September 25, 2008 by
Eric In the last decade, generous Coloradans approved additional funding for K-12 education, increased tobacco taxes and Referendum C-the state’s largest tax increase in history. In addition, taxpayers agreed to numerous local and regional tax increases, such as RTD’s FasTracks.
Also, in the last couple of sessions the state legislature raised numerous fees bringing the state millions of additional dollars. Read the rest of this entry »
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As a part of its “No Taxation Without Information” National Campaign, the Sam Adams Alliance recently conducted an interview with Brett Narloch, Executive Director of the North Dakota Policy Council (NDPC). The NDPC has been at the forefront of government transparency with the development of its Sunshine on Schools website that was discussed on this site.
Click here to listen to the podcast with Jason Stverak of the Sam Adams Alliance and Brett Narloch of the NDPC as they discuss transparency, the NDPC and sunflowers back home in North Dakota.
The North Dakota Policy Council (NDPC) is a liberty-based think tank focused on North Dakota solutions to North Dakota’s problems. We provide credible nonpartisan expertise and research to help North Dakotans advocate policies that are based on individual liberty, individual responsibility, and limited government. Read the rest of this entry »
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Does your group or organization work to promote transparency in government? Are you an advocate of free markets and accountability in state and federal legislature? We would love to talk with you!
Our podcast shows are recorded live and made available in mp3 formats. The recordings all also promoted throughout the Sam Adams Alliance network and newsletters, and can be obtained via iTunes and text messaging. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sunshine Review, in conjunction with the No Taxation Without Information Campaign, will be hosting a plethora of podcast and online talk shows aimed at bringing attention to groups, individuals, and organizations who work to promote transparency in government. These podcasts and shows will be recorded live, and will be available for download here at NoInfoNoTaxes.com. Read the rest of this entry »
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All levels of our government are based upon the principle that we are a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Government that conducts its business in secret and without the scrutiny of the public leads to corruption and inefficiencies. That is why each political party and its candidates must commit itself to supporting candidates, programs, and policies that put every government entity’s checkbook register (of all receipts and all expenditures) online in an easily searchable format. Read the rest of this entry »
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“We might hope to see the finances of the Union as clear and intelligible as a merchant’s books, so that every member of Congress and every man of any mind in the Union should be able to comprehend them, to investigate abuses, and consequently to control them.”
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