Taxes Now Cost You More Than Food, Clothes, and Your Roof Combined.
Americans now pay more in taxes than they spend on food, clothing, and shelter. Combined.
That's not a talking point. That's math from a new analysis by Bruce Thompson, a former U.S. Senate aide and Treasury official, published by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity.
In the first nine months of this fiscal year, individual income taxes jumped $136 billion, a 7% increase.
Total federal taxes hit $4.2 trillion in those nine months, on pace for a record $5.6 trillion for the full year.
Let that sink in. And this is happening even after the tax cuts Republicans passed in 2017 and again in 2025.
The government is still taking more. From 2018 to 2025, total federal taxes rose 57%. Individual income taxes climbed nearly 60%.
It's not slowing down, either. The Congressional Budget Office projects federal taxes will hit $8.3 trillion a year by 2036. That's a 60% jump from today.
That's the trend in Washington.
Here in Nevada, we have a choice. We can follow that same path, or we can protect Nevada families from it.
I'm choosing families. That's why I signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.
It's simple. I made a written promise to Nevada voters that I will oppose any effort to raise your taxes.
Not “case-by-case.” Not “it depends.” A promise. In writing.
It's also why I'm circulating a petition calling on the Legislature to cut your vehicle registration fees to a flat $60 a year.
Right now, Nevada's registration fees are a confusing mess tied to a vehicle's value, its weight, and a pile of add-on charges.
A flat $60 fee is simple. It's fair. And it puts real money back in your pocket every single year, whether you drive a ten-year-old truck or a new SUV.
On the other hand, my opponent, Ryan Hampton, has not signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. And you deserve to know why.
Ryan has a record of supporting more government spending and more revenue-raising, the kind of policies that lead straight to higher taxes and higher fees.
When government spends more, it eventually comes looking for more of your money to pay for it.
That's not a guess. That's how it works every single time.
Every dollar Carson City takes from your wallet, or tacks onto your registration bill, is a dollar you can't spend on rent, on groceries, on gas, or on your kids.
Every new tax and every padded fee makes life in Nevada a little less affordable.
One of the reasons I'm running for Assembly District 9 is because I believe Nevada families should keep more of what they earn. Not less.
I believe cutting taxes and cutting fees, not raising them, is how we make life more affordable again.
And I believe a candidate should tell voters exactly where they stand before Election Day, not after.
I've told you where I stand. I signed the Pledge. I'm fighting to cut your registration fee to $60 flat.
My opponent won't make either promise. Ask him why.
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