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Oklahoma Gazette: Students cover tax cuts
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) By Kurt Hochenauer Oklahoma college students should expect another increase in tuition costs this fall, in part, because the state Legislature will probably not stop what University of Oklahoma President David L. Boren has called an “irresponsible” tax cut. Boren reportedly made the remark in early May at a meeting […]
Marietta Times: Tax cut delay hits 2009 returns
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) By Evan Bevins, [email protected] POSTED: December 19, 2009 Thursday’s approval of Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s plan to delay a tax cut will cost a majority of residents less than $70. For the 20 percent of taxpayers making more than $76,000, the difference will be in the three- or even four-digit […]
Associated Press: Ohio tax cut delay means less cash for taxpayers
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) By STEPHEN MAJORS (AP) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohioans will pay more in 2009 taxes than expected because a budget compromise expected to clear the Legislature on Thursday delays the last in a series of tax cuts begun four years ago. The agreement delays a scheduled income tax cut to fill […]
Advertiser-Tribune: Budget deal may save great deal of budget cutbacks
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) That huge whooshing sound you may have heard Thursday was made by school administrators across Ohio breathing a sigh of relief. It’s not that the Legislature made their jobs any easier, mind you; implementing changes expected to follow the governor’s evidence-based education reform plan could present another set of challenges. […]
Toledo Blade: Revisit Ohio’s tax cuts
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) By ZACH SCHILLER THE State of Ohio, you may have heard, has a budget problem. The state budget will be billions of dollars short in the two years that start next July 1. It’s easy to attribute this problem to the economy, and that’s certainly part of it. But a […]
Hamilton Journal-News: John McNay: How did Ohio reach this state of crisis?
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) 2:18 PM Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Ohio’s state government deficit is likely to be nearly $8 billion this year. That’s a fact. The real question is: How did we get there? By “accident”? Was it just “fate”? Or is it possible that this is a manufactured problem? In the struggle […]
Toledo Blade: Kasich defends plan to slash income tax
January 7, 2013
(Original Post) BY JIM PROVANCEBLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF DUBLIN, Ohio — As Micah Hetrick, of Dublin, who is developmentally disabled, proudly boasted Monday of his job and paycheck, Gov. John Kasich quipped, “We’re trying to cut his taxes.” The remark drew laughs at Dublin Methodist Hospital, where the governor promoted a plan to employ people […]
Minot Daily News: To tax or not to tax
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) By JILL SCHRAMM, Staff Writer [email protected] Taxpayers will be in a position to measure the success of the Legislature’s property-tax relief package when tax statements appear in their mail in a few weeks. But already, there’s strong feeling among many legislators and others that more needs to be done to […]
The Progressive Pulse: North Carolina’s Upside-Down Tax System Asks More From Those With Less
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) Post on February 14, 2011 by Ed McLenaghan Note: This is Part 3 in a series of posts on revenue modernization in advance of Thursday’s release of the NC Budget & Tax Center’s 2011 Revenue Modernization Plan. You can read Part 1 and Part 2 here. North Carolina’s state and […]
News-Record: Senate’s budget plan relies on deep cuts
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) Tuesday, May 31, 2011(Updated 3:00 am) The Republican-controlled Senate’s budget takes a double cuts approach to our state’s fiscal woes: It relies on deep cuts in spending to close our $2.4 billion budget shortfall and even deeper cuts to vital state programs due to a nearly $500 million cut in […]
The Herald-Sun: Senate tax cuts
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) The Republican-controlled Senate’s budget takes a double cuts approach to our state’s fiscal woes: it relies on deep cuts in spending to close our $2.4 billion budget shortfall. Even deeper cuts to vital state programs were necessitated due to their nearly $500 million cut in personal income taxes. Sen. Bob […]
The Progressive Pulse: Proposed Tax-Cut Plan Violates First Rule of Holes
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) Post on June 2, 2011 by Ed McLenaghan When in a hole, the first response should be to stop digging. The tax-cut plan passed Tuesday by the House and included in the Senate budget, however, responds to the $2.4 billion state revenue shortfall by digging the hole even deeper. Although […]
The Herald-sun: A break from tax holidays
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) 08.04.11 – 07:50 pm Let’s take a holiday from the sales tax holiday. That was a daring thing for any politician to say — voters do so love their tax loopholes — but on the lips of a Republican, it was practically radical. Sen. Richard Stevens, R-Wake, was among the […]
The Fiscal Times: Bagelgate: When the Going Gets Tough, Get More Dough
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) By MICHELLE HIRSCH, The Fiscal Times on Sep 29, 2010 For 27 years, New York deli owner Kenneth Greene has followed this simple rule: Add sales tax to bagels sliced and slathered with cream cheese or other toppings; give topping-free bagels a no-tax free pass. In New York, like many […]
Reuters: Special Report: A Long Island tax cut backfires on the Tea Party
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) By Edith Honan and Kristina CookeMINEOLA, New York | Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:52pm EST (Reuters) – At his January 2010 inauguration, Tea Party-backed Republican Edward Mangano marched up to the podium, pen in hand. Even before being officially declared Nassau County Executive, he signed a repeal of an unpopular […]
Art Voice: All This for Just $40 a Month
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) It’s a county election year, so prepare for a season of tax rants Next Tuesday, there will be a special election for mayor in normally orderly Rochester. The chief candidates are former three-term mayor Bill Johnson on the Working Families and Independence lines, and the Democratic organization’s man, Thomas Richards, […]
Syracuse Post Standard: Letter-writers sound off about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed New York state budget
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) Published: Monday, March 28, 2011, 5:00 AM By Readers Rich, too, must truly share in sacrifice over budget To the Editor: Gov. Andrew Cuomo and almost all the Republicans in the state Senate say the same thing: “In a time of budget crisis, everyone must share in the sacrifice.” Oh, […]
New York Times: Gov. Cuomo’s All-Cuts Budget
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) Gov. Andrew Cuomo has rightly argued that painful spending cuts will be needed to close New York’s projected $10 billion deficit. The hard truth is that it is impossible to cut spending deeply without cutting the state’s huge outlays for education and health care. That means that New York’s most […]
LI Herald: Tax the wealthy
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) March 24, 2011 Letter to the Editor Tax the wealthy To the Editor: This is in response to “Legislators Listen to the Community,” March 17-23. Nobody wants more taxes, especially the wealthy who lobby our elected officials with fury. And the rich have gotten everything they’ve asked for. According to […]
Art Voice: How a lower sales tax can help Western New York
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) A scholarly conference held at Buffalo State College this past week brought distinguished historians from here and elsewhere together to discuss the political phenomenon of populism. Scholars mainly associate the term with William Jennings Bryan, who ran against William McKinley and gave voice to the frustrations of Midwestern farmers resentful of […]
Silver City Sun-News: Food, income tax proposals part of NM budget fight
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Barry Massey The Associated Press Posted: 12/28/2009 01:00:00 AM MST SANTA FE – The wealthiest New Mexicans have benefited the most from recent state tax changes, according to a study providing ammunition for those advocating higher income taxes to solve a budget shortfall. Gov. Bill Richardson and lawmakers are looking […]
The New Mexico Independent: Report shows New Mexico has a regressive tax system
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Marjorie Childress 11/19/09 10:45 AM A report released this week by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy provides state by state comparisons of how regressive or progressive a state’s tax system is. The analysis of New Mexico is found on pages 78 and 79, and shows that the state […]
Public News Service: NM Budget Deal Details Emerge, Report Looks at Other Revenue Options
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) SANTA FE, N.M. – More details of a reported budget deal emerged as lawmakers made their way back to Santa Fe for the special session that began Monday afternoon. They include a funding cut of about two percent for most state agencies for next year, and a one-percent cut to public […]
The Star-Ledger: Tax Day delusions: Watch out for slippery statistics
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Star-Ledger Editorial BoardApril 15, 2010, 5:39AM It’s tax day, so everyone is feeling ripped off. This year, some are especially annoyed that a record 47 percent of American households paid no federal income tax in 2009. Does this mean half of all Americans are freeloaders? Are we relying too heavily […]
Sentinel Source: A new report tells an old tale about New Hampshire’s tax system
January 4, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Published:Tuesday, December 1, 2009 2:34 PM EST We have some recommended reading for New Hampshire taxpayers pondering end-of-the-year property-tax bills. It’s a report called “Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States,” published by the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy. That’s a branch of Washington-based […]
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