[LPL Board of Directors] Tax Reform PRESS RELEASE - for your approval

Tue Mar 26 09:55:24 CDT 2013

That's an excellent idea for a press release. I've made a few minor
tweaks as well. 

If we can get this approved soon, I'll try to get a
statement about it on the news here. The news director is leaving for
the week shortly, so the sooner the better. 

Thanks, 

Keith 

On
2013-03-26 09:26, Membership LPL wrote: 

> I offer the following
tweaks. I put it into MS Word so the changes will be obvious. 
> 
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> 
> Howard Kearney 
> 
> Membership 
> 
>
FROM: scc-bounces at lplouisiana.org [mailto:scc-bounces at lplouisiana.org]
ON BEHALF OF T Lee Horne III
> SENT: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 8:03 AM
>
TO: 'Mailing list for LPL Board of Directors'
> SUBJECT: Re: [LPL Board
of Directors] Tax Reform PRESS RELEASE - for your approval 
> 
> I
suggest one change, from " The LPL scoffs at attempts" to "The LPL
disagrees with attempts" 
> 
> I am not attached to the change however I
feel a significant population segment may not know what scoffs means and
implies. 
> 
> If there is room, and you agree, you may want to point
out that an income tax is effectively a sales tax collected in advance
of the sale. Without an income tax almost everyone would have 30% and
some would have almost 50% more spending power and there would be no
need for a second income to support the home, pay for food, clothing and
medical needs. Or put another way there would be no need to earn $150.00
so as to have $100.00 left to spend on goods or services. In addition
the person or company producing services would not have to charge
$100.00 for the item in order to have $75.00 to keep in their pocket. 
>

> T LEE HORNE, III 
> 
> Organizer of NAACP Unit 6080, Saint Joseph, LA

> 
> President of Brumby Enterprises, Inc. 800-746-1705 
> 
> Former
Chairman of Libertarian Party of Louisiana 2009-2012 
> 
> Former
Candidate for Governor of Louisiana ran a 4 year campaign 2003-2007 
>

> tleehorneiii at gmail.com 
> 
> 318-542-4445 google voice 
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>
tleehorneiii skype 
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> FROM:
scc-bounces at lplouisiana.org [mailto:scc-bounces at lplouisiana.org] ON
BEHALF OF Adrien Monteleone
> SENT: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 3:42 AM
>
TO: Mailing list for LPL Board of Directors
> SUBJECT: [LPL Board of
Directors] Tax Reform PRESS RELEASE - for your approval 
> 
> Since the
Tax Reform discussion is heating up and on the agenda in a few weeks,
I'd like to issue the following press release to inject the LPL into the
debate.
> 
> Please offer any critiques or suggestions. Also, if you'd
like to take ownership of one of the quotes, or provide your own
(without adding too much to the word count) please let me know.
> 
> I'd
like to release this tomorrow, but I can wait till later in the week
perhaps. Please get your comments in quickly so this can be a timely
release. 
> 
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> 
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> 
>
LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF LOUISIANA WEIGHS IN ON TAX REFORM DEBATE
> 
>
Lafayette, Louisiana (March 26, 2013)--The Libertarian Party of
Louisiana (LPL) applauds the current plans for tax reform but says the
proposals fall far short of a serious effort. Libertarians fully support
the elimination of the barbaric and confiscatory practice of taking
money earned by hard working citizens via so-called "income taxes."
However, they caution that any serious tax reform must include
reductions in bloated government spending.
> 
> The LPL scoffs at
attempts to characterize tax reform in class envy terms. "Fairness,"
Libertarians contend, should never be a standard by which to judge
taxation. Instead, the party believes that a tax should be judged by how
much it negatively impacts the ability of consumers to meet their needs
with the limited resources of their paychecks and savings. A tax, notes
the LPL, needs to be as light and unobtrusive as possible so it is not a
burden upon business or consumers. "A tax on a wage or salary is
outright theft of your legitimately acquired property and is unfit for a
free society," said state chairman Adrien Monteleone.
> 
> Mr.
Monteleone also notes that, "the current hang-ups by detractors over
'revenue neutrality' are red herrings--a socialist and progressive ploy
that is a throwback from the 1980's era efforts at national tax and
spending reform. Democrats used 'neutrality' to thwart the move to
reduce bloated government in a 'compromise' to get bills passed. This
resulted in monstrous deficits." He continues, "Cast aside the flawed
idea of revenue neutrality, and reformers can focus on raising
legitimate revenue. If this is not enough money to fund the current
levels of government spending, then the obvious next step is to reduce
those bloated levels of spending. If serious spending reform were
considered, there would be no need to even raise sales tax rates or
extend the current tax base. Personal and business taxes can still be
eliminated, and it might even be possible to lower sales tax rates
further."
> 
> "Extending the base to include services is also
problematic when determining the 'final consumer' of those services as
in the case of engineering, architectural, and other fees in the
construction industry. Who is the final consumer, the architect, the
builder, the contractor, the home owner? Is the administration
suggesting taxation upon taxation upon taxation?" asks Mr. Monteleone.
>

> The LPL applauds the administration's effort to simplify sales tax
filing for businesses, but they suggest that sales should be taxable at
the point of sale and never at point of delivery. This would be far
simpler and easier to implement and comply with. Such a move would also
provide economic incentive for local jurisdictions to keep their sales
tax rates as low as possible. Some of these local rates alone are as
high as 5-6%.
> 
> The Libertarian Party is currently the third largest
political party in Louisiana and is the fastest growing party in the
State, growing over 50% since this time last year. The Party is
currently organizing on the parish level to begin seriously contesting
local elections and will be recruiting candidates for congressional,
legislative and statewide elections over the next two years. For more
information on the LPL or its positions, visit LPLouisiana.org.
> 
>
Contact: 
> Adrien Monteleone, chairman
> chairman at lplouisiana.org
>
337-593-8208
> ### 
> 
> -- In Liberty, Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
Libertarian Party of Louisiana 
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Libertarian Party of Louisiana

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