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While congressional oversight is AWOL on this issue, too, state governments remain impotent and idle while their citizens’ property is confiscated.

Just how much property and access have they already thieved from Americans…and how much more do they intend to thieve? Take a look at the presentations provided here: http://www.takingliberty.us/TLHome.html

Dear Arizona Taxpayer: (Please forward this to your friends, family members, and co-workers. Some Arizonans are not even aware that there is an election taking place on May 18. THIS

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Dear Arizona Taxpayer:

(Please forward this to your friends, family members, and co-workers.  Some Arizonans are not even aware that there is an election taking place on May 18.  THIS FRIDAY, May 7 is the last day to request an early ballot—details at bottom.)

“This may be the worst recession Arizona has seen since the 1930s.  It is a terrible time to raise taxes on workers struggling to keep their jobs, on small businesses struggling to stay open, and on families struggling to pay their mortgages and avoid bankruptcy.”

That was how we began our op-ed in Sunday’s Arizona Republic:

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/2010/05/02/20100502sales-tax-families-afford.html

That was also a point we made in a debate on Prop 100 that is running on Cox Channel 7:

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/04/28/20100428arizona-sales-tax-debate.html

And here is a link to a radio debate about Prop 100:

http://kjzz.org/news/arizona/archives/201004/hn_prop100

As bad as the economy is, some of the supporters of Proposition 100 are trying to convince us that an 18 percent increase in our state sales tax burden is not a big deal.  They seem to think that $400 in extra taxes per year for the average household is easily affordable.

You should ask them if they would be willing to pay YOUR portion of the tax increase!

We should also remember that the Prop 100 tax increase is just one of many tax increases that are coming our way.  President Obama and his friends have passed massive federal tax increases to prop up the ObamaCare health “reforms,” and if Congress doesn’t act soon, the EPA will impose massive costs (i.e., taxes) on energy producers and consumers through heavy regulation of greenhouse gases. 

A veto by Governor Jan Brewer last September raised the typical Arizona household’s property taxes by $100 a year.  (That is one of the many reasons you should get in contact with the activists at Prop 13 Arizona, who are working to put firm limits on how much you pay in property taxes: http://prop13arizona.org.)

Some members of the Arizona Legislature are thinking of raising your vehicle license fees (i.e., taxes) in order to keep government workers running state parks, when those parks would be better managed by private entrepreneurs.  Meanwhile, many cities and counties are moving to raise your local sales tax rates and property tax levies—such as the Phoenix food tax.

To get taxpayers to vote for Prop 100, supporters have resorted to sky-is-falling rhetoric about government workers losing their jobs and reductions in services.  But the truth is that total school funding would see a ten-percent reduction if voters shoot down Prop 100 on May 18.  Anyone who has ever been inside a school district administration building knows that our bloated, top-heavy school system could easily handle a ten-percent reduction—if school district boards make the cuts in the right places.     

Prop 100 supporters are also threatening us with reductions to public safety, even though less than two percent of the money from Prop 100 would go to backfill the Department of Public Safety.  (Ever notice how governments always threaten to cut police and firefighters whenever they want new tax increases?  We’re hoping that scare tactic will backfire this time.)  The threat about firefighters is a total fiction:

http://www.americansforprosperity.org/032510-professional-firefighters-az-caught-lying-prop-100

Finally, we should learn from history.  Arizona voters need to look carefully at the results of the Prop 301 experience before they commit to yet another tax increase that is supposedly going to help education:

http://www.americansforprosperity.org/042810-prop-100-dont-get-fooled-again

PLEASE TAKE ACTION TODAY

Early ballot voting on Prop 100 has already begun.  Your neighbors, and the commuters in your area, need to know that the grassroots is rising up against the fraudulent and economically damaging Prop 100 tax increase.  They have to be reminded that real people would be hurt by the tax increase.

The pro-100 side has ONE MILLION DOLLARS to spend on ads and mailers to try to get voters to raise taxes.  Our side will be blessed to have $50,000, total.  So we must depend on the grassroots to beat this tax increase.  The best and cheapest way to fight Prop 100 is to make homemade signs and post them next to the pro-100 signs at busy intersections. 

Here is how to do it:  Get large pieces of corrugated plastic, cardboard, poster paper, bed sheets, or canvas.  (Any large surface will do—I used an old closet door.)   Go to a discount store or a hardware store and get some cheap acrylic paint and some brushes, or some spray paint.  Write very simple messages (we have some ideas below, to stimulate your creativity).  Be sure to make your letters VERY BIG—brush strokes should be about two inches wide.  Then, take zip ties and attach your signs to chain link fences and to stakes at busy intersections near you.  Put your anti-100 signs next to the glossy, mass-produced pro-100 signs.  Then be ready to make more signs, in case the activists from the pro-spending side vandalize or remove your signs.  Keep your slogans simple, something like, “We are Taxed Enough Already – Vote NO on Prop 100.”

This is free speech at its best.  Keep it cheap.  Do not spend more than $500 (you can make a lot of big signs for less than $20), so that you do not have to register as a political committee.  In Scottsdale, you may need to sign up to put a city sticker on your sign—here is a guide to the rules in Scottsdale:

http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/bldgresources/counterresources/signpermitpacket/CampaignSigns.asp

REMEMBER: the fate of Prop 100 is in the hands of the grassroots! 

If you can’t make your own yard signs, here are three options:

1)  Contact the Ax the Tax committee (www.axthetaxaz.com or axthetax@cox.net) and ask them if they have yard signs.  You will probably need to make a small donation (please do!).

2)  In the Valley, contact activist Brandon Trichel (btbaseball@aol.com or 602-295-9647).  He and a merry band of activists have been making cheap (but very nice-looking) yard/ street signs in a garage in Mesa.  They are asking for a donation of one dollar per sign. 

3)  In Pima County, contact John Kromko with the Pima Association of Taxpayers (jkromko@dakotacom.net), and/or the Tucson First Coalition (www.tucsonfirst.org).  Tucson is very strict with its sign ordinances, so please email PAT (jkromko@dakotacom.net) to let them know if you have land in or around Tucson that has good traffic flow and for a high-visibility sign.  Please put “sign” in the subject line.

BEST SIGN CONTEST

Once you have posted a sign, take a digital picture of it, and send it to tjenney@afphq.org.  Feel free to send in multiple entries.  AFP Arizona will post the photos on a web page starting on May 10 (we extended the deadline), and we will ask all of our activists to vote for their favorite sign.  We will award you a $100 gift certificate for your favorite store, if your sign gets the most votes.  And AFP Arizona will award a second $100 gift certificate to whoever in our opinion comes up with the most succinct and powerful message, displayed in the biggest letters.    

REQUEST AN EARLY BALLOT TO VOTE AGAINST PROP 100!

Early ballot voting has already started!

The last day to request an early ballot is THIS FRIDAY, May 7.  

Go to the AZ Secretary of State’s website and request your early/absentee ballot:

Registration Site:  http://www.azsos.gov/election/county.htm

For Liberty,

–Tom

Tom Jenney

Arizona Director

Americans for Prosperity

www.aztaxpayers.org

tjenney@afphq.org

(602) 478-0146

FRIDAY, May 7 is the last day to request an early ballot—details at bottom.) “This may be the worst recession Arizona has seen since the 1930s. It is a terrible time to raise taxes on workers struggling to keep their jobs, on small businesses struggling to stay open, and on families struggling to pay their mortgages and avoid bankruptcy.” That was how we began our op-ed in Sunday’s Arizona Republic: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/2010/05/02/20100502sales-tax-families-afford.html That was also a point we made in a debate on Prop 100 that is running on Cox Channel 7: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/04/28/20100428arizona-sales-tax-debate.html And here is a link to a radio debate about Prop 100: http://kjzz.org/news/arizona/archives/201004/hn_prop100 As bad as the economy is, some of the supporters of Proposition 100 are trying to convince us that an 18 percent increase in our state sales tax burden is not a big deal. They seem to think that $400 in extra taxes per year for the average household is easily affordable. You should ask them if they would be willing to pay YOUR portion of the tax increase! We should also remember that the Prop 100 tax increase is just one of many tax increases that are coming our way. President Obama and his friends have passed massive federal tax increases to prop up the ObamaCare health “reforms,” and if Congress doesn’t act soon, the EPA will impose massive costs (i.e., taxes) on energy producers and consumers through heavy regulation of greenhouse gases. A veto by Governor Jan Brewer last September raised the typical Arizona household’s property taxes by $100 a year. (That is one of the many reasons you should get in contact with the activists at Prop 13 Arizona, who are working to put firm limits on how much you pay in property taxes: http://prop13arizona.org.) Some members of the Arizona Legislature are thinking of raising your vehicle license fees (i.e., taxes) in order to keep government workers running state parks, when those parks would be better managed by private entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, many cities and counties are moving to raise your local sales tax rates and property tax levies—such as the Phoenix food tax. To get taxpayers to vote for Prop 100, supporters have resorted to sky-is-falling rhetoric about government workers losing their jobs and reductions in services. But the truth is that total school funding would see a ten-percent reduction if voters shoot down Prop 100 on May 18. Anyone who has ever been inside a school district administration building knows that our bloated, top-heavy school system could easily handle a ten-percent reduction—if school district boards make the cuts in the right places. Prop 100 supporters are also threatening us with reductions to public safety, even though less than two percent of the money from Prop 100 would go to backfill the Department of Public Safety. (Ever notice how governments always threaten to cut police and firefighters whenever they want new tax increases? We’re hoping that scare tactic will backfire this time.) The threat about firefighters is a total fiction: http://www.americansforprosperity.org/032510-professional-firefighters-az-caught-lying-prop-100 Finally, we should learn from history. Arizona voters need to look carefully at the results of the Prop 301 experience before they commit to yet another tax increase that is supposedly going to help education: http://www.americansforprosperity.org/042810-prop-100-dont-get-fooled-again PLEASE TAKE ACTION TODAY Early ballot voting on Prop 100 has already begun. Your neighbors, and the commuters in your area, need to know that the grassroots is rising up against the fraudulent and economically damaging Prop 100 tax increase. They have to be reminded that real people would be hurt by the tax increase. The pro-100 side has ONE MILLION DOLLARS to spend on ads and mailers to try to get voters to raise taxes. Our side will be blessed to have $50,000, total. So we must depend on the grassroots to beat this tax increase. The best and cheapest way to fight Prop 100 is to make homemade signs and post them next to the pro-100 signs at busy intersections. Here is how to do it: Get large pieces of corrugated plastic, cardboard, poster paper, bed sheets, or canvas. (Any large surface will do—I used an old closet door.) Go to a discount store or a hardware store and get some cheap acrylic paint and some brushes, or some spray paint. Write very simple messages (we have some ideas below, to stimulate your creativity). Be sure to make your letters VERY BIG—brush strokes should be about two inches wide. Then, take zip ties and attach your signs to chain link fences and to stakes at busy intersections near you. Put your anti-100 signs next to the glossy, mass-produced pro-100 signs. Then be ready to make more signs, in case the activists from the pro-spending side vandalize or remove your signs. Keep your slogans simple, something like, “We are Taxed Enough Already – Vote NO on Prop 100.” This is free speech at its best. Keep it cheap. Do not spend more than $500 (you can make a lot of big signs for less than $20), so that you do not have to register as a political committee. In Scottsdale, you may need to sign up to put a city sticker on your sign—here is a guide to the rules in Scottsdale: http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/bldgresources/counterresources/signpermitpacket/CampaignSigns.asp REMEMBER: the fate of Prop 100 is in the hands of the grassroots! If you can’t make your own yard signs, here are three options: 1) Contact the Ax the Tax committee (www.axthetaxaz.com or axthetax@cox.net) and ask them if they have yard signs. You will probably need to make a small donation (please do!). 2) In the Valley, contact activist Brandon Trichel (btbaseball@aol.com or 602-295-9647). He and a merry band of activists have been making cheap (but very nice-looking) yard/ street signs in a garage in Mesa. They are asking for a donation of one dollar per sign. 3) In Pima County, contact John Kromko with the Pima Association of Taxpayers (jkromko@dakotacom.net), and/or the Tucson First Coalition (www.tucsonfirst.org). Tucson is very strict with its sign ordinances, so please email PAT (jkromko@dakotacom.net) to let them know if you have land in or around Tucson that has good traffic flow and for a high-visibility sign. Please put “sign” in the subject line. BEST SIGN CONTEST Once you have posted a sign, take a digital picture of it, and send it to tjenney@afphq.org. Feel free to send in multiple entries. AFP Arizona will post the photos on a web page starting on May 10 (we extended the deadline), and we will ask all of our activists to vote for their favorite sign. We will award you a $100 gift certificate for your favorite store, if your sign gets the most votes. And AFP Arizona will award a second $100 gift certificate to whoever in our opinion comes up with the most succinct and powerful message, displayed in the biggest letters. REQUEST AN EARLY BALLOT TO VOTE AGAINST PROP 100! Early ballot voting has already started! The last day to request an early ballot is THIS FRIDAY, May 7. Go to the AZ Secretary of State’s website and request your early/absentee ballot: Registration Site: http://www.azsos.gov/election/county.htm For Liberty, –Tom Tom Jenney Arizona Director Americans for Prosperity www.aztaxpayers.org tjenney@afphq.org (602) 478-0146

Thanks Jack Cafferty for getting to it.

www.resistnet.com

http://www.resistnet.com/video/video/show?id=2600775%3AVideo%3A2176361&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_video

‘In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.’

Theodore Roosevelt 1907 

Every American citizen needs to read this!

Stil undecided? Still sympathetic? Read this………

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShkpO9Rf1bo  A Legal Immigrant Speaks out in favor of 1070.

www.bruceolsen4gov.com

If there was ever a case for Bio Diesel, the explosion the gulf 10 days ago make it. Before I go on, let me be clear. We will never in our life times eliminate the use of oil. However we will find more and more ways to produce it. Does that mean we stop drilling, of course not only a fool would take that position. But we do have several other products at our disposal. Im only going to touch on one here. Now let me also say because it has come up in my campaign for Governor events.  I own no land nor am I looking to buy any land that could be used in the production of bio diesel. That could change however , if in the unimaginable chance  that Im not elected Governor. ::((

Since my campaign for Governor of Arizona started , I have been concentrating on border, and economic issues that are facing our state. Here in Arizona we have 100’s of thousands of acres of land currently being managed by BLM and the Forest Service. My goal is to take back the management and jurisdiction of those lands. Having said that , I believe we have a vehicle we can use to create, an economic engine for our state. Its really simple, Bio Diesel. We should take those acres, much like strip farming , and plant them in Switch Grass.

Some parts of Arizona this crop could even be irrigated. Although Switch Grass is drought resistant its only natural that if you put water to it, we would get more cuttings. I recently had a meeting with a very smart geologist/hydrologist. He told me that it would be possible to get as many as 9 cuttings per year of switch grass.  Heres a idea, Switch Grass instead of Cotton.  Requires a third or less water, fewer times to the field, never leaves the state or the country, higher revenues, greater returns and profits.  Its a no brainer to me.

I believe we could start with production of bio diesel for use in agriculture equipment, down on the farm, then move into commercial ops such as OTR equipment, then into the general population. In 1991 I had a business that was 124 miles from home. I bought a 1986 Nissan Sentra Diesel. That little hummer got 47 miles per gallon. What are we waiting for ??? We know how to do this, lets go to work. There are no silver bullets that will solve all our economic problems. But Bio Diesel will go a long way down the road. NPI.

I published the following in October of 2008. It was pertinent then and it is even more pertinent today. You see I didn’t just start thinking about this because Im running for Governor.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 The Arizona Sentinel. Com

With the recent economic problems forecasted to become worse and the prediction by experts that it may take several years to recover from, states, counties, cities and citizens are starting to feel the effects. The State of Arizona is almost $2 billion dollars in the red and mines and businesses are laying off workers at a rate that hasn’t been seen since the Great Depression.

Our country has become a consumer nation, instead of the producer nation we once were. When we no longer have money to consume, everything is negatively affected. This plan proposes that states become less dependent on Federal government money and start producing products again.

The first item of this plan proposes that the State retake control and management of all lands within the state, excluding any land currently in title to the U.S. government, including monuments, military installations, and post offices. This includes all public forests.

The second item states that the State Forestry Agency will reinstitute the logging and timber industry and develop sustainable logging and thinning projects that will generate revenue. The third item states that the state will use a portion of the revenue generated by those projects to remove undergrowth and decrease the chances of catastrophic wildfires and increase the health of the forests. (Water sheds , former stream beds will be cleared ,allowing them retain water runoff adding to the sustainability of our aquifers.) These thinnings will be sent to new industries created to use the fuels for biofuels and wood products. This will generate jobs and revenues for counties as well as the state.

The fourth item will reopen all roads and trails in the forests that existed prior to 1976. Access to all areas of the forest lands will be crucial for the success of this plan. Counties will help decide these issues in their territories.

Fifth: The state will establish an Aerial Alert Team, consisting of a minimum of 2 C130s for wild fire suppression. These aircraft will cover the entire state and can be leased to other western states on a cost plus 15% basis. The planes will be on a 90 minute alert status and respond before fires get out of control. They will be equipped with heat seeking equipment and will be used as transport delivery systems, not combat operations. The state will own and operate the aircraft under the management of the state forestry agency. (The State will lease the aircraft , currently in surplus, @ $1.00 per year from the Department of Defense for a period not to expected to exceed 4 years . ) This rate reflects the fact that the Federal Government is directly responsible for the destruction and condition of our forest lands.

Sixth: The state will create tax incentives for the production of biofuels. Seventh: The state will study the viability of planting switch grass fields in burned out forest areas as well as other areas of the state.

Check out the following Links:

First :

Switch grass is an alternative to corn and other grain crops and can be grown under most conditions. It doesn’t need to take up agricultural lands and no pesticides or chemicals are needed to grow it. The grass grows up to 10 feet tall with a root system that extends 10 feet into the ground. Planting is required one time in 8-10 years. Switch Grass can be harvested with minimal equipment twice a year in most areas and is bug and drought resistant.

Switch grass generates 20 times the energy as that of corn. It puts nitrogen back into the soil instead of depleting the soil nutrients like other food crops. Up to 15 tons can be cultivated per acre, which equals about 1500 gallons of renewable bio-fuels per acre. The residue from the switch grass can be used to create electricity and helps to control erosion in damaged forests. It also may provides ground cover and forage for livestock and wild animals. The types of fuels that can be created include biodiesel, methanol, methane gas and hydrogen.

This plan could be implemented in a year and has the potential to fill many revenue needs. The plan will need to be treated like a business and will require support from the citizens to be put into practice. We will continue to follow the progress of this plan and report on future developments.

It is time has for local communities to take back control of their lands. Returning them to the production capabilities that nature intended.

Economic Revitalization Plan for Arizona and other states as well

March 7, 2007

Prius Outdoes Hummer in Environmental Damage

By Staff writer; Cris Demorro

The Toyota Prius has become the flagship car for those in our society so environmentally conscious that they are willing to spend a premium to show the world how much they care. Unfortunately for them, their ultimate ‘green car’ is the source of some of the worst pollution in North America; it takes more combined energy per Prius to produce than a Hummer.
Before we delve into the seedy underworld of hybrids, you must first understand how a hybrid works. For this, we will use the most popular hybrid on the market, the Toyota Prius.
The Prius is powered by not one, but two engines: a standard 76 horsepower, 1.5-liter gas engine found in most cars today and a battery- powered engine that deals out 67 horsepower and a whooping 295ft/lbs of torque, below 2000 revolutions per minute.
Essentially, the Toyota Synergy Drive system, as it is so called, propels the car from a dead stop to up to 30mph.
This is where the largest percent of gas is consumed. As any physics major can tell you, it takes more energy to get an object moving than to keep it moving. The battery is recharged through the braking system, as well as when the gasoline engine takes over anywhere north of 30mph. It seems like a great energy efficient and environmentally sound car, right?
You would be right if you went by the old government EPA estimates, which netted the Prius an incredible 60 miles per gallon in the city and 51 miles per gallon on the highway.
Unfortunately for Toyota, the government realized how unrealistic their EPA tests were, which consisted of highway speeds limited to 55mph and acceleration of only 3.3 mph per second.
The new tests which affect all 2008 models give a much more realistic rating with highway speeds of 80mph and acceleration of 8mph per second. This has dropped the Prius’s EPA down by 25 percent to an average of 45mpg. This now puts the Toyota within spitting distance of cars like the Chevy Aveo, which costs less then half what the Prius costs.
However, if that was the only issue with the Prius, I wouldn’t be writing this article. It gets much worse.
Building a Toyota Prius causes more environmental damage than a Hummer that is on the road for three times longer than a Prius. As already noted, the Prius is partly driven by a battery which contains nickel. The nickel is mined and smelted at a plant in Sudbury, Ontario.
This plant has caused so much environmental damage to the surrounding environment that NASA has used the ‘dead zone’ around the plant to test moon rovers. The area around the plant is devoid of any life for miles.
The plant is the source of all the nickel found in a Prius’ battery and Toyota purchases 1,000 tons annually. Dubbed the Superstack, the plague-factory has spread sulfur dioxide across northern Ontario, becoming every environmentalist’s nightmare.
“The acid rain around Sudbury was so bad it destroyed all the plants and the soil slid down off the hillside,” said Canadian Greenpeace energy-coordinator David Martin during an interview with Mail, a British-based newspaper.
All of this would be bad enough in and of itself; however, the journey to make a hybrid doesn’t end there. The nickel produced by this disastrous plant is shipped via massive container ship to the largest nickel refinery in Europe.
From there, the nickel hops over to China to produce ‘nickel foam.’ From there, it goes to Japan. Finally, the completed batteries are shipped to the United States, finalizing the around-the-world trip required to produce a single Prius battery. Are these not sounding less and less like environmentally sound cars and more like a farce?
Wait, I haven’t even got to the best part yet.
When you pool together all the combined energy it takes to drive and build a Toyota Prius, the flagship car of energy fanatics, it takes almost 50 percent more energy than a Hummer – the Prius’s arch nemesis.
Through a study by CNW Marketing called “Dust to Dust,” the total combined energy is taken from all the electrical, fuel, transportation, materials (metal, plastic, etc) and hundreds of other factors over the expected lifetime of a vehicle.

The Prius costs an average of $3.25 per mile driven over a lifetime of 100,000 miles – the expected lifespan of the Hybrid.
The Hummer, on the other hand, costs a more fiscal $1.95 per mile to put on the road over an expected lifetime of 300,000 miles. That means the Hummer will last three times longer than a Prius and use less combined energy doing it.
So, if you are really an environmentalist – ditch the Prius. Instead, buy one of the most economical cars available – a Toyota Scion xB. The Scion only costs a paltry $0.48 per mile to put on the road. If you are still obsessed over gas mileage – buy a Chevy Aveo and fix that lead foot.
One last fun fact for you: it takes five years to offset the premium price of a Prius. Meaning, you have to wait 60 months to save any money over a non-hybrid car because of lower gas expenses.

www.bruceolsen4gov.com