Posted by
Defend America on Thursday, December 10, 2009 11:10:22 AM
The Highest Tax Increases Ever
State and local governments demand that their residents shut up and pay up during a recession.
By Jim Geraghty
State governments know we’re in a recession, and they know you’re hurting. That’s why they’re demanding more from you.
We’ve
seen a lot of anger about taxes at the tea parties and town-hall
meetings this year, and observers might be forgiven for thinking that
the federal
government
enacted income-tax increases the moment Obama was inaugurated. It did
not, but Americans are governed by more than Washington, and while
Obama has enacted only one major tax increase this year —
raising the tobacco tax nearly 62 cents on a pack of cigarettes, to $1.01
— state and local governments have responded to the recession by
essentially lifting up their citizens, turning them upside down, and
shaking them until all their remaining pocket change falls out.
A
new survey of state governments shows that 29 states enacted tax and fee increases this year that are expected to take almost $24 billion from their residents.
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