Comments on: When It Comes to Raising Taxes http://www.poligazette.com/2008/05/09/when-it-comes-to-raising-taxes/ News and Analysis from Different Moderate Perspectives Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:59:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rudi666 http://www.poligazette.com/2008/05/09/when-it-comes-to-raising-taxes/#comment-48700 Rudi666 Fri, 09 May 2008 14:22:12 +0000 http://poligazette.com/2008/05/09/when-it-comes-to-raising-taxes/#comment-48700 Been away from the Internets for a couple of days, will check on it later, I have to report to my masters first {so I can squeal like Ned Beatty :-)  }. Been away from the Internets for a couple of days, will check on it later, I have to report to my masters first {so I can squeal like Ned Beatty :-)  }.

]]> By: C Stanley http://www.poligazette.com/2008/05/09/when-it-comes-to-raising-taxes/#comment-48697 C Stanley Fri, 09 May 2008 14:14:35 +0000 http://poligazette.com/2008/05/09/when-it-comes-to-raising-taxes/#comment-48697 <em>you guys are reasponsible for this mess because you’re spending like a drunk woman on a shopping spree. Instead of asking your husband to take on yet another creditcard </em>I don't think of myself as being overly sensitive to sexism, but I think you could have found a better analogy there, Michael LOL! Hey Rudi- did Secret Squirrel find any acorns in that qando piece about infant mortality stats? (sorry for going OT here.) you guys are reasponsible for this mess because you’re spending like a drunk woman on a shopping spree. Instead of asking your husband to take on yet another creditcard

I don’t think of myself as being overly sensitive to sexism, but I think you could have found a better analogy there, Michael LOL!

Hey Rudi- did Secret Squirrel find any acorns in that qando piece about infant mortality stats? (sorry for going OT here.)

]]> By: Rudi666 http://www.poligazette.com/2008/05/09/when-it-comes-to-raising-taxes/#comment-48694 Rudi666 Fri, 09 May 2008 14:08:32 +0000 http://poligazette.com/2008/05/09/when-it-comes-to-raising-taxes/#comment-48694 Both Republicans and Democrats raise fees and claim they don't raise taxes. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/330/ <blockquote>Not willing to concede the True Tax Conservative mantle to Mitt Romney, John McCain reiterated in a Jan. 30, 2008, debate a claim he has made frequently about Romney’s tax record as governor of Massachusetts. “His (Romney’s) record was that he raised taxes by $730-million,” McCain said. Bill Clinton once famously said, “It depends upon what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.” Here, it depends upon what the meaning of “taxes” is. Romney says he never raised taxes. And in fact, he never raised the state income tax or sales tax rates as governor of Massachusetts. We addressed a related claim by Romney in a TV ad <a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/82/" rel="nofollow"> here.</a> But he did raise “fees.” And he did make changes to tax codes to close “loopholes” that resulted in some businesses having to pay more taxes.</blockquote>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=crist+raise+fees&btnG=Searchhttp://www.sptimes.com/2007/06/28/State/Crist_allows_higher_t.shtml<blockquote>Crist allows higher tuition <blockquote>Unless other funds surface, USF, FSU and UF could charge more than other schools.</blockquote> By SHANNON COLAVECCHIO-VAN SICKLER Published June 28, 2007 <!--BEGIN GR300--> ADVERTISEMENT <!-- begin doubleclick 'medrect' ad --> <!-- doubleclickAd('medrect') //--> <!-- end doubleclick 'medrect' ad --> <!--ADD GR300 CONTENT SNIPPETS BELOW (max 302 incl padding)--> <!--ADD GR300 CONTENT SNIPPETS ABOVE--> <!--AP VIDEO TESE--> document.write(apVideoHed); U.S. News Video var ap = new SWFObject("http://img.video.ap.org/p/s/sm_hz_3thumb_scroll.swf", "sm_hz_3thumb_scroll", "280", "100", "7"); ap.addParam("quality", "best"); ap.addParam("bgcolor", "#ffffff"); ap.addVariable("cat", apVideoType); ap.addVariable("pid", "FLPET"); ap.addVariable("fontcolor", "0x336699"); ap.write("flashcontent"); <!--END AP VIDEO TESE--> TALLAHASSEE - In a surprising about-face, Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday signed legislation allowing Florida's three top research universities to charge more in undergraduate tuition than their state peers.</blockquote>Raising fees/taxes by X amount is still a raising of financial burdens on tax payers. Florida doesn't have a state income tax, but it's sales tax is very high. Kinda of like the Canada/Europe model of GST.  Both Republicans and Democrats raise fees and claim they don’t raise taxes.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/330/

Not willing to concede the True Tax Conservative mantle to Mitt Romney, John McCain reiterated in a Jan. 30, 2008, debate a claim he has made frequently about Romney’s tax record as governor of Massachusetts. “His (Romney’s) record was that he raised taxes by $730-million,” McCain said. Bill Clinton once famously said, “It depends upon what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.” Here, it depends upon what the meaning of “taxes” is. Romney says he never raised taxes. And in fact, he never raised the state income tax or sales tax rates as governor of Massachusetts. We addressed a related claim by Romney in a TV ad here. But he did raise “fees.” And he did make changes to tax codes to close “loopholes” that resulted in some businesses having to pay more taxes.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=crist+raise+fees&btnG=Searchhttp://www.sptimes.com/2007/06/28/State/Crist_allows_higher_t.shtml

Crist allows higher tuition
Unless other funds surface, USF, FSU and UF could charge more than other schools.

By SHANNON COLAVECCHIO-VAN SICKLER
Published June 28, 2007 ADVERTISEMENT document.write(apVideoHed); U.S. News Video var ap = new SWFObject(”http://img.video.ap.org/p/s/sm_hz_3thumb_scroll.swf”, “sm_hz_3thumb_scroll”, “280″, “100″, “7″); ap.addParam(”quality”, “best”); ap.addParam(”bgcolor”, “#ffffff”); ap.addVariable(”cat”, apVideoType); ap.addVariable(”pid”, “FLPET”); ap.addVariable(”fontcolor”, “0×336699″); ap.write(”flashcontent”); TALLAHASSEE - In a surprising about-face, Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday signed legislation allowing Florida’s three top research universities to charge more in undergraduate tuition than their state peers.

Raising fees/taxes by X amount is still a raising of financial burdens on tax payers. Florida doesn’t have a state income tax, but it’s sales tax is very high. Kinda of like the Canada/Europe model of GST. 

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