earned tax dollars

One of our radio listeners called in and emailed us yesterday.  She was disgusted with a mail piece she received from the candidate running against Stacey Campfield in the primary.  I’m not posting her entire email, but I did want to post what she typed up was the text of the mailer: 

For political geeks who LOVE looking at numbers, today should provide some insight into what the money race going forward will look like, as Presidential FEC reports are due on the 20th of every month.

Not one unit of the 200 units of promised "affordable housing" were obtained for Nashvillians in 2007, yet we continue sending billions of dollars to fund Bush's pet projects - projects that aren't providing much of a "rate of return" on our hard earned tax dollars, unless you're really twisted and figure in the savings to our society that some 4000 soldiers wh

Cross Posted by Toni at Bear Creek Ledger

From a commenter on my last posting on the Global Poverty Act , I found out there’s even more tucked into the UN Millenium Project besides a stealth tax which is a global tax to be collected and maintained by the United Na

Jackson Miller cautions you not give away a slice of your tax refund just to get your money a few days quicker:

Until April 15th we will be in “tax season”. Many people have overpaid on their taxes all year and are entitled to a refund of at least some of the federal income tax that they have paid (and some other people will be receiving a “refund” without really paying taxes, but I will leave that to the politics gurus). I have been the recipient of many tax refunds (hey, it is a perk of having 4 kids) and I know the excitement that comes from getting a little extra money in yo