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"Indiana House Speaker B. Pat Bauer, D-South Bend, is working overtime. Alongside his career as an Ivy Tech administrator, Bauer has become an undertaker. You can see him at work at the Statehouse.

As the Times of Northwest Indiana has recently (March 27) said, Bauer is "adept at building coffins for good ideas."  He has done his best to bury bipartisan efforts to reform local government and to place caps on property tax assessments. Obviously this is not what the voters want.  However, Bauer doesn't care; it's not his funeral."

 

Kevin Walters
South Bend

Voice of the People, South Bend Tribune, May 2009

 

We confront many issues. But perhaps none is so pervasive in significantly affecting the lives of every Hoosier as that of local property taxation.  If history is any indication of our elected representatives inability to get this one right, we have a 70-year record of interparty bickering and backroom wheeling and dealing that testifies to the elusiveness of attaining the equitable and fair system of taxation required by the Indiana Constitution.  Dr. Bill Styring researched Indiana property tax history and prepared a summary showing a history of attempts to lower property taxes by raising other, non-property taxes.  In every case these have failed miserably. The new taxes, or higher rates on old taxes, remain in place. And, in short order, property taxes rise back to their old levels, poised to roar even higher.

 

After 70 years of futile attempts to fix Indiana’s property tax system, an increasing number of fellow citizens are coming to the realization that this is an issue that defies any satisfactory resolution.  Meanwhile, our bureaucrats have no particular motivation to fix the tax problem.  They have played Indiana citizens for fools for many years and hope to continue the shell game they have created to relieve taxpayers of ever increasing portions of

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By Mike M

This is someone who knows trying to tell someone who doesn't to stop putting our nations guard down and stop being so naive and childish as a national leader. Maybe I'm misreading this ? Maybe some of you may have a comment or two about this one.









. What do you think ?

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Submitted by: MikeM

I came across this little guy on the local paper and remembered seeing him on Hannity's America on The Fox News Channel. He has other videos on YouTube. Wonder how they taught him to talk. He also has a song called the The Martinsville Anthem and The School Board Song

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Tax his land,  Tax his bed,  Tax the table  At which he's fed.
Tax his tractor,  Tax his mule,  Teach him taxes,  Are the rule.
Tax his work,  Tax his pay,  He works for peanuts anyway!

Tax his cow,  Tax his goat,  Tax his pants,  Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,  Tax his shirt,  Tax his work,  Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink,  Tax him if he,  Tries to think.

Tax his cigars, Tax his beers,  If he cries, Tax his tears.
Tax his car, Tax his gas, Find other ways, To tax his ass.
Tax all he has, Then let him know, That you won't be done, Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers, Then tax him some more, Tax him till, He's good and sore.
Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave, Tax the sod in, Which he's laid.
Put these words, Upon his tomb, 'Taxes drove me, to my doom...'

When he's gone, Do not relax, Its time to apply, The inheritance tax.

 Accounts Receivable Tax
 Building Permit Tax
 CDL license Tax
 Cigarette Tax
 Corporate Income Tax
 Dog License Tax
 Excise Taxes
 Federal Income Tax
 Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
 Fishing License Tax
 Food License Tax
 Fuel Permit Tax
 Gasoline Tax (44.75 cents per gallon)
 Gross Receipts Tax
 Hunting License Tax
 Inheritance Tax
 Inventory Tax
 IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
 Liquor Tax
 Luxury Taxes
 Marriage License Tax
 Medicare Tax
 Personal Property Tax
 Property Tax
 Real Estate Tax
 Service Charge T ax
 Social Security Tax
 Road Usage Tax
 Sales Tax
 Recreational Vehicle Tax
 School Tax
 State Income Tax
 Local Income Tax ( Ours is one of the highest there is )
 State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
 Telephone Federal Excise Tax
 Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
 Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
 Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
 Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
 Telephone State and Local Tax
 Telephone Usage Charge Tax
 Utility Taxes
 Vehicle License Registration Tax
 Vehicle Sales Tax
 Watercraft Registration Tax
 Well Permit Tax
 Workers Compensation Tax
UNNECESSARY TAXES FOR UNNECESSARY SCHOOLS

 STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

 Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

 What in the world happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'

 And I still have to 'press 1' for English !?!?!?!?