RTA: Ripped-off Taxpayers Again »

RTA:  Ripped-off Taxpayers Again

News item:  One in four of the things promised to voters in exchange for the RTA tax increase won’t get done according to  Rob O’Dell’s article.  Apparently the RTA was sold on bad projections, is overrunning the secret higher projections you were not shown (even at a time when the state is getting more bang for the road construction buck due to hungry [...]

Giffords: Roots of Tea Party? »

Giffords:  Roots of Tea Party?

The Giffords, apparently, were Tea Partiers before being Tea Partiers was cool. Giffords protested property taxes “Everybody does it,”  [then Arizona state] Sen. Giffords said about the property value appeals and tax reductions. “They do their thing. My sister does her thing. And I do my thing.” Hey, everyone wants lower taxes.   Don’t fight it,  embrace your [...]

Star’s Strawman »

Star’s Strawman

Another Arizona blog already picked up on this but I thought the exact same thing when I read the editorial this morning.  The Arizona Daily Star deserves another dope slap for this one and Gila Courier is here to provide it. The Star created the Wilt Chamberlin of strawman arguments today in their editorial about how taxes are of [...]

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