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DEL.ICIO.USCagle shows his backing from ACCG, GMA, and tax groups
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Let the House-Senate fight over tax cuts begin.
The office of Lt. Gov. Casey this morning unloaded several serious endorsements of the Senate plan to trim the state income tax by 10 percent.
The House has pitched the elimination of the state car tax.
From the Association County Commissioners of Georgia: “The House-passed version of H.R. 1246 did not constitutionally guarantee full reimbursement to counties for the elimination of the personal vehicle ad valorem tax. In addition, it would have forced counties to raise millage rates just to keep up with inflationary increases in the cost of providing existing county services.”
The Senate version, the ACCG said, “provides significant tax relief to Georgia’s citizens without creating service delivery problems at the local level.”
From the Georgia Municipal Association: “Without getting into any of the economic or fiscal theories supporting an income tax cut, the proposal appears to be fair to every taxpayer in Georgia.”
From the Washington-based Americans for Tax Reform: “While tax cut plans being measured by both chambers are promising…the House plan, while providing about $760 million a year in tax relief once fully implemented, does not go as far as the tax cut plan put forth by Lieutenant Governor Cagle.”
From the Washington-based National Taxpayers Union: The Senate option “represents the largest, real-dollar tax reduction.”
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By Analchord
March 28, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this
But, sirs, if you eliminate the ad valorem revenue, and reimburse those counties who would suffer, (all of them), then where will the dough come from?
Just leave everything like it is and get lost, assembly. Haven’t you done enough, at long last? Have you no sense of responsibility?
Cut the corporate tax cuts. Cut the corporate tax cuts. (everyone shout it out your window)
By MrLiberty
March 28, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this
No tax cut is worth a damn without spending cuts. WE NEED SPENDING CUTS! And county and state leaders with the courage to cut and maintain those cuts.
Now all we have are irresponsible, greedy folks who look at all of the money made and spent in this state as something they deserve a cut of. Add to that the citizens who believe they are ENTITLED to some of that and you get hard working poor people supporting non-working leeches.
Any plan is good if it cuts taxes - the more the better.
Income taxes are the worst because they are nothing less than slavery to the government. Property taxes are nearly as bad because they fundamentally mean that the property being taxes is not owned by you, but by the government.
Don’t believe me? Try not paying and then see who owns it.
Hey, but they tell us we are still free though.
By C F Newnan
March 28, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this
I think that for now, they should go with eliminating the ad valorem tax. Most people budget in categories, like “automoblie.” With the price of gas so high right now, eliminating the “tag tax” will have an immediate impact on people’s yearly budget.
Now, if only we could get both our state and federal governments to act like they have a budget, we’d really be getting somewhere.
By Analchord
March 28, 2008 3:56 PM | Link to this
You know something, we could start a tax revolution in this country. It’s something everyone agrees on. We should start by eliminating all taxes, all in agreement say “I’m in agreement”. Then we do nothing and see how it shakes out. No taxes. No government revenue. Just working people suddenly getting windfalls. I dont think I’m exaggerating when I say that half the taxes the government receives gets wasted anyway by corruption and incompetence, so we’re really talking about only half the money we thought we were talkin’ ‘bout. Follow?
So lets just stop taxes, see what happens, and if, I know it sounds crazy, if we end up with mobs of former state and federal employees roaming the streets at night with pitchforks and torches and shovels, then maybe we adjust, but till then, lets abolish taxes for the common good.
Thank you all.
By Fantasia Orgasma
March 28, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this
Don’t be cutting no taxes my baby got to eat, that’s the deal hear rich help the poor all you repubs need to read that bible I guess u only like parts of Jesus that fit your ism’s
By bart
March 29, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this
Cagle is a fraud. He knows the House won’t back his plan. he knows the Governor will veto it.
He’s just posing on taxes knowing it will be defeated and then he claims he’s for tax cuts.
What a joke.