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May
5
Don’t Forget The Other Races
Filed Under Income Tax, Indiana primary | Comments Off
All of the excitement and attention being paid to the race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in Indiana could affect the outcomes of other important local races.
The New York Times’ Monica Davey reports:
For the first time since 1968, all eyes have turned to Indiana’s Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday. About 200,000 new voters have registered, and the presidential candidates seem to turn up on every corner.
But eclipsed by all the excitement over The Race are the many others across the state: for county treasurers, coroners, surveyors, school board members, judges, state senators, members of Congress and, in Ms. Long Thompson’s case, governor.
While the presidency is an important race, we must not forget that the outcomes of several local elections could determine whether Lake County ends up with an income tax or not. Also, there is an election to decide who will be judge in County Division, Room Three.
Link: Post-Tribune’s local election coverage
Feb
11
Cap All Gov’t Spending Now!
Filed Under Congress, George W. Bush, government reform, government spending, Income Tax, Lake County, local government reform, property tax crisis, property tax reform, tax revolt, taxes | Comments Off
Bloomberg columnist Kevin Hassett says now is the time to tame the beast and cap all government spending before our government porks out so much it ends up crushing us with its uncontrolled budget obesity.
This is important to bear in mind as we move forward to the general election. We don’t have a deficit because of Iraq, or the tax cuts, or the drug benefit. We have a deficit because the government grew fat. We can’t fix that with tax increases. Uncle Sam must go on a diet.
A simple way to start would be this: Whoever is elected president this November should pledge that he or she won’t spend $1 more than we currently plan to. If Bush had done that seven years ago, we would be in a different world.
Anyone listening in Lake County?
