Comments on: Interview with the Speaker

By: jsm

jsm — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:38:00 +0000

Space, whatever you’re smoking sure is potent. “Yawn…” and disengaging from the political process did not build America.

See James Garfield, “A Century of Congress” in Atlantic, July 1877, p. 63.

By: SpaceyG

SpaceyG — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:57:27 +0000

No, JSM. You couldn’t be more wrong. That kinda “complacency” (I like to call it “legacy”) actually BUILT America.

By: Joe Winter » Clarify, Mr. Speaker!

Joe Winter » Clarify, Mr. Speaker! — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:40:52 +0000

[...] Georgia Moderate reports this “money quote” from a recent interview with Richardson: But you have to also remember that their [Local Governments] power to tax has been used at a rate [...]

By: Radical Georgia Moderate » Interview with Glenn Richardson

Radical Georgia Moderate » Interview with Glenn Richardson — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:01:10 +0000

[...] Erickson at Peach Pundit has posted a podcast interview with state House Speaker Glenn Richardson. Most of the interview focuses on the tax reform plan he plans to push in the next session, which [...]

By: jsm

jsm — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:46:19 +0000

“Taxes smaxes. Yawn

By: Creative Loafing Atlanta » Fresh Loaf » Blog Archive » Atlanta blogs today: A touch of country in the city

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:39:02 +0000

[...] Speaker Glenn Richardson’s interview with Peach Pundit Poobah Erick Erickson. The interview can be heard on Peach Pundit. Tags: atlanta blogs, Atlanta Braves, Doraville, Glenn Richardson, Peach [...]

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:50:16 +0000

Spoken like a true Democrat.

By: SpaceyG

SpaceyG — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:49:09 +0000

Lordy, if there one sure-fire way to disengage the general public from the political process it’s to start yammering on and on and on and on about taxes. Taxes smaxes. Yawn… just get your attorney to get the trust to pay ‘em, never call you after 5pm, and get back to the party.

By: rugby_fan

rugby_fan — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:49:30 +0000

I don’t believe I mentioned sex once.

By: IndyInjun

IndyInjun — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:26:25 +0000

Hmmmmm…….right now contractors must pay sales tax on all materials. This is pretty ironclad in Georgia, unless an owner has enough exemptions that he is willing to take other real legal risks and jump through hoops for.

So the Speaker’s ‘reform in motion’ would leave treatment of contractors unchanged, so that they would only charge the additional tax on labor, overhead and profit for remodeling jobs? Or would it allow them to purchase exempt for remodeling jobs, thereby presenting the contractors of the world more temptation than many can stand?

As I see it, a sales tax on the end selling price of contract services (other than homes which was predictably too hot a potato to tax) is a very serious TAX increase, especially when one considers that the local taxes piggyback on the definition of the sales tax base. If the gross selling price is the tax base, then the base is being expanded not only by the labor, but also by OVERHEAD AND PROFIT. What is even more interesting, it means that the profit component is taxed twice, one to the consumer on the gross selling price and a second time as income tax to the contractor.

Bear in mind, too, that all of these new sales tax collecting and paying businesses paid prop tax once a year and now have the fun of filing monthly sales tax returns, and paying every few DAYS if the federal version of “FAIR???” taxation passes.

This is, like the federal “FAIR????”tax, beginning to look like a tax accountant’s DREAM!

Shoot….gonna get me a gold-rimmed green eyeshade……

By: Erick

Erick — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:10:31 +0000

Rugby, I didn’t think it was appropriate to ask the Speaker about bukkake and other inappropriate subjects.

By: rugby_fan

rugby_fan — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:06:35 +0000

Before I listen Erick, did you use any of my submissions?

And the home page is totally buggered at the moment.