30 Apr
Join the forum discussion on this post The simplest method is timing by local officials. The various government entities collaborate to put their many different levies on the ballot at different times because taxpayers would rebel were they to be presented with them all at once. Also, officials try to get new taxes passed right [...]
Posted in Commentary, Economics, Education, Private Property, Public Policy Principles News, Public Policy Radar, Taxation by: principledpolicy
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30 Apr
Join the forum discussion on this post PART 2: WHY PROPERTY TAXES CONTINUE TO GROW: KINDS OF LEVIES AND GOVERNMENT MANIPULATION Note:The following is part 2 in the original document. The reader might be wondering why his property tax bill continues to rise despite the reduction factor provided by H.B. 920 and the rollbacks. The [...]
Posted in Commentary, Economics, Education, Private Property, Public Policy Principles News, Public Policy Radar, Taxation by: principledpolicy
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29 Apr
Join the forum discussion on this post The various levies that a property owner pays generally apply to districts that are of different sizes and that have different types and values of property. The taxing district for a levy could be an entire county, a township, a school district, or so on. The reduction factor [...]
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28 Apr
Join the forum discussion on this post The Institute for Principled Policy is pleased to be able to share with you a significant and important discussion on the realities of local tax levies. This series, written by Ohio researcher Carolyn J. Blow, is from a document entitled “Ohio’s Property Taxes”. We will keep our editorial [...]
Posted in Commentary, Economics, Education, Public Policy Principles News, Public Policy Radar, Taxation by: principledpolicy
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27 Apr
Join the forum discussion on this post In a word-NO! In the video posted below you can see Alan Keyes being questioned on several core constitutionalist issues. He gives a mixed-bag of answers. He likes the mis-named “Fair Tax” which supposedly replaces the hated income tax with a GIGANTIC federal sales tax. We say supposedly [...]
Posted in Commentary, Economics, Public Policy Principles News, Taxation by: Camp Director
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23 Apr
Join the forum discussion on this post Is the Constitution a grant of powers, nigh unlimited, or a restraint on the reach of governments run by self-serving (sinful) men? What answer have we been given in our modern era? Most of us would be honest and say that operationally, the former is the answer; some [...]
Posted in Biblical Worldview, Book Review, Commentary, Economics by: principledpolicy
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21 Apr
Join the forum discussion on this post Alexander Hamilton is widely credited with being the father of the modern American economic system. In fact it can be said that Hamilton is the Victor Frankenstein to the monstrosity that Henry Clay, a master propagandist, dubbed the American System. The American System consisted of a central bank, [...]
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13 Apr
Join the forum discussion on this post …Or Maybe It Was Never Real in the First Place. You might want to read this week’s cover story in Newsweek magazine. It’s entitled “The End of Christian America”. As I sit writing this report in my hotel room, the TV is on in the background with live [...]
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09 Apr
Join the forum discussion on this post Is public debt a blessing or a curse? Recent developments in our country, including a pending multi-trillion dollar spending package being pushed by the administration, would lead one to believe that if we just spend more, and thus embrace more debt, then the economy will take off: a [...]
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07 Apr
Join the forum discussion on this post Recently my two oldest daughters and I were talking about a “test” they’d taken on Facebook- Which President Are You? My youngest and oldest daughters were both Millard Fillmore. My middle daughter and I were both Calvin Coolidge. This goofy little “test” sparked a deeper discussion of a [...]
Posted in Biblical Worldview, Book Review, Commentary, Economics, Executive Usurpation by: Camp Director
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