Council for Sound Tax Policy: Applauds Senate Finance Committee for requesting input on tax reform

Contact: info@soudtaxpolicy.com [Madison, Wis.] – Yesterday, the Council for Sound Tax Policy submitted written comments regarding potential tax reform to the United State Senate’s Finance Committee. Senator Orrin Hatch recently requested that stakeholders throughout the nation provide ideals, proposals, and feedback on how to improve America’s tax system. The comments were due to the committee on July 17, 2017. The Council for Sound Tax Policy submitted comments to the committee, a full transcript of the letter submitted by the council can be found below. “The Council for Sound Tax Policy realizes that America’s tax system is broken,” said Peter Prickett, board

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One Wisconsin Now: Gov. Scott Walker on drugs

Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Takes $25,000 Contribution From Marijuana’s Trade Group As Head of Republican Governors Association, While Lobbying to Expand Drug Testing in Wisconsin MADISON, Wis. — Scott Walker has always been a politician willing to do or say anything to advance his own political ambitions. But newly uncovered information that Walker, as head of the Republican Governor’s Association, accepted a major contribution from a marijuana industry trade group this year at the same time he was lobbying for authority to require drug testing as a condition of receiving public assistance benefits reaches new heights of political hypocrisy.

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Airbnb to collect room taxes in Green Bay

Airbnb has agreed with Green Bay to collect and remit the city’s 10 percent room tax for all of its Green Bay hosts — the second such pact in the state. Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt authorized this agreement, which he says is seen as “an opportunity for visitors to our community and as a revenue source for the city of Green Bay.” The San Francisco-based company, which lets people rent a variety of accommodations around the world, expects at least $55,000 in taxes to come from this deal. It’s the second so far in the state, following a similar

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Owen Robinson: Ceding the grand debate

As the U.S. Senate appears to be in the final throes of a bill to significantly change some of the worst aspects of Obamacare, it is appropriate to return to some fundamental truths that have been lost in the debate.

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Council for Sound Tax Policy: Applauds Senate Finance Committee for requesting input on tax reform

Contact: info@soudtaxpolicy.com [Madison, Wis.] – Yesterday, the Council for Sound Tax Policy submitted written comments regarding potential tax reform to the United State Senate’s Finance Committee. Senator Orrin Hatch recently requested that stakeholders throughout the nation provide ideals, proposals, and feedback on how to improve America’s tax system. The comments were

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One Wisconsin Now: Gov. Scott Walker on drugs

Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 Takes $25,000 Contribution From Marijuana’s Trade Group As Head of Republican Governors Association, While Lobbying to Expand Drug Testing in Wisconsin MADISON, Wis. — Scott Walker has always been a politician willing to do or say anything to advance his own political ambitions. But newly

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Airbnb to collect room taxes in Green Bay

Airbnb has agreed with Green Bay to collect and remit the city’s 10 percent room tax for all of its Green Bay hosts — the second such pact in the state. Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt authorized this agreement, which he says is seen as “an opportunity for visitors to

Read More »

Owen Robinson: Ceding the grand debate

As the U.S. Senate appears to be in the final throes of a bill to significantly change some of the worst aspects of Obamacare, it is appropriate to return to some fundamental truths that have been lost in the debate.

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