December 20, 2000 - State property tax urged
COLUMBUS - Ohio would fund its public schools by replacing a portion of local property taxes with a statewide property tax under a plan that Gov. Bob Taft’s top advisers have recommended. The plan is designed to end a 10-year court fight over Ohio’s method of funding public schools, but it is generating strong opposition from some of Taft’s fellow Republicans - even before Taft has officially endorsed it.
-from the Plain Dealer

July 18,2000 - Hard-luck Stories Won't Earn You a Welfare Check
There’s both good news and great news on the local welfare front. First the good news:
Hundreds of Cuyahoga County families are leaving the public dole even before they’re forced out by benefit cuts that take effect by year’s end. More than three- fourths of these families say that they expect to find employment that will pay them at least as much as they received while on the public dole. More then half say they expect to do better financially.
-from the Plain Dealer

August 16, 1999 - Taxes at Record Levels - Even With A Tax Cut
Even with the proposed $792 billion tax cut, which Bill Clinton has vowed to veto as too large, federal revenues will continue to be at record levels, and the budget will show a $2 trillion surplus.
- from the NCPA 

August 10, 1999 - Texas Tax-Free-For-All
Last weekend, Texas had a three-day tax holiday on its 6.25 percent tax on clothing and footwear priced under $100, and shopping malls were reportedly jammed. Observers say the event -- scheduled to coincide with back-to-school shopping -- was so successful that it probably will be copied by other states.
- from the NCPA 

August 9, 1999 - The Economic Effects of Deficits and Surpluses
Lately, both Republicans and Democrats seem convinced that huge budget surpluses have enormous and positive economic effects. Hence, many oppose tax cuts because they believe that paying down the debt will be better for the economy. There is very little evidence that the debt imposes a significant economic burden and, consequently, there is no reason to think that paying down the debt offers much economic benefit.
- from the NCPA 

August 8, 1999 - Half of NSF Grant Money Wasted
Even defenders of the National Science Foundation -- an independent federal agency with an annual research-funding budget of $3 billion -- concede that half the money distributed in grants is wasted.
- from the NCPA 

July 28, 1999 - Congress Votes to Give Itself a Hefty Raise
The salaries of our representatives in Washington have increased by over 100% since 1979.  At that time they earned $ 60,662.  They will not gross $ 141,300, whith leadership earning even more. 
-from APC News Wire

June 22, 1999 - Hot Debate Over Internet Taxation
On Monday, the federal Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce held its first meeting determine what recommendations it will make to Congress concerning taxation of Internet purchases. The 19-member panel -- comprised of federal, state and local officials and representatives of the private sector -- is scheduled to submit its report by April 2000.
- from the NCPA

April 21, 1999 - Tauzin and Traficant Introduce Landmark Bill to Abolish IRS & Federal Income Taxes
Washington, D.C. (April 15, 1999) – U.S. Reps. James A. Traficant, Jr. (D–OH) and Billy Tauzin (R–LA) today introduced legislation to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and federal income tax, replacing them with a 15 percent national retail sales tax...
- from The Legislative Alert

April 21, 1999 - Silicon Valley Discovers Politicians Are Dangerous
The Computer geeks who inhabit the Silicon Valley in California and established enclaves in many other states are discovering something that most businessmen and women have known all along: The government is not their friend.
- from The Hill

April 14, 1999 - Tax Reforms for Working Americans
Why are personal bankruptcies up 56 percent since the Clinton - Gore administration took office? Why do American's credit card balances average upwards of $7,000? Why does the Internal Revenue Service publish 569 tax forms, forcing 56 percent of Americans to pay someone else to compute their taxes?
- from the The Wall Street Journal

April 13, 1999 - The Growing Menace of Tax Slavery
Some specialists who have traced the history of taxes from the Roman Empire up to today contend the federal government is making slaves of us all. The Founding Fathers, they say, would not have found the word too strong. In the 18th Century, Americans calling themselves the "Sons of Liberty" dumped British tea into Boston harbor and sang protest songs against their enslavement by the British Parliament.
- from the Investor's Business Daily

April 10, 1999 - The Career Politicians' Tax Code
The IRS estimates that the average taxpayer who itemizes will spend 22 hours this year completing tax returns. That's 3 hours more work than last year. The increase is due to the 1260 changes Congress pushed into the code in the past two years
- from Common Sense.

March 24, 1999 - When Will They Ever Cut Government Spending?
This year's budget resolution being pasted up in Congress fails to mention by name even a single government program that should be eliminated
- from the NCPA

March 24, 1999 - Marriage Penalty Near Demise
State lawmakers can't do anything about the much-maligned "marriage penalty'' imposed by the Internal Revenue Service.
- from the Denver Post

March 11, 1999 - Conservatives Demand Tax Cut
Within a day of Gov. Bob Taft’s call for spending at least $400 million on Ohio’s schools, a group of conservative lawmakers demanded that the money be spent to reduce state income taxes.
- from the Columbus Dispatch