Dean Heller Blog & News tagged 'Tax Reform'

Tax Day

deanheller@gmail.com — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Author, revolutionary, and one of our nation's Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine once said "When a government is just, taxes are few." Paine warned of largess in government and excessive taxes. In 2007, more than 200 years later, Americans surrendered nearly 30% of their income to federal and state governments. I would venture this tax rate is not what Paine and many of the Founding Fathers had in mind.

As Americans work harder to make ends meet, we have one more bill to pay in April -- [...]

Dean Votes Against Democrats' National Energy Tax

deanheller+staff@gmail.com — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Congressman Heller voted against the Democrats' national energy tax plan today -- a plan which is projected to cost thousands of Nevadans their jobs.

Dean commented on the tax plan:

Cap and Trade is nothing more than an energy tax that will affect every man, woman, and child in our country. Every time you flip a light switch, cook your family dinner, or take your kids to school you will be taxed. Air travel, food prices, electricity costs and transportation costs will sk [...]

Congress Can't Tax Its Way Out Of A Recession

deanheller@gmail.com — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The following originally appeared as an op-ed in The Hill. -Staff

Economic recovery is the one issue that should bring Democrats and Republicans together. Nationwide the unemployment rate is over 8 percent. My home state of Nevada has over 10 percent unemployment and leads the country in home foreclosures. Yet, as American families struggle, the administration and the majority party are pursuing fiscal policies that penalize working Americans and small businesses. Unfortunately, in [...]