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11.06.2009 5:11 pm

Don’t tax yoga

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 

No Tax on Yoga

Regarding “State, yoga go toe to toe, 11-3-09”

Yoga is said to be the oldest self-improvement system on earth that has evolved over thousands of years and continues to do so to the betterment of humanity. It reflects…

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10.26.2009 5:23 pm

Tax commission should not presume correctness of Board of Equalization

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Paul Hampel’s front-page article in your October 22nd edition should prompt exponential growth in the number of residential and commercial property owners outraged by the abuses of power that characterize the appeals process. Hampel deserves a Pulitzer Prize for exposing…

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10.20.2009 2:45 pm

E911 tax should be a nonstarter

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Post-Dispatch recently endorsed the newly proposed and permanent St. Louis County tax designed to upgrade 911 and emergency communications systems.  However, I’m wondering if these upgrades would not be better handled by Jefferson City on a state-wide basis.
 
Currently, Missourians are…
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10.07.2009 4:58 pm

How sweet is this latest government ruse

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
How sweet is this latest government ruse!
The recent decision by Illinois physicians to back taxing soda is absurd!  What about all juices, a staple for children?  Everything flavored with fructose?  
If irresponsible parents allow their children soft drinks at will, they will…
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10.06.2009 5:18 pm

You get what you pay for

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In view of the continued discussion/debate/hysteria surrounding the health-care reform effort, I would like to relay what I learned on a recent trip to Europe. Three men, two Swedes and one German, brought up the topic of this discussion in…

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09.25.2009 6:57 pm

Only one vice left to tax

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It was reported recently that the government is considering a tax for high sugar products such as soft drinks and candy. Sugar would then join existing “sin taxes” imposed on alcohol and tobacco. This makes the only vice left untaxed…

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09.22.2009 5:21 pm

The illusion of the debt ceiling

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sometime in October, the federal debt will touch the legal ceiling of $12.1 trillion, and Congress will decide whether or not to raise it. Surely, the debt ceiling law is among the nation’s silliest.
Visualize this: All year, you recklessly spend…

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09.04.2009 8:04 pm

Health care reform: We are in this together

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Seems like people with money are opposed to public health care. Tacitly underlying their position is their conviction that they earned their money and taxing it so deeply is unfair. Others may go and do likewise if they weren’t so…
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09.03.2009 5:19 pm

Post-Dispatch spoils a secret (taxes pay for government services)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Have the cannons of Journalistic ethics been abandoned?  Do the editorial staff and reporters of the Post-Dispatch recognize what the ramifications are when they shed light on a “secret” that has existed for over 50 years!
 
Kevin McDermott in his front page, above…
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08.03.2009 5:16 pm

The cost of a fighter jet is more than dollars

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

There was much discussion between President Obama and several senators concerning funding for Lockheed-Martin’s F-22 fighter jet program. Senators Edward Kennedy, John Kerry, and Christopher Dodd supported the program because of jobs in their states, while Senators Carl Levin and…

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