Notes From a Rally

Barack Obama motivates the Austin crowd at his post-debate rally Friday.

"...Cibo tried hard to concentrate in their candlelit meals. Tax assessor candidate Glen Maxey worked the crowd hard as..."

Feb. 23, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: A Living Constitution

The promise of liberty, unedited

"...demanding only Hershey's bars and nylons. They knew that tax cuts for the rich, entitlements for Republican legislators, and..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Vance Joins Porky in Wackyland: Bogus Economic Analysis Offered With Authority

"...clarify, here are the facts. Because the Bill Clinton tax and minimum-wage increases of the 1990s added a massive..."

June 18, 2007 Postmarks

Time to Return to Bipartisan Cooperation

"...of "Trickle Down Economics,” believing that simply reducing the tax burden will spur the kind of amazing free-market cure-all..."

Oct. 13, 2005 Postmarks

Point Austin: A Lege Too Far

Sine Die or school bells, perhaps they toll for thee

"...for public education – even if it means higher taxes – they go right on electing politicians ideologically committed..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Forgotten but Not Quite Gone

The 79th Legislature ends not with a bang, but lots of whimpers

"...another crack at school finance – or rather, property tax reduction. So enjoy the reprieve while you can. As..."

June 3, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Who Pays?

While the economy burns, the Bush administration promotes Mars, moonshine, and marriage

"...waste? Hasn't it been bragging incessantly about its massive tax cuts? Didn't Dubya just walk away from Congress after..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...his nearly 90-minute speech, calling Bush's proposed budget and tax cuts the "biggest mistake ever made." "It is unbelievable..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature

Endorsements

"...the buses you have now. We've been putting away sales-tax money for this purpose for years; it's time to..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature

Endorsements

"...the buses you have now. We've been putting away sales-tax money for this purpose for years; it's time to..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature

Read My Chips

George Bush claims he supported Children's Health Insurance in the 1999 legislative session. He did, but only at the lowest level.

"...kicked off the session proposing an "emergency" $45 million tax break for oil-and-gas producers. He was returning more than..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...business -- his 501c nonprofit status qualifies ABAD for tax-exempt donations from generous donors. His wish list also consists..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Bittersweet Ending

Notes From the Republican Revolution

"...brother." Bush said his vote was a mandate for tax cuts -- "that government shouldn't be all things to..."

Nov. 6, 1998 News Feature

Housing Blueprint Strategery

City Council works Merck, Housing Plan, Austin Oaks PUD

"...she could not support corporate incentives instead of property tax cuts...."

April 17, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: A Tale of Two Crises

The question before Council has apparently become, not how much affordability can we afford, but "who's paying?"

"...shove, does the "affordability" conversation inevitably mean only property tax cuts and utility rate cuts? Is attempting to address..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Column

News Ticker: May 1

All the news that's fit to blog

"...Dewhurst says the Senate will be considering more business tax cuts...."

May 1, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

LegeLines

Odds and ends from the Capitol

"...are furious after Republicans filed state budgets reinforcing spending cuts passed in 2011, despite Comptroller Susan Combs' forecast projecting..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Opening Day: Users and Abusers

Scenes from the floor of the Texas House and Senate

"...fetal pain bill, and more drum-beating for reduced business taxation. His ideological checklist stood in sharp contrast to Straus',..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...the Obama administration insisting it will allow all Bush tax cuts to expire if no deal is reached, and..."

Dec. 14, 2012 News Feature

Letters at 3AM: The System Ain't the System

The goal of oligarchy is to utterly disempower the workforce

"...One political question cuts through all others: Who benefits?..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Wish List

Here's your chance to give back to the areas of our community that need it the most

"...to ensure that $250,000-plus incomes will continue to be taxed at disproportionately low and laughable levels: Redistribution of hoarded..."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Page Two

The price of Republican domination and the pleasures of repeated listening

"...really relied on a few basic planks: 1) Lower taxes, much lower, with much better government, but only in..."

May 20, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...futures marred with record deficits on the back of tax cuts for the wealthiest few, and now their best..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Column

Letters at 3AM

Winning the war in Iraq is not a measure of our country's morality.

"...[House Republican budget] offers the well-to-do $1.4 trillion in tax cuts, while demanding billions of dollars in cuts from..."

April 18, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Point Austin: It Ain’t Easy Being Weird

Welcome to Austin – accept our gift of the spirit of change

"...by Mayor Steve Adler the "Downtown Puzzle," under which tax increment funding provided by the hotel industry (direct beneficiaries..."

March 15, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Lege Lines: Respect Us or Expect Us

The House gets its revenge on Dan Patrick

"...larded it with all the bathroom bills and property tax caps they could. Coleman then coolly announced that he..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report: What Does Trumponomics Actually Amount To?

Breaking down the Donald's economic plan

"...but he then turns and rewards them! His proposed tax cuts, for example, don't benefit low-wage workers at all..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Notes on Kamp: Our Transportation Crisis

We can't afford to keep ignoring our infrastructure

"...says U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, they provide huge tax cuts to the rich, ignoring the fact that "infrastructure..."

May 20, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

Cost of Justice

Will voters want to pay for a new courthouse?

"...consider seven state constitutional amendments, including the ritual perennial tax cuts (expanding the homestead exemption for school property taxes,..."

July 10, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

What's the Damage?

The news staff takes a look at the fallout from the 84th legislative session

"...is still capable of causing havoc by itself, with tax giveaways, abortion restrictions, and, of course, guns, guns, guns...."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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