Illinois Governor Wants To Hike Taxes: What Else Isn't News?
• https://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenIllinois has its eyes on your pocketbook, again. This time: gas taxes, registration fees, Netflix, and Uber.
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TAXES: State
New York, California get 'aggressive' when residents try to flee high taxes
• https://www.foxbusiness.comDolly Lenz Real Estate CEO Dolly Lenz and Dolly Lenz Real Estate Managing Director Jenny Lenz on high taxes in states such as California and New York driving residents to leave for lower-tax states.
Gas Taxes Not Long-Term Answer For Infrastructure Funding
• Adam Millsap - ForbesSeveral states have increased gas taxes over the last few years to raise money for infrastructure maintenance. Proponents of gas tax increases insist the money is needed to repair and upgrade infrastructure. But while there may be pressing infrastruc
CA Logic: Raise Gas Taxes, Then Demand An Investigation Into Why Gas Prices Are High
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Mac SlavoCalifornia is home to some of the most power-hungry politicians on Earth. These people actually hiked the gasoline tax, and are now demanding an investigation into why gas prices are higher in California than elsewhere in the United States. It would
California May Be Coming for You
• https://spectator.org by Steven GreenhutSacramento Those of us who live in California are used to the state's aggressive tax-collection policies. Despite record-setting budgets, the state never has enough revenue to fund all the programs it wants to create or expand so the tax authoriti
The Hunt for Taxes Altering the Economy
• Martin Armstrong-Armstrong EconomicsWe are beginning to witness the impact of state taxes on decision making. California's high taxes led to the San Francisco Giants losing Bryce Harper to the Philadelphia Phillies. The 26-year-old professional baseball star agreed to a 13-year, $330
"Class Warfare": Tax On Absentee NYC Property Owners Met With Strong Opposition
• https://www.zerohedge.com, By Tyler DurdenReal estate brokers in New York are worried that foreign second home buyers are feeling "under assault" and may buy elsewhere as a result of "class warfare" in the form of a new planned tax, according to a new Bloomberg article.
California to Tax Anything & Everything They Can Think Of
• Martin Armstrong-Armstrong EconomicsThis is how governments commit suicide. Instead of dealing with the problem and looking at this from the long-term view, all they care about is what is in front of their nose. The attitude is to just raise some tax to meet the next expenditure. They
Is selling your own property a PRIVILEGE?
• Words Have Meaning on Honest.CashVirtually all Americans have been inculcated their whole life (at least in states with "sales tax") that the "sales tax" applies to most everything with sometimes a few "category exemptions". Does it really? In order to determine if "sales
Millions Of Angry Americans Will End Up With A Smaller, Or No Refund This Year: Here's Why
• https://www.zerohedge.comWhen Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), a/k/a Trump's tax code overhaul in early 2017, the big expectation for tax season 2018 - the first tax-filing season under the new tax law - was that virtually all Americans would end up receivin
Nat'l Geospatial-Intelligence Agency HQ: Feds Spend $1.7 Billion To Acquire 97 Acres In St. Loui
• https://www.technocracy.news By Jacob BarkerThe NGA answers to the Office of Director of National Intelligence and is charged with tracking everything that moves on planet earth. It is the ultimate in total surveillance in order to 'master the human domain'. ? TN Editor
Do taxes make Americans less charitable?
• https://www.thedailybell.com, By Joe JarvisAmericans spent over $6 billion on Black Friday. They spent almost $8 billion on Cyber Monday.
Ohio Set To Be First US State To Accept Bitcoin For Taxes, WSJ Report
• https://www.zerohedge.comThe U.S. state of Ohio is poised to become the first state to accept Bitcoin (BTC) as tax payment, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports today, Nov. 25.
Where Does Your State Rank on Individual Tax Burden? A Look at All 50 States
• https://fee.org, Craig EyermannThere's a real lesson to be learned here, but it's questionable that elected officials know what it is.
Fan Bingbing: missing Chinese actor hit with $129m tax bill
• https://www.theguardian.com,Star not seen since July has been ordered to pay up by the end of the year or face jail
The 10 States with the Best Tax Systems (and the 10 Worst)
• https://fee.org, Daniel J. MitchellThe bottom line is that tax rates matter, whether we're looking at state data, national data, or international data.
Oil boom may provide windfall to New Mexico, public schools
• https://www.sfgate.com, Morgan LeeA surge in New Mexico's income linked to an oil boom may give legislators an extra $1.2 billion to work with as they craft the next annual budget, state economists announced Wednesday.
NJ considers taxing tap water
• http://www.fox5ny.comNEW JERSEY (FOX5NY) - Never short on ideas for things to tax, lawmakers in New Jersey are considering a tax on tap water.
States sue U.S. to void state and local tax deduction cap
• https://www.reuters.com, by Jonathan StempelFour U.S. states sued the federal government on Tuesday to void the new $10,000 cap on federal deductions for state and local taxes included in President Donald Trump's 2017 tax overhaul.
High Court: Online shoppers can be forced to pay sales tax
• apnews.com By JESSICA GRESKOStates will be able to force more people to pay sales tax when they make online purchases under a Supreme Court decision Thursday that will leave shoppers with lighter wallets but is a big financial win for states.
Californians Are Willing To Repeal The Gas Tax, But...
• zerohedge.com by Jazz ShawA massive new gas tax passed by the California state legislature appeared to finally be a bridge too far for most residents of the state.
Illinois to Impose 1% Property Tax on Top of Everything Annually for 30 Years
• By Martin Armstrong Armstrong EconomicsIn Illinois is a State that should just commit suicide and be emerged into surrounding states. It is following the EXACT pattern as the fall of the city of Rome itself. Constantine the Great moved the Roman capital from Rome to Constantinople around
Arizona Teachers Demonstrate in Red on May Day
Menckens GhostHere in Tucson, hordes of striking teachers are standing on street corners in red shirts today, apparently oblivious to the irony of demanding on May Day that the "wealthy" be taxed to pay for the 20% increase promised by the governor. They either d
Which State Will Be the First to Suffer Fiscal Collapse?
• https://fee.org, by Daniel J. MitchellTax-motivated migration may put fiscally irresponsible states at risk of financial collapse. Which will be first?
State and Local Income, Sales and Property Taxes All Hit Records in 2017
• https://www.cnsnews.com,Terence P. JeffreyReal state and local income, sales and property taxes all hit records in 2017, according to data released this week by the Census Bureau.
Californians fed up with housing costs and taxes are fleeing state in big numbers
• https://www.cnbc.comCalifornians may still love the beautiful weather and beaches, but more and more they are fed up with the high housing costs and taxes and deciding to flee to lower-cost states such as Nevada, Arizona and Texas.
South Dakota urges Supreme Court to click 'buy' on internet sales tax
• https://www.reuters.com, Lawrence HurleyThe woman walked into Cash Hogen's hardware store last fall to ask a single question about a KitchenAid mixer on display: What did the manufacturer call that color scheme?
Corporate Combat:
• lewrockwell.com by Matthew BoyleGeorgia Conservatives Aim To Derail Delta Airlines State Subsidy After Airline Cuts NRA Ties
It's Baaaaack: The Illinois "Privilege Tax" Bill!
• zerohedge.com by Mark GlennonUndeterred by national ridicule heaped on Illinois last year, statehouse Democrats are pushing again for passage of the "privilege tax" on investment managers.
But Without Taxation…
• https://www.libertarianinstitute.orgThe inescapable conclusion that taxation is theft has led to countless people asking for alternative forms of funding. Meeting this challenge is essential for libertarians, since our message requires a radical shift in thinking for many people. In th
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