Ben Cunningham points to an interesting post about the price of a stamp vs. the price of oil and the increases of each.

By the way, stamp prices rose again yesterday to 42 cents.
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The City of Maryville is looking to raise taxes by 12%.
Maryville City Manager Greg McClain said this was going to be a tough budget year, due to state and federal cuts and the increase in gasoline prices that affect almost everything.
So what do they do?  They decide to raise taxes because obviously government is the [...]

According to a CNET News article, “the days of ordering items over the Internet and not paying sales tax may become just a fond memory.”
Two bills are pending in Congress that would allow tax collectors to target out-of-state Internet and mail-order retailers, and their supporters are optimistic about their political prospects.
“I certainly would love to [...]

John McCain has proposed to suspend the federal gas tax for the summer, as well as some other tax cuts.
To help people weather the downturn immediately, McCain urged Congress to institute a “gas-tax holiday” by suspending the 18.4 cent federal gas tax and 24.4 cent diesel tax from Memorial Day to Labor Day. By some [...]

Americans for Tax Reform is reporting on tax increase to be voted on next week.
ATR has learned that House Republicans next week will be forcing a vote on the Democrats’ planned tax hikes in 2011. At the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2011, the Democrats have the following tax increases planned:

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The White House and House of Representatives announced an “Economic Stimulus” package today.  Here is a quick overview from the WSJ.
-Tax rebates: Checks of at least $300 for almost everyone earning a paycheck, including low-income earners who make too little to pay income taxes, so long as they earned at least $3,000 in 2007. Families [...]

Recently the State of Tennessee voted to allow a Property Tax Freeze Program.  This permits individual governments to enact a property tax freeze for their constituents.  Blount County has voted to enact this for its residents.  I disagreed with the program from the start, but after finding out the details in a letter I received today, I am even [...]

Nathan Moore has a good commentary on poverty and taxes, where he actually looks at a couple other blog posts.  Check it out.
Poverty is not an effect of societal inequality, it is a sum of bad decisions. There is really not much argument as to what the causes of poverty are - if you complete [...]

In the wake of Huckabee’s view on AIDS, another article surfaced about his statements to a Pastor’s Conference in 1998.  Some think this may hurt him, but I tend to agree with RedState and think this may strengthen his support, especially with those that are currently supporting him.  Here are some of Huckabee’s comments:
“Government knows [...]

The Maryville (TN) City Council is weighing options to increase the property tax rate by 45 cents.  That is a 22% increase (current city rate is $2.05 per $1,000).  This is crazy.  They say it is to raise money to modernize the schools.  Don’t get me wrong; I am all for helping the schools, and [...]