dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

Your state’s 2020 primary e******n is taking place tomorrow, March 3rd. For the past year, you’ve likely heard from a variety of campaigns and candidates as to why you should support them on E******n Day. At Americans for Tax Reform, there’s one question that we believe you should ask before going to the polls: Which candidates have signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge?

First, what is the Taxpayer Protection Pledge?

Politicians often run for office saying they won't raise taxes, but then quickly turn their backs on the taxpayer. The idea of the Pledge is simple enough: Make them put their no-new-taxes rhetoric in writing.

By signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, candidates and incumbents make a written commitment to oppose any and all tax increases.

Since it's rollout with the endorsement of President Reagan in 1986, the pledge has become practically required for Republicans seeking office, and is a necessity for Democrats running in Republican districts.

Today the Taxpayer Protection Pledge is offered to every candidate for state and federal office and to all incumbents. Nearly 1,400 elected officials, from state representative to governor to US Senator, have signed the Pledge.

Who Supports The Taxpayer Protection Pledge In Your State?

In your state of California, the following candidates have signed the Pledge and given their word to oppose any and all tax hikes if elected:

Incumbent U.S. Representatives

Rep. Doug LaMalfa (CA-01)
Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-04)
Rep. Devin Nunes (CA-22)
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA-23)
Rep. Ken Calvert (CA-42)
California's 8th Congressional District Republican Primary

Jeremy Staat (CA-08)
Tim Donnelly (CA-08)
California's 10th Congressional District Republican Primary

Ted Howze (CA-10)
California's 25th Congressional District Republican Primary

Angela Underwood Jacobs (CA-25)
Mark Cripe (CA-25)
California's 26th Congressional District Republican Primary

Ronda Kennedy (CA-26)
California's 39th Congressional District Republican Primary

Young Kim (CA-39)
California's 43rd Congressional District Republican Primary

Joe Collins (CA-43)
California's 45th Congressional District Republican Primary

Lisa Sparks (CA-45)
Peggy Huang (CA-45)
California's 48th Congressional District Republican Primary

Brian Burley (CA-48)
Chris Engels (CA-48)
Michelle Steel (CA-48)
California's 49th Congressional District Republican Primary

Brian Maryott (CA-49)
California's 50th Congressional District Republican Primary

Carl DeMaio (CA-50)
Darrell Issa (CA-50)

Friend, we believe that you should be armed with this critical information before heading to the polls. We hope this note on whether or not the candidates you’ll be v****g on truly oppose raising taxes will help you make an informed decision tomorrow.

Thank you for your continued support of our mission.

Sincerely,

Grover Norquist
President
Americans for Tax Reform

jim_shipley

Some people will believe anything the liberal parasites say.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

F**e Taxpayer Group Misleads V**ers on Prop. 13 Bond Measure


By Jon C**pal

We’ve seen this before. Fearful that taxpayers might reject a proposed tax increase or bond, the proponents of the measure will trot out some endorsement of a f**e organization with a pro-taxpayer sounding name. It is a highly deceptive tactic meant to confuse v**ers.

Before this campaign season began, had anyone heard of the California Republican Taxpayers Association? We doubt it. But that is the name of the group appearing on millions of “slate mailers” and which is now running radio ads throughout the state supporting the costly $15 billion school bond measure ironically labeled as Proposition 13. Employing both the “taxpayer”and “Republican” label the group clearly hopes to appeal to more conservative v**ers.

The best we can tell is that CRTA was started by a political consultant working for the infamous anti-taxpayer Republican, Abel Maldonado. Not only was Maldonado notorious for v****g against taxpayers when he was in the legislature, he successfully traded his state Senate v**e, which was needed to pass a massive tax increase, in exchange for putting Proposition 14, the open primary law, on the b****t.

The consultant’s firm, Capitol Consulting & Public Relations, advertises on its website to potential clients that it can “manage your entire campaign from paid media: direct mail, radio and broadcast advertising.”

There’s certainly nothing illegal about that, but misrepresenting the source of the information can cross the line into legal problems. The CRTA reportedly heard from the Republican party after it used an elephant logo on these mailers to make it appear that the group was an official Republican organization. It’s not. Today its logo is a bear.

To be clear, a professional political consultant is a paid adviser to well-funded campaigns, not by any stretch of the imagination an advocate for the interests of taxpayers. Moreover, CRTA has no lobbyists, no attorneys representing taxpayers in legal fights, does no education efforts and its “location” is a UPS mailbox. It only materializes during e******n season. This purported group appears to be merely a “for sale” shill existing for the sole purpose of persuading, or deceiving, v**ers. (As for who “bought” CRTA, one need only consider that among the largest contributors to the Prop 13 bond campaign are the California Teachers Association, trade unions looking for construction business and the California Democratic Party. There’s nothing much “taxpayer” or “Republican” reflected in the money behind this bond measure).

It is now apparent that, because legitimate taxpayer groups such as the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association have opposed the massive Proposition 13 school bond, the special interests backing the costly proposal are attempting to counter our narrative. Unfortunately, their deceptive tactics may be working.

We received an email from a longtime member of HJTA who, after hearing our radio ad opposing this year’s Prop. 13, told us he had already mistakenly v**ed in favor of the costly bond measure. “I feel like a fool,” he wrote. No, he wasn’t a fool. He got s**mmed. Apparently, this is the only way the progressive tax and spend lobby can win.

Perhaps we at Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association take this too personally. We have worked for 41 years to establish an impeccable record of defending the interests of taxpayers and advocating for fiscal responsibility. We have two permanent offices in Sacramento and Los Angeles, three full-time lawyers who represent the interests of taxpayers in literally hundreds of tax cases against government, and a full-time lobbyist advancing the interests of taxpayers and defending the real Prop. 13 (1978) in the California Legislature.

It’s no secret that there is a lot of deception in politics. On Tuesday, v**ers who truly care about limiting increases in property taxes should listen to legitimate voices on behalf of taxpayers and v**e NO on the Proposition 13 $15 billion bond measure.

Jon C**pal is the President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA). He is a recognized expert in California fiscal affairs and has argued numerous tax cases before the courts.

Radiance3

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Bernie Sanders, the Marxist Socialist, had voiced before he will raise taxes for the rich 90%.

elledee

The very people that create the tax payers that generate the wealth that the old red lives off of....what an i***t

jim_shipley

Obama did that just a little and look at the trillions that left the country. No better way to wliminte the rich in this country. Then who will pay for the liberal deadbeat parasites.