Emergency Alert: If you read this before or during the hearing please send an email to the Committee. Otherwise, please contact them after the hearing. The vote should take place later.

Oppose: SB264 Authorizes Local governments to Impose or Increase Taxes

 Hearing: Today, Wednesday, March 25^th, 1:30pm

Senate Government Affairs Committee, Rm 2144, In Las Vegas, Rm 4412, Grant Sawyer Bldg.

 

SB264 Allows local governments (counties, cities, school districts, etc.) to impose or increase taxes for specific purposes, regardless of any statutory prohibition of this State to the contrary. This means they can ignore the property tax cap and other current restrictions.  The taxes they can raise include: property taxes, sales and use taxes, room taxes, fuel taxes and taxes on transfers of real property for the purpose of carrying out any of local government’s functions.  Condescendingly, the bill also allows them to decrease or repeal the taxes also. FAT CHANCE! 

 MESSAGE: Vote NO on SB264. Don’t give more power to the local governments to raise our taxes. We oppose new Taxes!!! Cut government!

 Note: Senator Raggio has said especially of those who email opposing taxes that, “they just don’t understand.”  Really? We understand we can’t afford anymore taxes! They are killing the golden goose---the productive taxpayers.

 CONTACT:

Senate Government Affairs Committee: Emails are the first initial and last name of the Legislator:

Chairman jlee@sen.state.nv.us , Sponsor of bill tcare@sen.state.nv.us ,

Senate majority leader shorsford@sen.state.nv.us , sbreeden@sen.state.nv.us ,

senate minority leader wraggio@sen.state.nv.us , rtownsend@sen.state.nv.us , mmcginness@sen.state.nv.us

 Calling by phone is also very effective. Contact by Phone:   Northern Nevada 775-684-6789, Southern Nevada 702-486-2626, Toll Free 800-978-2878 Toll free fax: 866-543-9941

 Below is testimony I previously presented on a tax bill to give you some ideas.  Short emails are good.

 “Americans pay 50-60% of their income in federal, state, and local taxes.  Americans pay more in taxes than they pay for housing, food, health care, education, transportation, and recreation combined. 

 Much of this tax burden is in hidden taxes.  My brother, who had a roofing company, explained it this way to his customers.  When I give you an estimate for a new roof for $5,000, $2,500 of that covers taxes, fees, permits, etc.  You don’t see the tax portion on you bill, but it is there. 

 Because of the economy, people are desperately struggling to pay for the basics.  My son and daughter-in-law have 4 small children ages 6 and under.  They have two small businesses; a wholesale flooring company which was flourishing 2 years ago is now almost defunct because there is no business. They also have a small handyman business.  

 My son told me yesterday that they had gone to the grocery store and spent $300 on groceries.  They had not been able to go to grocery shopping for 3 weeks because his clients, who owed him money, had not paid and because work was very slow. Last week he had to borrow money from me to pay for gas so he could drive his work truck to go to work.  They can’t use their family car because it is in need of repair and they don’t have the money to fix it.  When I am home from Carson on the weekends they have been driving my car so they could go to church.  Just last year they were doing just fine financially.

 My son and daughter-in-law have never taken any government help.  They have worked long and hard hours to take care of their family.  They have generously helped others and been responsible citizens. Now they are struggling just to put food on their table.

 Will increased taxes help them to feed their family?  Or will increase taxes plunge them further into a financial abyss.  Will increase taxes provide their clients with additional money to hire them? Or place additional financial burdens on their clients, so they can’t afford to hire them.

 Government must not place additional tax burdens on productive taxpayers many of whom are now losing their jobs and businesses.  Who will be able to pay the taxes? 

 Gerald Celente, the world’s leading forecaster from the Trends Research Institute, has forecast a tax revolt in the U.S. It isn’t hard to understand…do you choose to pay your taxes or feed your children?”

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