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June 16, 2000
For
immediate release
Contact: Chad Cowan at (202)785-0266 or
ccowan@atr.org
Assemblywomen Carole Migden and
Dion Aroner Receive “Enemy of the Taxpayer”
Award
WASHINGTON–
Today, Americans for Tax
Reform (ATR) announced that its Enemies of the Taxpayer for June
2000 are California Assemblywomen Carole Migden (D-San Francisco)
and Dion Aroner (D-Berkeley).
Their efforts to impose an electronic sales tax—in
violation of the spirit of the recent moratorium banning any new
taxes on the Internet—have won them this dubious distinction. In spite of the fact that
California enjoys a healthy budget surplus, these legislators seem
to think that people should pay more taxes and that the high tech
sector should be punished.
“They act as if their spending priorities are more
important than job creation and allowing electronic commerce to
flourish and grow,” said Damon B. Ansell vice president of policy at
ATR. “They should spend
less time worrying about filling the state treasury with the
people’s money and more time working to bring relief to what
obviously is an over-taxed state,” Ansell added.
“If these members were really interested in creating a
level playing field they would simply eliminate or reduce taxes on
brick and mortar companies,” said Grover Norquist, president of
ATR. “The state has a
huge budget surplus, the coffers are practically bursting with
excess taxpayer revenue.
So what do these Assemblywomen want to do? Increase taxes, of
course! Hopefully, Gov.
Grey Davis will veto this nonsense,” concluded Norquist.
For more information about ATR or to arrange an
interview with Mr. Norquist or Mr. Ansell please contact Chad Cowan
at (202)785-0266, email to ccowan@atr.org, or visit
www.atr.org.
ATR is coalition of individuals, taxpayer groups and
businesses concerned with tax policy, spending reduction, and
restoring accountability to elected officials. For more information please
contact Chad Cowan at (202) 785-0266 or by email at ccowan@atr.org.
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