta Journal Constitution: Bill would hinder Georgia’s future
March 18, 2013
(Original Post) Posted: 6:02 p.m. Sunday, March 17, 2013 By Jay Bookman The Atlanta Journal-Constitution If you want to pay higher taxes, state Sen. David Shafer, the Senate president pro tem from Gwinnett County, has just the plan for you. He has proposed two amendments to the state constitution that, if approved by voters, would […]
The Journal News: New York drivers pay highest gas taxes
March 15, 2013
At $4 per gallon of fuel, 69 cents in tax is paid at the pump Mar 14, 2013 Written by Theresa Juva-Brown As if the yo-yoing of gasoline prices isn’t puzzling enough, try understanding all the fuel taxes drivers pay in New York. New York City-area drivers pay eight separate taxes at the pump. From […]
San Jose Mercury News: California’s gas tax and what we do with it
March 15, 2013
(Original Post) By Gary Richards [email protected]: 03/14/2013 12:01:00 AM PDT Q Gary, here’s your chance to be an unbelievable hero. I’m a senior and remember back in the ’50s when California had the best roads in the U.S. But back then, all gas taxes had to be used for road repair or construction. Then, along […]
The Atlanta Journal Constitution: Jay Bookman Ga. ‘tax reform’ will mean big tax hike for many
March 15, 2013
7:54 am March 15, 2013, by Jay If you want to pay higher taxes, state Sen. David Shafer, the Senate president pro tem from Gwinnett County, has just the plan for you. He has proposed two amendments to the state constitution that, if approved by voters, would lead to significantly higher taxes on the vast […]
Reuters: Road funds on empty; more states weigh gasoline tax hikes
March 14, 2013
(Original Post) By Nanette Byrnes Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:50am EDT (Reuters) – Tight state budgets and jammed roadways this year are prompting some state governments to make one of the most politically unpopular moves imaginable: raising gasoline taxes. Because they hit everyone, gas taxes are widely disliked and rarely increased. But after decades of […]
The Star Democrat: Jacobs reports on busy session
March 13, 2013
(Original Post) Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 12:41 pm By CRAIG O’DONNELL [email protected] ANNAPOLIS – When the week began, there was just one month left in the General Assembly session. On Monday, Del. Jay Jacobs, R-36-Kent, summed up the session. “Looking at what we have to deal with … it’s undoable, almost,” he said. “This […]
The Hartford Courant: Cutting Tax Credit Socks It To Hard-Working Poor
March 13, 2013
(Original Post) March 11, 2013|By JIM HORAN | OP-ED, The Hartford Courant Just two years ago, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed, and Connecticut adopted, a state Earned Income Tax Credit, known as EITC, to help hard-working parents meet their basic needs and keep their families out of poverty. In its first year, that credit helped […]
WPRI: Labor, liberals push income tax hike on wealthy in RI
March 13, 2013
Paiva Weed, Fox, Chafee skeptical about 7.99% rate Updated: Tuesday, 12 Mar 2013, 10:07 PM EDT Published : Tuesday, 12 Mar 2013, 5:25 PM EDT By Ted Nesi, WPRI.com Reporter PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – A coalition of political progressives and labor leaders renewed their uphill battle to raise affluent Rhode Islanders’ taxes on Tuesday, arguing […]
Steamboat Pilot and Today: Steamboat joins growing group of cities looking to grow their stake in the outdoor manufacturing industry
March 11, 2013
(Original Post) By Scott Franz Sunday, March 10, 2013 There’s nothing modest about Outdoor Retailer’s winter trade show in Salt Lake City. #For four days in January, the downtown Salt Palace Convention Center becomes a dizzying labyrinth of booths manned by the world’s most famous outdoor manufacturers. #It’s a place where a large SmartWool banner […]
The Advocate: Tax overhaul linked to business rankings
March 11, 2013
(Original Post) By Mark Ballardand Michelle Millhollon Capitol news bureau March 11, 2013 At the top of a “talking points” memo handed to legislators, Gov. Bobby Jindal justifies overhauling the state’s tax system in order to increase the state’s ranking on an index drafted by the Tax Foundation. Stephen Moret, Jindal’s secretary of the state […]
The Austinist: Texas Economy Trails Slowly Behind Income Tax States
March 11, 2013
(Original Post) A new report just released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows the Lone Star State economy lagging far behind states that have income taxes. Reviewing economic data over the past decade In measures of growth per capita, median household income growth, and average annual unemployment rates, the study show Texas […]
The Lawrence Journal-World: ITEP report says race to no income tax based on flawed theory
March 6, 2013
(Original Post) Sunday, March 3, 2013 By SCOTT ROTHSCHILD, The Lawrence Journal-World The effort by Gov. Sam Brownback and several other Republican governors to eliminate personal state income taxes is based on an economic theory that is “extremely flawed,” a new report by a non-partisan research group says. Brownback has depended on the claims of […]
The Daily Kos: Republican tax shifters wrong about states with no income taxes performing better
March 1, 2013
(Original Post) Meteor Blades for Daily Kos Economics Across the South and Midwest—in Georgia, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Louisiana, Indiana, Kansas and elsewhere—Republican-dominated states seek to eliminate income taxes and replace part of them with regressive sales taxes. Thus would be the tax burden be shifted to people in the lower earning tiers of the economy […]
Think Progress: Contrary To GOP Rhetoric, Low-Tax States Have Worse Economic Growth
March 1, 2013
(Original Post) By Pat Garofalo on Feb 28, 2013 at 3:45 pm Republicans love to claim that low-tax states such as Texas enjoy a disproportionate amount of economic success, while higher-tax states like California are economic basket cases. Republican governors in several states are using that rationale to propose gutting their state income taxes (and, […]
The Huffington Post: States Without Personal Income Tax Experience Slower Growth
March 1, 2013
(Original Post) By Bonnie Kavoussi Posted: 02/28/2013 5:47 pm EST | Updated: 03/01/2013 12:21 am EST Small-government advocates often claim that high taxes hold the economy back. But a new report finds that states without a personal income tax have experienced slower economic growth than states with high income tax rates. The report, from the […]
Campus Progress: Is Your City Miserable? Ask Forbes
February 28, 2013
(Original Post) Posted Thursday, February 28, 2013 in Opinions by Chris Lewis Forbes Magazine’s annual list of “America’s Most Miserable Cities” is out, measuring the (lack of) wellbeing in America’s 200 largest metro areas. The Forbes list is a close cousin to quality-of-life research—a growing, interdisciplinary body of economic inquiry that recognizes human happiness is […]
Politifact: Dick Saslaw says all states, except Virginia, “keep raising their gas tax”
February 28, 2013
(Original Post) Sen. Minority Leader Richard Saslaw has spearheaded the opposition this winter to Gov. Bob McDonnell’s plan to raise transportation revenues by abolishing the state gas tax and replacing it with a sales tax increase. Saslaw, D-Fairfax, says the only way to raise ample money for roads is to increase both the sales and […]
Bloomberg BNA: Virginia Transportation Package Relies On Federal Sales Tax Legislation for Funding
February 27, 2013
(Original Post) Subscription Required ‘Cobbled Together Package.’ Carl Davis, a senior analyst at the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said the state Legislature approved an unnecessarily “complicated” package for a relatively simple funding issue. “There are much more straightforward options then this cobbled together package of revenue raisers,” Davis said. “If Virginia just […]
Campus Progress: What ALEC’s Arthur Laffer Wants to Do To Your Tax Code
February 27, 2013
(Original Post) Posted Tuesday, February 26, 2013 by Chris Lewis Arthur Laffer might just be the Doctor Nick of taxes—all that’s missing is a degree from Upstairs Economics College. Earlier this month, we reported on the “Brownback Experiment,” a wild plan by Gov. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) to cut the state’s income tax. Brownback said he […]
Honolulu Star Advertiser: Staring Down Poverty
February 26, 2013
(Original Post) The recession has hit many hard, throwing more Hawaii families and individuals on the edge of poverty, if not completely onto the streets.
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