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Texans' Tax Breaks Trigger Spending

It’s back-to-school time here in Texas, and we all know what that means: tax-free weekend! This past weekend thousands of Texans headed to malls, shopping centers, and outlets across this state in order to purchase tax-exempt items for school such as clothing and school supplies.  Read more »

    

ICYMI: Bill White Is Open to Tax Hikes, Private Property Seizures

The following came in from the Republican Party of Texas:

In an interview with the Associated Press Tuesday, Bill White expressed his openness to raising taxes, increasing public debt and seizing private property to pay for new state spending on roads.   Read more »

    

Congress Must Renew the Bush Tax Cuts!

Urgent Message From Sen. Fred Thompson

Dear Fellow American:

On Dec. 31, 2010, almost every working American will be hit with a massive, across-the-board tax increase on their income and investments.

On this date, the Bush tax cuts, enacted in 2001 and 2003, completely expire.  Read more »

    

CORNYN RECOGNIZED AS A ‘TAXPAYER HERO’

U.S. Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas, was recognized as a Taxpayer Hero today by the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) for his “willingness to stand up for American taxpayers” during the first session of the 111th Congress.  Read more »

    

Cost of living adjusted tax increases?

The new plan to tax more people is now being undertaken by Representative Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat from New York. His "brilliant" plan includes higher tax rates according to the cost of living. This is a response to the Bush tax cuts expiring, but the tricky part is that the tax increases were supposed to hit the heavy Democratic States, like New York,   Read more »

    

Sen. Cornyn Introduces Bill To Prevent Onerous Tax On Small Businesses

Today, I introduced the Economic Growth & Jobs Protection Act of 2010, legislation that would repeal the harmful tax on investment income that was included in the Democrats’ health care law. The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Pat Roberts, R-Kansas.  Read more »

    

Today I Became a Republican

The following email was written and sent to the Republican Party of Texas by a Texas Democrat and working mother who has had enough. Today she is a Republican. Please share her letter with your friends and family on facebook and wherever else they might be reached.  Read more »

    

Would the Fair Tax Lead to Double Taxation?

The Fair Tax is far more complex than the name implies. Everyone is for fair taxation and is sick and tired of the Progressive Income Tax. The Fair tax is not as simple and “fair” as one might think.

If the Fair Tax Bill were to pass, permanent elimination of income taxation would not be guaranteed because the Sixteenth Amendment would remain in place.   Read more »

    

Senator John Thune Discusses his Proposal for Budget Reform

Senator John Thune (R-SD) discussed budget reform with Greta Van Susteren Tuesday. He explained that the budget process in Washington is broken and must be fixed. "There is just this inertia to spend more." Thune's proposal would create a permanent standing joint committee of both Senate and House Republicans and Democrats to focus on deficit reduction. Watch the interview to find out more about his reform proposal that will target our nation's $13 trillion deficit.  Read more »

    

Dreaming of Hillary

Hillary Clinton is starting to become the Lady Gaga of politics and even conservatives are dreaming of Hillary in the White House. Certainly, Hillary has managed to escape the damaging poll collapse of her boss, the President, and that is a pretty good trick considering Obama has managed to put together one of the worst foreign policy since the late 70’s. (Okay, guess who was President then?)  Read more »