Comments on: There is no such thing as a fiscal conservative Republican, period. http://www.plunderbund.com/2009/12/03/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-fiscal-conservative-republican-period/ All Politics. All Ohio. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: scottpullins http://www.plunderbund.com/2009/12/03/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-fiscal-conservative-republican-period/comment-page-1/#comment-111251 scottpullins Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:46:21 +0000 http://www.plunderbund.com/2009/12/03/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-fiscal-conservative-republican-period/#comment-111251 As the head of the Ohio Taxpayers Association, I always supported the dollar for dollar swap of higher sales taxes in exchange for lower income taxes across the board. Most of the proposals typically included some kind of total exemption for lower income brackets to make up for the increase in sales taxes that hit those income groups disproportiontly.<br><br>Senate Republicans should have proposed a one cent or half a cent increase in the sales tax in exchange for keeping the final year of the income tax cut and to fill the budget hole. The impact on lower income folks could be alleviated in a variety of ways such as sales tax holidays etc. <br><br>The problem when you have the political people drive the policy is that they don't distinguish in any way the manner that different taxes effect the economy and different income groups. They see a tax increase and that's all they focus on. As the head of the Ohio Taxpayers Association, I always supported the dollar for dollar swap of higher sales taxes in exchange for lower income taxes across the board. Most of the proposals typically included some kind of total exemption for lower income brackets to make up for the increase in sales taxes that hit those income groups disproportiontly.

Senate Republicans should have proposed a one cent or half a cent increase in the sales tax in exchange for keeping the final year of the income tax cut and to fill the budget hole. The impact on lower income folks could be alleviated in a variety of ways such as sales tax holidays etc.

The problem when you have the political people drive the policy is that they don't distinguish in any way the manner that different taxes effect the economy and different income groups. They see a tax increase and that's all they focus on.

]]> By: scottpullins http://www.plunderbund.com/2009/12/03/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-fiscal-conservative-republican-period/comment-page-1/#comment-110378 scottpullins Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:46:21 +0000 http://www.plunderbund.com/2009/12/03/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-fiscal-conservative-republican-period/#comment-110378 As the head of the Ohio Taxpayers Association, we always supported the dollar for dollar swap of higher sales taxes in exchange for lower income taxes across the board. Most of the proposals typically included some kind of total exemption for lower income brackets to make up for the increase in sales taxes that hit those income groups.<br><br>Senate Republicans should have proposed a one cent or half a cent increase in the sales tax in exchange for keeping the final year of the income tax cut. The impact on lower income folks could be alleviated in a variety of ways such as sales tax holidays etc. <br><br>The problem when you have the political people drive the policy is that they don't distinguish in anyway the ways that different taxes effect the economy and different income groups. They see a tax increase and that's all they focus on. As the head of the Ohio Taxpayers Association, we always supported the dollar for dollar swap of higher sales taxes in exchange for lower income taxes across the board. Most of the proposals typically included some kind of total exemption for lower income brackets to make up for the increase in sales taxes that hit those income groups.

Senate Republicans should have proposed a one cent or half a cent increase in the sales tax in exchange for keeping the final year of the income tax cut. The impact on lower income folks could be alleviated in a variety of ways such as sales tax holidays etc.

The problem when you have the political people drive the policy is that they don't distinguish in anyway the ways that different taxes effect the economy and different income groups. They see a tax increase and that's all they focus on.

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