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Nov
30
State Rep Plans 1% LC Income Tax Cap
Filed Under COIT, Income Tax, Lake County, Lake County Council, Will Smith Jr, property tax crisis, tax revolt | 2 Comments
State Representative Dan Lehe, (R-Brookston), wants to cap any Lake County income tax at 1 percent, reports the Northwest Indiana Times.
“I’m in the process of generating legislation that says the 1-percent local income tax will stay where it’s levied,” State Rep. Don Lehe, R-Brookston said. “One segment of the county should not subsidize the bad spending of another segment of the county.”
Nov
29
Socialism Breaks Down In Venezuela
Filed Under Election 2008, Hugo Chavez, socialism | Leave a Comment
Reports Simon Romero in a New York Times article titled In Chávez Territory, Signs of Dissent:
“(Hugo) Chávez is delirious if he thinks we’re going to follow him like sheep,” said Ivonne Torrealba, 29, a hairdresser in Coche who supported Mr. Chávez in every election beginning with his first campaign for president in 1998. “If this government cannot get me milk or asphalt for our roads, how is it going to give my mother a pension?”
The same things can be said about all of the plans to give away “free” things like health care and all sorts of other goodies designed to sway voters.
If we can’t afford to pay property taxes and have to raise local income taxes, will pols promising all sorts of new government expenditures really be able to live up to their promises?
