Articles Tagged “taxes”
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Delivering For Her Donors
BY SHARON MARTIN How dare you, Gov. Fallin! Do you truly believe that cutting public education funding is good for the people of Oklahoma? You’re a smart woman, smart enough to get elected to the highest office in the state. Do you really think that expanding Medicaid will hurt the people of this state or [...]
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Sooner Tax Follies
BY AL MCAFFREY We’re down to the last month of session. This week, the House and Senate voted on some major legislation – whether it was good or bad, I’ll leave that up to you to decide. I was disappointed that Senate approved HB 2032, which calls for cutting the income tax rate from 5.25% [...]
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Recalibrating The GOP
BY SHARON MARTIN Since President Obama’s re-election, conservatives have been trying to figure out what went wrong. Some say it’s the messenger. Others say the message just isn’t getting out. No, it’s the message itself, coming in loud and clear, and this is what they are saying: We must balance the budget by cutting domestic [...]
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Theft And Taxes
BY SHARON MARTIN House Speaker John Boehner, in a press conference this month, said that taxes are theft. OK, maybe voting a raise for oneself every year or so is theft. But how about contributing to the education of our children? Is that theft? Full retirement after a few years in office might be construed [...]
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Isn’t Shrinking Government Grand?
BY BRIAN RENEGAR Over the last four to five years, we have reduced the size of state government. This is sometimes seen as a popular move. But is it? I realize that government needs to run as efficiently as possible. I also realize that our federal government is not run efficiently, and for all practical [...]
