Today could be an absolute disaster
for Georgia, by Nathan Adams, Georgia Taxpayer Association, 3/30/17
You see, today is the last day of
the Georgia General
Assembly’s regular session for 2017
(called ‘Sine Die’). It’s when all of the last minute deal are cut. It’s when
all of the bait and switch schemes are employed. It’s when your taxes and your
freedom are traded like commodities to grow government programs. “No man's
life, liberty, or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” -
Gideon J. Tucker
Your state representatives already
voted for obscene government spending in record amounts. And they voted --
repeatedly -- to increase your taxes to pay for it all.
Their first major tax hike of the
year, the Hospital Bed Tax Hike (S.B. 70) was rammed through both houses and
signed by Governor Nathan Deal back in February.
With the budget and at least one
major tax hike “out of the way” your legislators can now focus on their other
schemes.
But we can stop them. Please contact
your state representatives and tell them to vote “NO” on any bill that would ( http://em.georgiataxpayersunited.org/ga/click/2-329509452-2870-240155-497829-3431280-cf7ed59f2b-b7b28dd93e
):
Expand government power to take
private property from
citizens under eminent domain;
Create permanent toll roads and
unaccountable slush funds
using taxpayer money;
Raise taxes on the Internet and
force companies to tattletale
on their customers;
Raise taxes on Uber, Lyft, Airbnb,
and similar services; or
Raise taxes on used cars and
gasoline.
Eminent domain expansion - H.B. 434
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch
recently spoke out against the abusive practices of eminent domain.
Eminent domain is when government
takes your private property and gives it to some “special interest” for their
private gain.
Meanwhile, the Republican majority
in Georgia is busy pushing a bill to expand eminent domain powers!
That bill, House Bill 434, has
passed both the State House and State Senate but in different forms. It will
now likely head to a conference committee where more dirty deals can be cut.
We can still kill this horrible
bill, but only if you act fast.
Please contact your state
representative and state senator and tell them to vote “NO” on any bill that
expands eminent domain powers ( http://em.georgiataxpayersunited.org/ga/click/2-329509452-2870-240155-497829-3431280-cf7ed59f2b-b7b28dd93e
).
Permanent toll roads and slush funds
- S.B. 183
Georgians pay billions of dollars in
taxes for public roads only to see much of that money squandered on “public
relations” propaganda and sweetheart deals for contractors with close ties to
politicians.
It is no wonder we opposed double
taxation toll roads.
But the Georgia General Assembly,
led by Alpharetta “Republican” Brandon Beach, wants to change state law to make
toll roads permanent with Senate Bill 183.
And to make matters worse, the bill
creates slush funds for
unaccountable public-private
partnerships using taxpayer money.
Please contact your state
representative and state senator and tell them to vote “NO” on any bill that
creates permanent toll roads or slush funds for so-called ‘public-private partnerships’
Internet Tax Hike and Tattletale -
H.B. 61
The second major tax hike of the
year is H.B. 61, the so-called “Internet tax hike and tattletale” bill.
This bill will not only raise taxes
on Georgians by $274 MILLION per year but will also require businesses to
report their own customers to the Georgia Department of Revenue.
Please contact your state representative
and state senator and tell them to vote “NO” on any bill that raises taxes on
the
Internet or forces companies to
tattletale on their customers ( http://em.georgiataxpayersunited.org/ga/click/2-329509452-2870-240155-497829-3431280-cf7ed59f2b-b7b28dd93e
).
Uber / Lyft / Airbnb Tax Hike - H.B.
225
Speaking of the Internet, one of the
fastest growing sections of the economy has been the combination of mobile
Internet
applications like Uber, Lyft, and
Airbnb combined with Georgia entrepreneurs with do-it-yourself attitudes.
Sadly, state politicians have
attacked these Georgia
entrepreneurs with a bill to raise
taxes on these innovative
services.
Please contact your state
representative and state senator and tell them to vote “NO” on any bill that
raises taxes on Internet services like Uber, Lyft, or Airbnb ( http://em.georgiataxpayersunited.org/ga/click/2-329509452-2870-240155-497829-3431280-cf7ed59f2b-b7b28dd93e
).
Used Car (and Gasoline?) Tax Hike -
H.B. 340
State politicians are also scheming
to pass another tax hike used cars, this time with H.B. 340.
This bill will raise taxes on
Georgians by $200 MILLION in its
first year and rising to $268
MILLION per year by 2022.
H.B. 340 passed both the State House
and State Senate but in different forms.
Sources at the Capitol in Atlanta
tell us that a conference
committee will likely be formed for
H.B. 340 and that the plan is to tack on another gas tax hike!
Please contact your state
representative and state senator and tell them to vote “NO” on any bill that
raises taxes on used cars or gasoline ( http://em.georgiataxpayersunited.org/ga/click/2-329509452-2870-240155-497829-3431280-cf7ed59f2b-b7b28dd93e
).
Today is the most dangerous day in
Georgia. Today is
when state politicians horse trade
your tax dollars and your
freedom to help their “special
interest” friends.
Please act right away and let your
state representative and state senator know that you are watching them closely
and will hold them accountable at the polls should they vote against taxpayers on
Sine Die.
P.S.Please CLICK HERE to contact
your state representatives and tell them to vote “NO” on any bill that would ( http://em.georgiataxpayersunited.org/ga/click/2-329509452-2870-240155-497829-3431280-cf7ed59f2b-b7b28dd93e
):
Expand government power to take
private property from
citizens under eminent domain;
Create permanent toll roads and
unaccountable slush funds
using taxpayer money;
Raise taxes on the Internet and
force companies to tattletale
on their customers;
Raise taxes on Uber, Lyft, Airbnb,
and similar services; or
Raise taxes on used cars and
gasoline.
For freedom, Nathan Adams, President
Georgia Taxpayers United
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