Tax Revolt
Title | Tax Revolt PDF eBook |
Author | David O. Sears |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780674868359 |
A tax revolt almost as momentous as the Boston Tea Party erupted in California in 1978. Its reverberations are still being felt, yet no one is quite sure what general lessons can be drawn from observing its course. this book is an in-depth study of this most recent and notable taxpayer's rebellion: Howard Jarvis and Proposition 13, the Gann measure of 1979, and Proposition (Jarvis II) of 1980.
The Permanent Tax Revolt
Title | The Permanent Tax Revolt PDF eBook |
Author | Isaac William Martin |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 2008-03-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0804763178 |
Tax cuts are such a pervasive feature of the American political landscape that the political establishment rarely questions them. Since 2001, Congress has abolished the tax on inherited wealth and passed a major income tax cut every year, including two of the three largest income tax cuts in American history despite a long drawn-out war and massive budget deficits. The Permanent Tax Revolt traces the origins of this anti-tax campaign to the 1970s, in particular, to the influence of grassroots tax rebellions as homeowners across the United States rallied to protest their local property taxes. Isaac William Martin advances the provocative new argument that the property tax revolt was not a conservative backlash against big government, but instead a defensive movement for government protection from the market. The tax privilege that the tax rebels were defending was in fact one of the largest government social programs in the postwar era. While the movement to defend homeowners' tax breaks drew much of its inspiration—and many of its early leaders—from the progressive movement for welfare rights, politicians on both sides of the aisle quickly learned that supporting big tax cuts was good politics. In time, American political institutions and the strategic choices made by the protesters ultimately channeled the movement toward the kind of tax relief favored by the political right, with dramatic consequences for American politics today.
The Tax Revolt
Title | The Tax Revolt PDF eBook |
Author | Alvin Rabushka |
Publisher | Hoover Institution Press |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
The Economics of the Tax Revolt
Title | The Economics of the Tax Revolt PDF eBook |
Author | Jan P. Seymour |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Taxation |
ISBN |
Tax Revolt
Title | Tax Revolt PDF eBook |
Author | Phil Valentine |
Publisher | Thomas Nelson |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2005-03-06 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1418508462 |
Ever since the Boston Tea Party, courageous and patriotic citizens have rebelled against the government's overbearing and abusive taxation of its constituents. This book is the powerful rallying cry to all Americans to continue to fight against our ever-increasing taxes. Using as a touchstone the heroic incident in Tennessee, when citizens converged on the state capitol to protest and repeatedly beat back attempts to pass a state tax, Valentine weaves an inspiring story of how patriotic citizens have stood up to taxes in the past, how many intrepid constituents continue to fight, and how Americans should resist and even revolt against taxes on a state and national level. By exploring the crippling effects of taxes on our economy and the lives of each individual citizen and drawing from the stories of other revolts (with exclusive behind-the-scenes details about the Tennessee rebellion), Valentine will anger and incite readers to action, giving them the motivation and know-how to spread the word and activate a powerful new revolution.
Revolt of the Haves
Title | Revolt of the Haves PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Kuttner |
Publisher | New York : Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
Flat Tax Revolution
Title | Flat Tax Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Forbes |
Publisher | Regnery Publishing |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2005-07-18 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0895260409 |
The president of Forbes, Inc. presents his argument for a flat tax, suggesting that the new tax would be fair and efficient, with the new tax form being no bigger than a postcard and without any of the loopholes that currently exist.