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Show Us the Money: Open the Books for all Massachusetts State Government Income and Spending **** An Open Letter to the Massachusetts State Legislature **** from Michael Cloud and Carla Howell Dear Massachusetts State Legislators, On behalf of the 3,000,000+ taxpayers of Massachusetts, For the purposes of transparency and accountability of the Massachusetts state government, We request that you show us the money: open the books for all Massachusetts State Government income and spending. We ask that you post the Massachusetts state government budget - every dollar of all state government income and spending online - on an open, free,...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, aided by an extraordinary outpouring of Internet support Monday, hauled in more than $3.5 million in 20 hours. Paul, the Texas congressman with a Libertarian tilt and an out-of-Iraq pitch, entered heady fundraising territory with a surge of Web-based giving tied to the commemoration of Guy Fawkes Day. Fawkes was a British mercenary who failed in his attempt to kill King James I on Nov. 5, 1605. He also was the model for the protagonist in the movie "V for Vendetta." Paul backers motivated donors on the Internet with mashed-up clips of...

Nonfilers cite war to justify defiance Those who don't pay taxes risk financial ruin, IRS official says Saturday, April 14, 2007 3:43 AM By Jim Phillips FOR THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH With Tax Tuesday close at hand, Rod Nippert still hasn't filled out his 2006 return. He's not scrambling to get it done, either. This year, the 57-year-old Athens County resident is sending the IRS the same amount he's paid every year since 1973: zero. But Nippert, who refuses to pay federal income taxes to protest U.S. wars, says his accounting method is not for everyone. "Most people who want to...

A spokesman for Schwarzenegger said there would be no comment on the details of the budget until today. The proposed cuts come as the governor attempts to close what he says is a $15-billion deficit for the fiscal year that begins in July. The budget would include no new taxes. But the governor will propose that some of the deficit be erased by obtaining new revenues from Indian gambling and by significantly raising the fees for graduate and community college students. Schwarzenegger's proposal would involve taking property tax money from local governments and using it to pay some of the...

SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday said his opposition to tax increases is based on the public's distaste for them, and if polls showed voters had changed their minds about taxes, he might consider raising them. For now, however, taxes are off the table. Schwarzenegger remains committed to a series of spending cuts along with a constitutional limit on future spending growth as well as a $15 billion bond package he hopes to put before voters in March. He has begun a weeklong campaign to drum up support for his bond and spending-cap measures, visiting Democratic districts and urging...

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Since we are not allowed to post any articles from Rense.com, ( I suppose for good reason), I thought I would post the gist of this article for your consumption--especially in light of California's and other states' ficsal problems' In the article (http//:www.rense.com/politics2/hidetrill/htm), Walter Burien writes that local governments have two sets of books. The second set is know as CAFR. These assets number in the trillions. For California it numbered 3 trillion as of 1999. Thus the question is begged, if states, counties, etc have these "hidden" monies from investments, etc, why are we being soaked for additional taxes,...