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Thursday, April 12, 2007

RSC Chairman Raises Awareness of American Taxpayer Bill of Rights

Posted by: John Campbell at 5:09 PM

In the last 50 years, the federal government has grown five times faster than the median family income. Congresses controlled by both parties and presidents of both parties and every combination thereof we have run up deficits to pay for this unsustainable growth. If we don't enact systemic changes to this broken process, our children and grandchildren will be the ones that pay the price.

This is part of the message RSC Chairman Jeb Hensarling has been taking to the people the past couple weeks. He is using the Democrat imposed spring break to spread awareness and drum up support for the American Taxpayer Bill of Rights.

Here are some solid articles detailing his message and this important reform agenda:

http://www.athensreview.com/local/local_story_101214555.html

http://www.jacksonvilleprogress.com/local/local_story_101160650.html

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dogjudge writes:	Friday, April, 13, 2007 9:31 AM
Same Old Same Old
"3. Taxpayers have a right to expect the government to balance the budget without having their taxes raised." Please explain to me how this is any different than what the Republicans have been doing for the last six years? Yeah, you don't raise taxes, you simply increase the debt. It would be nice if you even tried to balance the budget. But the Republicans didn't even try. They were way too bush gouging themselves on pork. (What did you folks do to try to control Ted Stevens from Alaska? What are you doing NOW to try to control him?) You folks will talk about a "balanced" budget, but there's the war, there's the war on terror, there's the 9/11 recommendations, there's Katrina. You will have all sorts of excuses why you CAN'T come up with a balanced budget. Yep. You won't raise taxes, but . . . The FIRST time that Ted Stevens doesn't get his billions of dollars for a pet project, I might begin to believe you.
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NEConservative writes:	Friday, April, 13, 2007 10:53 AM
Good but needs tweeking
The first point in the Tax Payer Bill of Rights could be contrued by liberal lawmakers and lawyers, it needs to be reworded. And should include "we have the right to a systematic reduction of the federal government and therefore spending over the course of the next few years." In other words not only do we need to stop growth but need to see a visable reversal in social spending. Also the fed picking up the tab for so many social burdens that should never fall under the umbrella of tax payer burden. Socialist cities such as Burlington VT. are full of these wastes.
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David writes:	Friday, April, 13, 2007 11:50 AM
Constitutional amendment
I have often thought that it would be great if we had a constitutional amendment that would place a limit on tax exposure to an individual. Lets say the constitution would limit your tax to 20% of your income. Now I am talking all tax. Not just income. This would include propriety, sales, etc. Then the government could knock their lights out spending that specified amount and we could live our lives without fear.
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lilly writes:	Friday, April, 13, 2007 3:19 PM
Misleading Prose
This article is misleading when it implies that both parties have driven up the deficit at an equal rate. In fact, in recent years the deficit rose under Reagan, was paid off by Clinton, and rose sharply under Bush II. I have heard Newt Gingrich brag that Clinton brought the deficit down only "because we [Republican Congress] held his feet to the fire". But, note well, the Republican Congress allowed Bush to run the deficit up to its highest point in history---and said not one word against him---no feet, no fire, just happy smiles when they got all the pork they wanted.
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dave in phx writes:	Friday, April, 13, 2007 8:26 PM
lilly
A)The article was about expansion of the gov't which occured massively under all parties involved. NOT just about deficits. Deficits can be wiped out easily by re-enacting clintoneque tax increase. B) By point petty partisan fingers you allow the fed to continue there groath rather than addressing the probelm (expanding fed govt and power)- I don't care what Regan Clinton, GB1 or even Teddy Roosevlet did, I want a smaller govt and more than than I want my money to stay in my house doing good things like paying for my daughters education. Stop being part of the problem and work on the solution C) Don't forget the the amount of pork the Ms Pelosi added to the current miltiary spending bill in order to get enough votes to pass it, not only is it extreme, to say the least, but she only took 3 months to blow past her campaign promises of funding and earmarks. D) vote libertarian - neither party has any interest in changing the status quo without having a 3rd party beat them at the next election.
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Billll writes:	Friday, April, 13, 2007 10:29 PM
TABOR
TABOR works well when properly written. We had an excellent one here in CO for quite a while, then the dems took over the legislature and began whining about how it was strangling them. They put forward a statute repealing TABOR for 5 years, which gives them a HUGE tax hike automatically, and any Republican who spoke of the inherent goodness of strangling Democrats was ignored by the media, so it passed. Bummer.
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John Campbell is a member of the House Financial Services Committee, and has taken a leadership role in addressing the country's top economic issues. Campbell serves as a member of the Joint Economic Committee, and House Committee on the Budget. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from UCLA and a Master's Degree in Taxation from USC.