Travis, What do you care? Either way you won't be paying much at all, if anything.
On May 22, 7:35 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > They are going to tax SEX. Just as soon as the ledge can agree whether the > tax is to be by the inch or by the hour. > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 4:29 AM, bruce majors <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Reason Alert - May 21, 2009 > > > - Are California Voters Now to Blame for the $42 Billion Deficit? > > - Time to Legalize Drugs, Prostitution, Gambling > > - Dear GOP: Please Choose Liberty > > - Who Will Replace Justice Souter and How Important Is Empathy? > > - Newspaper Bailouts > > - New at Reason > > > *Are California Voters Now to Blame for the $42 Billion > > Deficit?*<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77526/0/> > > California's latest plans to raise taxes, shift funds around and borrow > > more money were nixed by the state's voters on Tuesday. Reason magazine > > Editor-in-Chief Matt Welch writes, "Budget agreements and avoiding > > 'gridlock' are the end-all, be-all of California politics, even if the > > budgets continue to expand and expand and expand every damned year without > > any noticeable increase in the quality or quantity of government services. > > And for those voters who don't grasp the sheer Gravity of it all? Contempt. > > It's not that the initiative process hasn't produced all kinds of terrible > > policy in California; it has. But the sheer disproportionality of the > > blame-the-voter analysis reveals what close readers have long suspected is > > true: The Golden State's political class has long since given up agitating > > for government growth to be pared back even to the growth rate of > > inflation-plus-population. They treat massive public-sector pensions as a > > given, shudder with revulsion even at the mere scare-mention of a tiny > > percentage of state workers getting laid off, and pin the burden of proof > > not on the politicians who shovel up crappy new budget gimmicks, but rather > > on the voters who sensibly tell them to get stuffed." > > California Newspapers Love Tax Increases, Budget > > Gimmicks<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77527/0/> > > > *Time to Legalize Drugs, Prostitution, > > Gambling*<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77528/0/> > > In a column in *The New York > > Times<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77528/0/> > > *, Reason.com's Nick Gillespie writes, "Here’s a better idea — and one > > that will help the federal and state governments fill their coffers: > > Legalize drugs and then tax sales of them. And while we’re at it, welcome > > all forms of gambling (rather than just the few currently and arbitrarily > > allowed) and let prostitution go legit too. All of these vices, involving > > billions of dollars and consenting adults, already take place. They just > > take place beyond the taxman’s reach...In terms of economic stimulation and > > growth, legalization would end black markets that generate huge amounts of > > what economists call 'deadweight losses,' or activity that doesn’t > > contribute to increased productivity. Rather than spending precious time and > > resources avoiding the law (or, same thing, paying the law off), producers > > and consumers could more easily get on with business and the huge benefits > > of working and playing in plain sight." > > Not Advocating More Taxes, Advocating Choice and > > Liberty<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77529/0/> > > ** > > *Dear GOP: Please Choose > > Liberty*<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77530/0/> > > In her Forbes.com column, Reason Foundation's Shikha Dalmia > > writes,"America's institutions are built on principles of liberty, they > > [conservatives] claim, therefore defending them means defending liberty. But > > labels shape self-understanding--and the term conservatism shifts the > > emphasis from defending America because it is the land of liberty to > > defending liberty because it is American. This has profound consequences for > > the conservative psyche, putting it fundamentally at odds with liberty > > whenever it threatens the conservative conception of America...The 19th > > century French philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville pointed out that there are > > essentially two grand themes around which political life can be organized in > > America: equality and liberty. Democrats already have a lock on the first > > and so, unless Republicans want to once again become tax collectors for the > > welfare state, as they were from 1933 to 1980, they will have to offer > > something radically different." > > > *Who Will Replace Justice Souter and How Important Is > > Empathy?*<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77531/0/> > > Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, Reason magazine co-founder Manuel Klausner, > > Instapundit and law professor Glenn Reynolds, George Mason University > > Professor Ilya Somin and several other libertarian experts discuss who > > President Obama should nominate to the Supreme Court, whether empathy is an > > important quality in a justice, and what issues they expect to dominate the > > Supreme Court in years to come. > > > *Newspaper Bailouts*<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77532/0/> > > Several members of Congress want taxpayers to bail out dying newspapers. A > > new Reason.tv video asks if we need newspapers at all and points out that > > many on the left are supporting a newspaper bailout today, but wonders if > > that would be the case if this were 2002-03? At that time, many of today's > > bailout supporters were claiming newspapers were destroying America because > > they were 'in the tank' for President Bush and 'selling' the war in Iraq to > > the American people. > > > *New at Reason* > > > Cap-and-Trade > > Delusions<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77533/0/> > > Proponents need to stop pretending cap-and-trade will cost nothing and > > create tons of jobs > > Ronald Bailey > > > A Forensics Charlatan Gets Caught in the > > Act<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77534/0/> > > Video from a defense attorney's sting exposes Mississippi bite-mark > > "expert" Michael West > > Radley Balko > > > Why Governments Are Lousy at Running Businesses > > <http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77535/0/>But excellent at s > > caring you about "annihilating" budget cuts > > Matt Welch > > > The Housing Boom and > > Bust<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77536/0/> > > Thomas Sowell on how government policies made the housing crisis possible > > Brian Doherty > > > The Swine Flu Panic That > > Wasn't<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77537/0/> > > Mass hysteria fails to materialize. Again. > > Jesse Walker > > > Does Wal-Mart Make You > > Skinny?<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77538/0/> > > Small but statistically significant reduction in obesity rates in > > communities with a Wal-Mart > > Radley Balko > > > The Government Buys GM and Tweaks CAFE > > Standards<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77539/0/> > > How does this help consumers? > > Anthony Randazzo > > > Reason.tv Video: Privatization > > Trends<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77540/0/> > > President Obama may reduce privatization, but states are increasingly using > > it > > Adrian Moore and Leonard Gilroy > > > Blackbeard Economics<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77541/0/> > > The surprising, and surprisingly tame, self-organization of pirates > > Katherine Mangu-Ward > > > The Feminist Makeover<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77542/0/> > > Saying goodbye to old-style feminists > > Katherine Mangu-Ward > > > Open Hearts, Open Minds, Closed > > Policy<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77543/0/> > > Federalizing the abortion issue contributes to the acrimony Obama decries > > Jacob Sullum > > > Selling California > > Assets<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77544/0/> > > How to Invest Sale Proceeds, and a Reality Check on Redevelopment > > Leonard Gilroy > > > Arizona Lawmakers Considering Major Prison Privatization Initiative in > > Budget Plan <http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77545/0/> > > Private prisons have a long and successful track record in Arizona > > Leonard Gilroy > > > Reason.tv Video: Greg Gutfeld at Reason > > Weekend<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/77546/0/> > > Media coverage of the tea parties and why drugs need to be legal > > > *Media Contact*: > > Chris Mitchell > > Director of Communications > > Reason Foundation, Reason magazine, Reason.tv > > (310) 367-6109 > > [email protected] > > > If you were forwarded this email and you would like to receive updates on > > the latest Reason Foundation research, commentary and events, please click > > here: > >http://www.reason.org/reasonalert.shtml<http://sol.sparklist.com/t/4671380/28259383/75032/0/> > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to reasonalert as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click > > here:http://sol.sparklist.com/u?id=28259383.fa97f8827c924bcd930f78a9fb0b3f... > > or send a blank email to > > leave-4671380-28259383.fa97f8827c924bcd930f78a9fb0b3...@sol.sparklist.com > > -- > *~@):~{>- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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