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PUTTING LIPSTICK ON SANDOVAL’S PIG
Defenders of Gov. Brian SandRINOval’s indefensible gross
revenue Business License Tax (BLT) insist isn’t the same as the teachers’ union’s
gross revenue margins tax, both of which would tax businesses depending upon
their gross revenue.
Storey County Commissioner Lance Gilman, also director of the
Tahoe Regional Industrial Center, ain’t buying the snake-oil sales pitch.
“I don’t care if you put lipstick
on a pig,” he told the Las Vegas Sun, “but the governor’s bill is going to
smack of a recreation of” the teachers’ union’s margins tax.
And any Republican who votes for it
should be drawn and quartered.
By the way, don’t forget to sign
our Ax the Tax online petition at www.AxTheTaxNow.com.
GOP MUTANT TAX HIKERS
Although sponsored by Democrat Assemblywoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick, don’t be surprised
if some Assembly Republicans support the former Speaker’s new-and-unimproved
“Fun Tax” proposal this session.
If passed, the Fun Tax – which Kirkpatrick disingenuously
refers to as a “Luxury Discretionary Spending Tax” – would jack up the cost of
attending both the Electric Daisy Carnival in Clark County and the Burning Man
Festival in Washoe County.
NASCAR fans would also be smashed with the tax, as would
nightclub and poolside day club goers at Nevada resorts.
And while attending GOVERNMENT-sponsored events – such as
UNLV basketball and UNR football games – would be exempt from Kirkpatrick’s Fun
Tax, baseball fans heading out to catch a Las Vegas 51’s or Reno Aces’ game
would be socked.
As would folks going to boxing matches or attending the
annual National Finals Rodeo.
You see, if you go to any of these events, you’re indulging
yourself in a “luxury” in Ms. Kirkpatrick’s mind, and spending “discretionary”
money that the government could put to better use on your behalf.
Any Republican who goes along with this should be drawn and
quartered.
RALSTON RANTS
So, Jon Ralston –
Nevada’s #2 liberal blogger-with-a-taxpayer-
Greenspun denies the accusation and says Jon’s full of
flapdoodle.
Why do I doubt the disgruntled ex-employee’s version,
especially since it took Jon more than two years to finally publish the
allegedly spiked column on his own blog, as well his habit of never missing an
opportunity to bite a hand that fed him?
DUMB AND DUMBER
SB421 would change Nevada’s presidential caucus system to a
primary election that could be held as early as January and include all of the
state’s elected positions. That means
legislative candidates flooding your mailboxes with “hit” pieces slamming their
opponent right along with Christmas and Kwanzaa cards.
The change would also mean the cost of selecting the
Republican and Democrat party nominees would be paid for by the state’s
taxpayers instead of the major parties.
This is a truly dumb idea being sold as a way to “increase voter
participation.”
Look, if voters can’t be bothered to show up at a caucus
meeting and participate actively, not passively, in the candidate selection process,
then they’re not serious and shouldn’t be taken as such.
Worse, they’re probably part of that portion of the
electorate known as “low information voters.”
Please explain to me how the republic in strengthened by boosting the
number or ill-informed and uninformed voters.
The only thing dumber than SB421 is SB499, a bill allowing
voters who do not belong to a major political party to vote for who the party’s
nominee should be. This is like allowing
members of the KKK to vote in NAACP elections.
In addition, the bill would throw all candidates, regardless
of political affiliation, onto the same ballot and the top two finishers would
go to the general election. Which means
in many districts the general election would likely feature one Democrat
against another Democrat regardless of whether or not a Republican filed to run
for the seat.
Any Republican who votes for this bill ought to be drawn and
quartered.
And then there’s SB433, a bill that would ban early voting
on Sundays. Now, I’ve long opposed early
voting; however, if you’re gonna do it, then why in the world would you ban
early voting on the one day of the week when most people are off of work?
And, um, duh…this is Vegas.
We are not the Bible belt.
Plus, if your religious beliefs don’t lend themselves to
voting on Sundays, don’t vote on Sundays.
But why should one person’s religious beliefs be forced upon someone
else? Hello?
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
“The government shouldn’t have to do more with less. It should do less with less.” – Chuck
Muth
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