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

[Adrien Monteleone]

Thanks to everyone for their input.

I've incorporated some of these changes, and made a few others.

If your change didn't make it in this time, I plan to do a follow up 
release in a couple of weeks as we get closer to the legislative session 
and will work them in to that one.

Keith - the attached copy is ready for publication - please dissiminate 
it far and wide to all media outlets.


-- In Liberty,

Adrien Monteleone - Chairman
Libertarian Party of Louisiana

On 03/26/2013 07:39 AM, elections at lplouisiana.org wrote:
> I like it.  Good stuff.
>
> bws
>
>> If politicians were serious about day care for children, instead of just
>> sloganizing about it, nothing they could do would improve the quality of
>> child care more than by lifting the heavy burden of taxation that forces
>> so many families to have both parents working.
>> Thomas Sowell
>>
>> --- On Tue, 3/26/13, Adrien Monteleone <chairman at lplouisiana.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Adrien Monteleone <chairman at lplouisiana.org>
>> Subject: [LPL Board of Directors] Tax Reform PRESS RELEASE - for your
>> approval
>> To: "Mailing list for LPL Board of Directors" <scc at lplouisiana.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 2:41 AM
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>
>> Libertarian Party of Louisiana Weighs In On Tax Reform Debate
>>
>> Lafayette, Louisiana (March 26, 2013)âEUR"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 âEURoeincome taxes.âEUR? 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.
>> âEURoeFairness,âEUR? 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. âEURoeA tax on a wage or salary is
>> outright theft of your legitimately acquired property and is unfit for a
>> free society,âEUR? said state chairman Adrien Monteleone.
>>
>> Mr. Monteleone also notes that, âEURoethe current hang-ups by detractors over
>> âEUR~revenue neutralityâEUR^(TM) are red herringsâEUR"a socialist and progressive
>> ploy that is a throwback from the 1980âEUR^(TM)s era efforts at national tax and
>> spending reform. Democrats used âEUR~neutralityâEUR^(TM) to thwart the move to
>> reduce bloated government in a âEUR~compromiseâEUR^(TM) to get bills passed. This
>> resulted in monstrous deficits.âEUR? He continues, âEURoeCast 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.âEUR?
>>
>> âEURoeExtending the base to include services is also problematic when
>> determining the âEUR~final consumerâEUR^(TM) 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?âEUR? asks Mr. Monteleone.
>>
>> The LPL applauds the administrationâEUR^(TM)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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