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an effort to create searchable online databases for government expenditures
a tool to highlight the hypocrisy of tax hikers
Constitutional or statutory requirement to rein in growth of revenues end expenditures
a commitment made by elected officials and candidates for elected office never to raise taxes
Raising the bar for tax increases
Requiring a cool-off period for all bills with a fiscal impact
pork-barrel spending - the broken windows of the budget
Tax Bites - Cable (video)
46.30%
After a hard day of working to pay your taxes and make ends meet, you may sit on your couch and turn on the TV. What you don’t realize is the government is there too, driving up the cost of your cable bill with taxes and fees.
The Beacon Hill Institute’s study of telecommunications taxes also included a handy section on how much the government is padding your cable bill. According to their estimates, which include franchise fees, access fees and FCC user fees, taxpayers shell out 11.69 percent, or $6.12 on an average monthly bill of $52.36.
But the government bite is actually over 18 bucks bigger. Including the costs for federal income taxes, state income taxes, federal payroll taxes, unemployment insurance taxes, workmen’s compensation taxes, local property taxes and any local income taxes, the cost added by the government is actually 46.3 percent of the monthly bill, costing you $24.24 for cable video services.
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