All posts tagged "Nevada Tax"

  • Government
    The Dirty Dozen and Sellout Seven

    (Chuck Muth) – Republicans this legislative session had 100 percent control of Nevada’s government for the first time since 1929. They used it in the Assembly on Sunday to shove, by a vote of 30-10, the largest tax increase in Nevada’s history down our collective throats and up our collective wazoos. A $1.5...

  • Politics
    Michele Fiore’s statement on Senate Bill 483

    (Michele Fiore for AD4) – Assemblywoman Michele Fiore issued the following statement in response to the vote on Senate Bill 483. “I will always stand with the voters of Nevada, and when they voted down the Margin Tax overwhelmingly last year, I heard them loud and clear. That is why I voted against...

  • Government
    NPRI: Assembly passage of SB483 is why voters distrust politicians

    (NPRI) – Carson City — On the evening of March 31, the Assembly voted 30-10 to pass SB483, the largest tax increase in Nevada history. In response, NPRI executive vice president Victor Joecks released the following comments: Tonight is the reason voters don’t trust most politicians. Just a few months ago, all Republican politicians...

  • Opinion
    End of session punditry

    (Jim Clark) – As of my deadline, Governor Sandoval and members of the Nevada legislature are frantically trying to hammer together the most important parts of their agendas before adjournment which must take place by 1:00 AM, Tuesday, June 2. The problem is many players have different agendas.   By the time you read...

  • Government
    Tax fight not over ’til “We Decide” it is

    (Chuck Muth) – Government-luvin’ tax hikers in Nevada shouldn’t be doing the Snoopy Dance just yet.  As fictional Sen. John “Bluto” Blutarski of Animal House famously put it, “Nothing’s over until we decide it is.” We.  Decide. Gov. Brian Sandoval never campaigned on raising taxes-and-spending by over a billion dollars – including the...

  • Opinion
    Try and Act like Republicans

    (Andy Matthews of NPRI) – Dear Assemblymen Nelson, O’Neill, Trowbridge, Edwards and Silberkraus: Sometime in the next few days, you will make your most important decision of the 2015 Nevada Legislative Session. Given that you are all up for reelection next year, and are not guaranteed to be back for future sessions, it...

  • Politics
    NPRI: Five lawmakers will determine if you’re hit with the largest tax hike in Nevada history

    At least two must stand with taxpayers or Sandoval’s tax-hike scheme goes through (Victor Joecks of NPRI) – Whether Gov. Brian Sandoval gets to impose the largest tax increase in state history on Nevadans is going to come down to whether he can induce a handful of lawmakers, who are currently on the...

  • Government
    Which tax is right for the Silver State?

    (Jim Clark) – Tax plan, tax plan.  Who’s got a tax plan for Nevada?  We all know that...