Want to know what the Fair Tax is all about? Want to make sure the tax cheats have no way to cheat with a Fair Tax? How about learn how everyone is taxed fairly regardless of income level?
Then attend this Fair Tax Event held in Upper Arlington.
What: The Fair Tax
When: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
6 pm – 8 pm
Where: MCL Cafeteria
3154 Kingsdale Center (between Macy’s & Jeffrey Thomas)
(Tremont Rd. side)
Upper Arlington OH 43221
Phone: 614-457-5786
The GARC’s September 2009 speaker and our very own State Senator Jim Hughes has been appointed to the Senate Finance Committee yesterday as reported by the Columbus Dispatch’s Daily Briefing Blog:
Sen. Jim Hughes, a Columbus Republican, was appointed to the powerful Senate Finance Committee today in a round of seat shuffling that lightened the load for Sen. Mark Wagoner, R-Toledo.
Both Wagoner and Sen. Bill Seitz, R-Cincinnati, were removed from the Finance Committee today by Senate President Bill M. Harris, R-Ashland. Hughes sat on the panel for the first time this afternoon.
“With the many economic challenges facing our state, it is imperative that state government uses its resources wisely to best meet the needs of its citizens while encouraging job creation,” Hughes said. “I am honored to be chosen to serve on this committee and pledge my best efforts to ensure Ohio’s continued fiscal stability and that tax dollars are spent appropriately.”
Congrats Senator Hughes!
Thank you to all who joined the GARC and the Cap City YRs Thursday, January 26nd for the Kasich House Party! We had over 65 people join us including many new faces – WELCOME!
I just paid a visit to the BMV and paid Strickland’s new “its-not-a-tax-hike” fee on my renewals. $74.50 was the price tag to legally drive the car that I OWN around Ohio (birthdays are expensive). How are we supposed to get Ohioans to spend money here and create jobs in their businesses when we are taxed (or should I say fee-ed) this much? In the past 5 years, Ohio has lost 105,000 taxpayers and $1.4 billion a year in adjusted gross income (source).
Here’s an article from yesterday’s Columbus Dispatch about these BMV fees: Driver’s license late fees piling up
Check out this article from the Dispatch back in April 2009 when our Democrat Governor and Democrat controlled House passed the budget: Ohio’s state budget uses fees to forgo new taxes. So Ted Strickland technically doesn’t raise taxes, but FEES ARE TAXES.
So I went online to www.feesaretaxes.com and found American’s for Prosperity are doing another rally at the statehouse on January 30th. I am going – anyone else with me?
Ohio Taxed to the Max Rally
Please join Americans for Prosperity, OH (AFP-OH), the Columbus Tea Party, Ohio Freedom Alliance, Citizens United to End Ohio’s Estate Tax, Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes, and Ohio Citizens Accounting Standards Board at a rally demanding that Ohio’s legislature get spending under control and stop treating taxpayers like an ATM every time they run out of cash. The rally will be held in front of a 15-foot-tall inflatable ATM machine to drive the point home that Ohio’s citizens are “Already Taxed to the Max.”
Date: Saturday, January 30th
Time: 2pm
Here’s another great site to understand Ohio’s poor tax structure: http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/state/50.html
John Kasich just announced on his Twitter feed today at 1:30 PM that Ohio State Auditor Mary Taylor will be his running mate and the next LG of Ohio. Join the GARC and Cap City YRs in celebrating! 
The GARC received the Lincoln Award for Overall Excellence and Outstanding Club of the Year by being more than your grandmother’s Republican club. We are an active group that…
This year, we hope your New Year’s resolution is to get more involved in the GARC and make a difference in the 2010 statewide races. We are here to help you accomplish that goal! ACTION ITEMS:
The GARC Christmas party was a wonderful success this year full of merriment, friends, and lots of holiday cheer. Over 50 people made it out to the Quarry Clubhouse including the entire 10th District Court of Appeals Judges and many Municipal and Common Please Judges!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
On Tuesday, December 15th at the Franklin County Republican Party Victory Reception, the GARC was awarded the Lincoln Award for Overall Excellence and Outstanding Club of the Year 2009.
This award is the result of the hard work and dedication of all GARC members who have made the organization a vibrant, energetic, grassroots, philanthropic, social and educational club. While we were only founded in February, the GARC has emerged onto the county political scene as a genuine force within a rising national mainstream conservative movement.
Join us in celebrating this award and the holiday season at our GARC Christmas Party this Thursday, December 17th at 7PM at the Quarry Club House on W. 5th Avenue just West of the Scioto River.
