With three months to go before the Republican Convention in Tampa, the general election is all but certain to be a face-off between President Obama and the media's pick for the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney. So where do the potential candidates stand now?
Last week, I reviewed the history of the federal income tax in relation to the National Debt. Today let's consider if there is a better alternative to a federal income tax.
1912 Textile Strike Credit: Public Domain
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No on Prop. 29 (or Californians Against Out-of-Control Taxes and Spending) Proponents/Funders: Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds, and more. Complete list can be found here.
In 2010, I supported Proposition 25 which was sold to the voters as a way to make Legislators accountable for passing a balanced budget. Prop 25 said essentially if the Legislature did not pass a balanced budget by the Constitutional deadline of June 15th, they would not get paid.