Let's reduce Taxes

“I hate paying taxes.

I don’t mind paying for roads, the military, schools and fundamental public services, but our tax dollars are constantly diluted by selfish special interest groups.

I think the government should support Higher Education, but I don’t want my tax dollars spent to provide computer systems to the general public for recreational activities.

As a taxpayer I think that Phil’s Photo page is a luxury that I don’t want to pay for.

What do you think?”

“I agree. Texas is a jillion times larger than my state and they get all damn big headed about it. No state should be that big!

I propose: East Texas, West Texas, North Texas and South Texas.”

“Which one has Jello?”

“Two votes to abolish Phil's page already.

This campaign is going great!!”

“I propose an extremism tax.



Bacpac: pay $20 right now for your ban Phil's Photo Page proposal.”

“I propose an extremism tax.



Bacpac: pay $20 right now for your ban Phil's Photo Page proposal."
roseymonster
05:49:32 PM
02/19/03


More taxes are the solution to every problem.”

“I'm not too crazy about Texas either. I've only been there once and don't care to go back. Look farther and see less.

Am I alone in hateing the Dallas Cowbows?”

“California seems to be a pretty strange country too.”

“Four more votes!

Democracy is great!”

“Violin: You forgot Central Texas!”

“That makes five!”

“I hate the Dallas Cowboys!!!! They suck!

GO BUCS!”

“Bacpac, I see your point, it is valid. I do enjoy phills site and suport it, as you do, bacpac. As much as I enjoy the site with photos of us nuts, bp is right. Our tax dollars are going to luxuries. This is a luxurie I enjoy but it is a waste of government spending.”

“I think the heart of the problem is well-fair”

“The problem is apathy. Very few people care enough to vote. Even fewer care enough to find out what they are voting for.”

“Sure, lets give the panhandle to Oklahoma... Texas is too darn big.”

“I am absolutely insouciant when it comes to apathy!”

“Cut Taxes. Good idea. The budget deficit is too darn small as it is and Bush's war probably won't do enough to increase it... even if he does try to do something to ensure some stability in Iraq after he's done.”

“waste, fraud and abuse. we could save BILLIONS by focusing on these things.”

“I'll bet its colder than a well-digger's ass at the "well-fair".
And the Carnies, are a buncha no-goods.

And texas is sucking this country dry!

AND too many Wall Street Welfare Queens!”

“want to save a quick $20 BILLION? that's how much the War on Drugs costs.

Drug Policy News link

did you know that it costs about as much to keep someone in prison (for drug use or anything else) as it would to send them to a state college for a year?”

“YES... Reduce Texas!

Give most of it back to Mexico. They can have bacpac, too.”

“Wy in god's name would anyone want to reduce tevas? They're light enough!”

“texas is really "occupied territory" if you think about it....just like isreal.”

“"YES... Reduce Texas!

Give most of it back to Mexico. They can have bacpac, too."
Tilt
09:03:52 AM
02/20/03

Awww, quit pickin' on bacpac, Tilt. Don't you know how sensitive he is?







Must be the EST training, LOL.”

“lmaooOoO0o0oOOO!

tilt, you inflamer!”

“After some reflection, I think it would be wiser to partion Texas into 11 states like this. All we need now are names.”

“alaska...bigger n' texas. and much more beautiful, too.”

“Passing Problems to States

By David Sirota, Christy Harvey and Judd Legum, The Progress Report
May 12, 2004

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities today released a report analyzing how the Bush administration's federal policies have affected state budgets – and the findings are not pretty. All told, states have faced $190 billion in deficits over the past three years, and this year face another $40 billion hole. Of that budget gap, $175 billion has been the direct result of federal policies, including the White House's refusal to fully fund federal mandates like the No Child Left Behind Act and its elimination of various taxes on the wealthy which states rely on for revenue. Make sure to see the report's state-by-state section, detailing how federal policies have affected where you live.


An analysis by the Urban Institute-Brookings Tax Policy Center shows that two-thirds of the Bush tax cuts this year are going to the top fifth of the population, while at the same time, many states have been forced to raise taxes and fees that disproportionately hit the middle class. Under President Bush, states have raised taxes by a total of $14.5 billion, after seven consecutive years of cutting taxes – all while cutting key health care and education services for the middle class.


The refusal to fully fund the No Child Left Behind Act, special education and other programs has left states facing a $72 billion unfunded mandate. The president tried to defend that underfunding in a visit to Arkansas yesterday, but the local statistics there are grim: Because the president has not fully funded his own education bill, more than 12,000 disadvantaged children from the area Bush visited in Arkansas (the 3rd district) will be left out of Title I assistance, and more than 6,000 will not be able to enroll in the Head Start program. While Bush told the Arkansas audience that he "understands that people need extra help" with education and that "the federal government is responding," his budget leaves a total of 60,000 disadvantaged Arkansas kids out of Title I assistance this year. Meanwhile, Bush's federal policies drain more than $1 billion from the state's revenues. See a congressional district-by-district breakdown of how the White House's underfunding of education affects your area.


The one-two punch of underfunding education and the federal revenue siphon is reverberating in other states across America: In Kentucky, where Bush policies have meant more than $2 billion less in state revenues, the legislature is considering massive cuts to technical colleges. In California, where Bush policies have reduced revenues by more than $23 billion, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is considering major cuts to higher education. And in Mississippi, where Bush policies have drained $1.8 billion from state revenues (more than 10 percent of the entire state's budget), the legislature recently completed a budget that local newspapers note "leaves deep cuts in many agency budgets, including K-12 education."


The CBPP report also points out that the administration's refusal to enact a serious prescription drug benefit and to address the burgeoning health care crisis is squeezing state Medicaid budgets. States are now spending about $28 billion to provide medicines to low-income elderly. A new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that state, local and federal governments are absorbing $34.6 billion in costs to cover medical care for the uninsured, in the absence of a serious national health care program.”

“So for you who love to calculate your total tax burden, you might just find that you were better off four years ago.”

“I've been saying this for the past year Phaeddy. The crazy thing is, this burden is not only wiping out the alleged middle class tax cuts that Bush gave people, but we are also going into major debt. The interest on the debt is something like 117 billion as of now.


Thanks Doofy!”

“Yep, I noticed you were trumpeting the more obvious state cuts made necessary by the "starving of the beast". I found the brookings tax policy numbers interesting.”

“Indiana is one of the states in serious budget crisis.

State budget cuts have forced some public schools in southern Indiana to cut after school programs, intramural sports, art classes and all sorts of other stuff.

Local hyway depts. have had to scale back road maintenance, even as far as going from blacktop back to gravel on some roads.

Our solid waste distric lost state funding and is now increasing local tax.

I could go on and on.

The feds are not the only ones to blame. In the middle of a fiscal crisis, IN state officials are moving forward with plans for I-69 that will cost the state billions. To top it off they opted for a new route despite outcry from various groups that asked them to use existing highways as a base for the project.”

“Starve The Beast


It looks like "they" were right about all that tax money being wasted.........NOT!!”

“Ohio's Political make-up

Governor - Republican

State House -
62 Republicans
37 Democrats

State Senate-
22 Republicans
11 Democrats

US Senators - 2 Republicans

US Congress -
12 Republicans
6 Democrats

State Supreme Court - 4 Repubs, 3 Demo

Manufacturing Jobs Lost since 2000:
1 in 6

State School Funding Shortfall, 2004 - $1 million

State School Districts projected to need operating levies in November 2004 - 2 out of 3

Failed levies in May 2004 - 2 out of 3.

University Tuition Increases 2004 - 10% (average)



I'm having a great time out here.”

“Help yourself! Stop asking the other people!

PS...Get over your self-hatred!”

“Dude, you should go to Buddha's party and discuss these things with him.”

“Sorry I do not "party" with u folk! But thanks for the invitation.”

“I have a feeling UpUrs would make a nice piniata.”

“Sorry I have no candy!”

“What a huge surprise! Bush is mulling a huge overhaul of the US tax code to shift the burden of paying for government squarely on the shoulders of the poor and middle class.


Bush Says National Sales Tax Worth Considering

NICEVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) - President Bush said on Tuesday that abolishing the U.S. income tax system and replacing it with a national sales tax was an idea worth considering.

"It's an interesting idea," Bush told an "Ask President Bush" campaign forum here. "You know, I'm not exactly sure how big the national sales tax is going to have to be, but it's the kind of interesting idea that we ought to explore seriously."

Republican economists who speak regularly to the White House have said that the Bush campaign has been mulling the idea of an overhaul of the tax code as part of an agenda for a second term should Bush win reelection.

Some lawmakers have floated ideas of simplifying the tax code by putting in place a "flat" income tax rate or a national sales tax. But those ideas have so far not gained much traction in Congress. Opponents say such a system would not be in the best interests of the poor and the middle class who would pay the same tax rate as the wealthy even though they have less disposable income.”

“What's the matter with you Revvum,
don't ya know that opportunity will trickle down upon the lower classes?”

“Gee, this is just a re-alignment of Mr. Flat Tax Forbes ideals.

This would never come to pass, as this is floated to get some votes.

What a joke.”

“Desperation. That's what it is.

The economy is bad. The stock market is tanking. The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terror are not going well. Bush's poll numbers are dropping like a rock.

Bush has no options in terms of economic stimulus and he's run out of ideas in Iraq. The only way to try to stem the bleeding in the polls is to roll the dice on a glitzy idea and hope for the best.

Desperation.”

“i think it's a great idea.

not yet ofcourse, but after i win the lotto and am a millionare.”

“The Iraq war is making new millionaires.

That was the idea.”

“but i don't have to risk getting decapitated playing the lotto”

“When I looked at this thread title, quick glance, I thought it said, "Lets reduce Texas."

LMAO”

“Great idea, Liz!

We can finally, once and for all, admit that the annexation was illegal, return Texas to Mexico and ensure reasonable presidencies for a generation.

Beautiful!”

“Well, how about we just reduce the electorial votes of Flordia and Texas?

LOL!”