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« Fish in a Barrel | Main | Sale! » March 18, 2004Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda
TTR calls the poll fraudulent anti-taxpayer propaganda perversely funded by taxpayers' dollars and points out that the hypothetical scenarious posed by the pollsters are false scenarios. "The income tax is only 'popular' when you lie about the way it will be implemented," says TTR of the poll. The income tax is ALWAYS sold as revenue neutral. In other words proponents say, “just give us an income tax and we will reduce other taxes and state revenues will grow with the economy.” The table below shows this to be the great lie. The income tax is always sold at one rate and then implemented a higher rate. EVERY state that has implemented an income tax since 1967 now charges a higher rate.Given the history of income taxes in other states, says TTR, a question that would accurately gauge the support an income tax has in Tennessee would be: Would you favor a state income tax which will significantly increase your tax burden and ruin the competitive advantage that Tennessee holds over surrounding states? TTR also provides links to a recent Memphis Flyer article titled "How taxpayer-funded public relations are shaping the news." It's all must-reading for Tennesseans who want the whole truth about the income tax and the propaganda we Tennessee residents are being fed by a state university, paid for with our own tax dollars. Incidentally, the MTSU professor who oversees the MTSU Poll, Dr. Ken Blake, emailed me to disagree with my calling the poll a "push poll," citing this article by Kathy Frankovic, director of surveys for CBS News, titled, "The Truth about Push Polls." I responded as follows: "Push Poll is a buzzword. My point is, your poll results are somewhat skewed by your questions, which pose hypotheticals that are favorable to the income tax, but not hypotheticals that are unfavorable. You really ought to ask if people support an income tax coupled w/sales tax And you should poll on the Taxpayers Bill of Rights." Posted in Tennessee Budget & Tax Policy
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Thank you for posting this info. A state income tax is a bad thing and we should fight hard to oppose one. I recently moved to Tennessee from Missouri. One reason the move was appealing was no income tax in TN. MO has a income tax, and in KC a fairly high sales tax. So we ended up with a heavy burden. Posted by: Matt S. at March 18, 2004 10:00 PMIt's really quite simple. 1. Enact a TaBOR FIRST 2. Rework ALL Tennesee tax structures 3. Include a "Homestead Exemption" in 4. Follow the Colorado model. IT WORKS. Without getting the politicians hands out of the cookie jar, they will continue to cause problems with "Tax and Overspend" situations in the state, the counties, and municipalities. Just look at Shelby County and what's left of the City of Memphis. Get the TaBOR. It's the only fair thing to do. Posted by: Tom G. at March 19, 2004 10:59 AMDisclaimer: I could care less what happens to Tennessee. It's a backward state that seems intent on accelerating its rate of arrested development. I have to take issue with Mr. Hobbs' use of the term 'push poll.' Mr. Hobbs claims his use of the term 'push poll' was a 'buzzword.' Nope. The term 'push poll' has a very specific meaning. It is a term used to describe an attempt to mislead or deceive; there's nothing 'buzzword' about it. Now, one can disagree with the results, analyses, methodologies, sample size, etc. of a poll--but that doesn't make it a 'push poll.' Frankly, the right wing has become a bit too flippant and careless in their language used to attack people and issues they don't like. Posted by: JadeGold at March 19, 2004 01:20 PMPost a comment
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Tennessee Tax Revolt has published a rather pointed and on-point 