February 12, 2010 03:27 AM UTC

Tell Jane Norton - Don't Tax Our Eggs

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• by: Alan

(Something tells us this won’t be the last “Denny’s Screaming Chicken” parody – promoted by Colorado Pols)

Have you heard Jane Norton’s latest radical idea? Taxing your groceries, medicine and health care!

Speaking before a small group of hardcore conservatives this week, Norton asserted that both a “national sales tax” and a so-called “flat tax” were two options she supported. (Ft. Morgan Times 2/9/10) These tired old right-wing ideas have been discredited for years because they would shift the tax burden away from the wealthy while hitting seniors, students, working families, and the poor.

http://progressnowcolorado.org…

By every objective measure, a national sales tax on virtually all goods and services (estimated by proponents to be 19% or higher) would shift the tax burden away from the wealthy and hurt seniors, students and working families.

And the “flat tax” is no better. The Brookings Institution says that a flat tax would raise the tax burden for many workers from 30% to nearly 40%, while eliminating most popular deductions for things like healthcare. The only people a “flat tax” benefits are the rich, who would pay a much smaller percentage of their income than they do today.

Click here to tell Norton that these are bad ideas:

http://progressnowcolorado.org…

These are the latest in a recent string of radical ideas from Jane Norton. She recently told a “Tea Party” gathering that the Department of Education should be abolished. She’s said that the federal government should have “no role” whatsoever in health care (this means you, Medicare recipients). And Norton even claimed that President Obama cares more about “terrorist rights” than protecting Americans.

Add your comments and help us send Jane Norton a message that mainstream Colorado rejects her radical ideas. Thanks for demanding better from our public leaders.