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AS WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST HOTLY CONTESTED RACES IN THE HOUSE MEETING OF TO THE SELECTION. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THE LOCAL CONTENT VEHICLES...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IS THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION. THIS YEAR, THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF HOT-BUTTON SOCIAL BALLOT INITIATIVES. WHAT DOES THAT...
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
THINGS LIKE HEALTH CARE. YOU SEE THAT REFLECTED IN MANY NATIONAL ADVISORY TYPE MEASURES APPEARING ON STATE BALLOTS. THAT IS ONE TREND THAT IS NEW TO...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
FACING OUR COUNTRY, THE DEBT FACING MANY STATES, DO THINK THAT WILL DRIVE PEOPLE TO THE BALANCE -- TO THE POLLS? GUEST: I THINK IT WILL. THERE ARE MANY...
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
BOX BECAUSE TIME AND AGAIN, CANDIDATES OF BOTH PARTIES HAVE DISAPPOINTED THEM. BALLOT MEASURES DO NOT GROW IN OFFICE, OR CHANGE THEIR MINDS ONCE THEY...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
INITIATIVE? GUEST: IN 1990, THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED A BALLOT MEASURE REQUIRING VOTER APPROVAL FOR HIGHER TAXES.
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
IT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS. IT WAS VETTED.COM ALL THE LANGUAGE. BUT THE COURT STEPPED IN AND SAID -- IT WAS VETTED, ALL THE LANGUAGE. THEY SAID THAT...
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
IN MANY AREAS OF THE COUNTRY THAT WE ARE HOPING TO CONTINUE LOOKING FOR THESE MEASURES AND IMPROVING THE CONTENT OF FUTURE BALLOT GUIDES FOR THAT REASON....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
STATE OR LOCAL ISSUE AND YOU ARE DEALING WITH THAT, START DIALING IN. REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS, THE PHONE NUMBERS WILL BE ON THE SCREEN. LET'S...
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
IMPOSITION OF AN INCOME TAX. IT IS NOT JUST A TAX ON UPPER- INCOME FOLKS. IT WOULD BE THE FIRST-EVER INCOME TAX IN THE STATE AT ALL. THERE IS NOT ONE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
GOOD MORNING. CALLER: I THINK, WHO THEY NEED TO DO AWAY WITH THE FEDERAL STATIN -- A FEDERAL AND
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STATE TAX. WE JUST CANNOT DO ANY MORE. HOST: ARE YOU AWARE OF THE BALLOT INITIATIVE IN YOUR STATE? CALLER: YES. HOST: ACCORDING
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TO THE NATIONAL
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TAXPAYERS UNION, AMENDMENT TWO ON THE STATEWIDE BALLOT WOULD IMPOSE A $10 REGISTRATION FEE ON MOTOR VEHICLES TO
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
RAISE ABOUT $80 MILLION PER YEAR FOR STATE TRAUMA CARE CENTERS. DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE? CALLER: I DISAGREE. HOST: WHY YOU DISAGREE?
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CALLER, -
CALLER: BECAUSE THEY JUST KEEP ADDING MORE
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
AND MORE FEES. PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOME, SOCIAL SECURITY, THEY JUST
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CANNOT KEEP PAYING THE EXTRA FEES. THEY JUST KEEP LOOKING TO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO FIND EVERYTHING AND THEY CANNOT AFFORD IT. HOST: ON THE STATEWIDE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ALLOW FOR INVENTORY OF BUSINESSES TO BE EXEMPT FROM STATE PROPERTY-TAX IS. CALLER: OUR PROPERTY TAXES HAVE ALREADY DOUBLED. THEY GET AWAY WITH OUR HOMESTEAD...
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PROPERTY TAXES AND SCHOOL TAXES ARE NOW SO HIGH THAT PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW HOW THEY WILL PAY THEM. GUEST: IT IS INTERESTING TO THINK ABOUT THE MULTIPLICITY...
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
FASCINATING POINT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SO MANY TAXING DISTRICTS NOW HAVING THE AUTHORITY TO OPPOSE PROPERTY TAXES, FEES, -- IMPOSE PROPERTY TAXES, FEES,...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WHOLE LIFE TO BALANCING THE BUDGET. MY MOM COULD
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CALLER, -
BALANCE THE BUDGET BETTER THAN THEM. THEY SAW THESE COMMENTS. THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES PROBABLY SITTING PRETTY RIGHT NOW. I AGREE WITH THE LAST CALLER....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WHAT IMPACT WOULD ONE STATE HAVE. GUEST: IT CAN SEND
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
A MENTAL NOT ONLY TO WASHINGTON, D.C. IN GENERAL BUT
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THAT STATE'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
SUPPORT DIRECT ACTION ON BEHALF OF BALANCING THE FEDERAL BUDGET. SO IT IS TWO MESSAGES. IT IS NOT ONLY SENDING THE OVERALL WASHINGTON ESTABLISHMENT...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
MEASURE. A STATE CAN'T COMPEL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO IT THROUGH
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
THERE METHOD. IT KOCOULD PROPOSE SUCH AN AMENDMENT THROUGH THE ARTICLE 5 CONVENTION PROCESS. THAT IS SOMETHING MY ORGANIZATION WAS ACTIVE IN THE 1970'S...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
A COMMENT. WE HAD A FIRE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND ALL OF OUR VOTING
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CALLER, -
BOOTS WERE BURNED UP AND NOVEMBER 2 WE WILL HAVE A FOOT-FOOT-LONG BALLOT AND THERE IS LIKE 10,000 NAMES ON IT. THE REPUBLICANS ARE SUGGESTING THAT...
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
AN -- AND WE WOULD INCLUDE HALF A DOZEN OR A DOZEN MINI-BALLOTS ON TAX ELECTIONS AND BALLOT MEASURE LIKE SEWER, POLICE, FIRE, WHAT HAVE YOU AND THEY...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HAS AN EXCEPTION
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
FOR WAR OR MILITARY EMERGENCY DECLARED BY JOINT RESOLUTION AND THERE IS USUALLY AN OVERRIDE CLAUSE, A SO-CALLED SUPER MAJORITY WHEREBY THREE-FIFTHS,...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WHOLE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF BALLOT INITIATIVES IN CALIFORNIA. WE CAN'T EVEN GET INTO THE LOCAL ONES, THEY ARE EVERYTHING FROM
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
PROPERTY TAX INCREASES TO FIRE DISTRICT FEES, TO HOTEL TAXES. ONE WOULD RETIRE TWO-THIRDS APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR CERTAIN FEES. THAT WAS TWO-THIRDS...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
RELIEF WAS PREDETERMINED BEFORE THE ECONOMIC RECESSION HIT, AND THERE ARE MANY WHO
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
SAY, WELL, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO SHORE UP CALIFORNIA'S BUDGET, WHY NOT DELAY THE IMPOSITION OF THIS TAX RELIEF. THERE ARE OTHERS WHO WOULD ARGUE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
CALLER: NO, UNFORTUNATELY BUT I'M AN INSTRUCTOR AND I GAVE MY STUDENTS
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CALLER, -
AN ASSIGNMENT TO WRITE DOWN 25 ISSUES FACING THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE IN THE NEXT ELECTION AND EVERY ONE OF THEM THE FIRST 10 SOMEWHERE IN...
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
CONGRESS. I PERSONALLY THINK THAT IT WILL TAKE A MUCH BIGGER EVENT, SOMETHING LIKE THE ENTIRE TAX SYSTEM COLLAPSING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF ITS OWN...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THAT COMES IN TO STATES TO EITHER LOBBY AGAINST OR FOR DIFFERENT BALLOT INITIATIVES IN IN CALIFORNIA ON THE CAP AND TRADE THAT HAS BEEN MILLIONS POURED...
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
LESS PERNICIOUS THAN ANYTHING YOU WOULD FIND IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES OR PRESENTLY RACE BECAUSE AGAIN WHAT WE ARE DEBATING HERE IS AN ISSUE, NOT...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEARTS ARE SPENDING MILLIONS TO PROTECT JOBS? HE SAID THIS IS LIKE NOT ABOUT JOBS. IT IS ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO PROTECT THEIR...
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
HE OTHERWISE HIS POLITICAL CAREER TO THE DIRECT DEMOCRACY PROCESS. THAT PUT HIM IN OFFICE. SO, SOMETIMES STKPWR ANOTHER TWEET IT SAYS THEY DO NOT...
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
WILL VOTE ON THEM, CONSIDER THE PROS AND CONS. IT IS ONE REASON WE PUBLISH A GUIDE LIKE THIS. I THINK, TOO, THAT IN MANY OF THESE RACES THEY ARE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THEIR WEBSITE NTU.ORG. MIDDLEBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. DAVID, DEMOCRATIC LINE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. THIS IS A WHOLE THING THAT BOILS DOWN TO ME. THE FEDERAL...
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CALLER, -
PICK IT UP FROM SOMEWHERE BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS SCREAMING ABOUT TAXES. IT COMES BACK TO THE FACT I TURN ON THE TV AND FIND OUT THAT BECHTEL, A COMPANY...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THOUGH, THE CHIEF SPONSOR OF THE
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
INCOME TAX MEASURE IN WASHINGTON STATE IS BILL GATES SR., ONE OF THE RICHEST AMERICANS IN THE COUNTRY. SO, YOU HAVE SOME CURIOUS LINES OF POLITICS GOING...
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TAX ON THOSE MAKING OVER $200,000
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
AND FIRST EVER 9% TAX FOR THOSE OVER $900,000. DO YOU VIEW THIS AS A BELLWETHER TAX OF THE DEBATE OVER BUSH TAX CUTS? >> I THINK THIS IS ONE TEST....
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WAS RECENTLY INCREASED. IT WOULD TAKE IT EVEN FURTHER IN THE DIRECTION OF A LOWER TAX. SO, I THINK THAT THOSE TWO ARE IMPORTANT. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS...
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| 00:29:53 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
I KNOW THAT IN MANY RACES AROUND THE COUNTRY ELECTED OFFICIALS DO TEND TO
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
WEIGH IN ON THE BALLOT MEASURES. HOST: LOS ANGELES, INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN AND THANK YOU FOR THIS
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
INTELLIGENT, IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING WITH THIS
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GENTLEMAN HERE. FINALLY, HURRAH. WE NEED TO YOU STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE. THE REFERENCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONALITY AND VETTING PROCESS, WHAT IS THE...
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
ATTORNEY GENERAL APPROVES THE LANGUAGE, AGREES WITH THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE MEASURE, THE COURTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY BLOCKED FROM WEIGHING IN AFTER...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
MISSOURI IS A STATEWIDE INITIATIVE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE TAXING OF REAL ESTATE SALES OR TRANSFERS. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS ONE? CALLER: NO, NOT REALLY....
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CALLER, -
QUESTION. I HEAR EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT LET'S TAX THE RICH. I WORK FOR A PRETTY BIG COMPANY. IF EVERYBODY WANTS TO TAX THE RICH, DOESN'T THAT MEAN...
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL THE TOP 1% OF EARNERS ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 20% OF THE ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME. THEY PAY 38% OF THE INCOME TAXES SO THEY ARE PULLING...
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| 00:34:08 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
A STRANGE SITUATION IN COLUMBIA COUNTY HERE. IN 2004 THE VOTERS, IN PART OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, VOTED
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CALLER, -
TO APPROVE A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE OF 38 CENTS PER THOUSAND TO BUILD A CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL IN ST. HELEN'S. IT ONLY TAX AS SMALL PORTION OF THE...
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Sepp, Pete - Executive Vice President
ARE UNDERGOING THIS EXACT KIND OF THING. WE CAN ALSO TRY TO DIRECT YOU TO SOME RESOURCES FOR A BIT OF LEGAL ADVICE THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT AND VERY...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
VOTERS, THE YOUNG. THIS IS THE HEADLINE IN THE WASH TILES. STICK WITH US,
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