The Tennessee Tax Revolt needs to spread clear across the U S of A. GOOD LUCK, be aggressive. Find the pork and expose it.
GailA, the biggest problem we have here is a compliant media- they don't like to rock the boat- and complacent citizens.
We get a lot of "transplants"- from Atlanta, and other big cities, who look at the prices of things- including taxes- and think, "Geez! This is cheap compared to ___."
Problem is, it keeps getting more & more expensive, and some- like us- who are poor may have no choice but to move to cheaper climes.
There's a woman around here- Kathy H, who started investigating the "Toll Bridge Issue"- the only way to Saint Simons is over a causeway, with a toll- and she quickly found herself shut up at Commission meetings, and followed everywhere by the Police. She quickly became silent.
But the heart of the problem is the citizens who elect these corrupt clowns, and don't protest being robbed by them.
You are absolutely right--the tax revolt should spread to each and every state. Here in WA (aka "USSRW") they want to raise the gas tax another eight or nine cents a gallon. I hope this gets soundly defeated, but this is coming from a state that has Dems/Commies/Liberals/Socialists for governor and both senators. This years, we were the second-to-last state to reach tax freedom day. I guess the politicians want us to be number one next year. Anyway, I will be voting "No!" on the gas tax increase. I urge all Washingtonians to do the same thing.
You're right about following Tennessee's example. We need to get lots of people out and protesting just like they did a couple weeks ago in Tennessee. Tennessee didn't win their battle completely yet- it is just forstalled- but they set us a good example!