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"What Mae West said about sex is true
about tax cuts -- there's no such thing
as a bad tax cut." --- Grover Norquist.
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The Washington Times Tuesday,
June 22, 1999
Taxation Through Litigation.....By Damon B.
Ansell
"The era of big government may be over, but the era of regulation through
litigation has just begun." -Robert Reich, former Clinton Labor Secretary (USA Today,
Feb. 11).
Taxpayer activists had been emboldened by recent victories: a federally balanced budget,
state and federal surpluses and supermajority requirements to raise taxes in the 14
states. The remaining states and the federal government still need to pass such
legislation before declaring victory. However, before that could happen big government and
its most powerful ally, trial attorneys, discovered a new fountain of money-litigated
taxation! Given the Reich statement and recent successes by anti-tax activists it should
come as no surprise to see President Bill Clinton and Vice President Albert Gore step up
their attacks on corporate America. This administration has been very busy ensuring
that taxes are to be forced upon consumers by litigation, rather than a vote of the
Congress. (FULL STORY)
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The Washington Times Tuesday,
April 20, 1999 Commentary, Page A17
Heroic Medicare Rescue.....By Peter J.
Ferrara
Commentators are always complaining about political leaders ducking the
nation’s most difficult problems. That is why it is all the more important
to laud those leaders who do step forward to address the real, hard questions.
In recent months, Rep. Bill Thomas (R-CA) has bravely risen to take the
lead in addressing four square the intractable Medicare problem. (FULL STORY)
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The Washington Times Tuesday, June 1, 1999 Commentary, Page 12A
The Census Bureau's Secret....By Grover
Norquist
The government has always had a funny way of hiding things it knows the
public doesn't like. Tax increases are sometimes referred to as "user fees."
The military refers to civilian causalities during war as "collateral damage."
Not to be outdone by its government counterparts, the Census Bureau has its own
seemingly innocuous term it will use in the 2000 Census called,
"arithmetic adjustment." What that really means is that the Census Bureau plans
on deleting real people from their final count. (FULL STORY)
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Repeal the Gore Tax...by
Ronald Nehring
The Federal Communications Commission exceeded its authority
when it levied a
new tax on telecommunications services. Congress should terminate what has
become known as the multi-billion dollar "Gore Tax." (FULL STORY)
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ATR
Mission Statement: ATR opposes all tax increases as a matter of
principle. We believe in a system in which taxes are simpler, fairer, flatter, more
visible, and lower than they are today. The government’s power to control
one’s life derives from its power to tax. We believe that power should be
minimized...
Wall Street Journal Quote about ATR: A PLEDGE to oppose any efforts to increase marginal income-tax rates...
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