TEA with Ed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xv_GPBZi8I
Speaking outside the Nevada Legislature on May 29, 2009 at the Taxed Enough Already Tea Party, protesting the largest tax increase in Nevada history…
June 1, 2009
March 18, 2009
Small Cat Raises Big Government Question
Who would have thought the very essence of the 2009 session of the Nevada Legislature could be encapsulated in the travails of one common Carson City alley cat?
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March 6, 2009
Exploding Some Anti-Tax Hike Myths
Opponents of opponents of higher taxes often trot out completely false accusations to undermine the limited-government conservative position on tax and spending issues – and fiscal conservatives need to start calling them on it. Here, I’ll begin…
February 20, 2009
Defending Conservatism
Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry offered up this week perhaps the best defense of conservatism – both philosophically and politically – that I’ve seen since the November elections. As I can’t possibly improve on Gov. Perry’s words, I’m simply going to reprint them here in their entirety…
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February 9, 2009
School Choice: Less Money, Better Results
A little-noticed report in the February 7th edition of the Wall Street Journal makes an excellent case for my proposed Excellence in Education and Increased Opportunities (EIEIO) bill to provide Nevada families with the financial means to exercise school choice through new education tax rebates. Take a look:
February 8, 2009
A Fiscally Responsible Blueprint
I sent the following letter to my legislative colleagues today…
January 23, 2009
Jim Rogers Owes Every Nevada Parent an Apology
By Assemblyman Ed Goedhart and Nevada GOP Chairman Sue Lowden
In his State of Education address tonight, Nevada University Chancellor Jim Rogers went way over the line, particularly in this demeaning and unwarranted attack on Nevada’s parents:
January 16, 2009
Why I’m Voting “No” on the Room Tax Hike
TO: Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley
FROM: Assemblymen Ed Goedhart & Don Gustavson
DATE: January 16, 2009
Dear Speaker Buckley,
Due to a successful signature-gathering effort by the teachers union and a handful of Las Vegas gaming companies, a legislative initiative to raise the room tax will come before the Nevada Legislature when we convene next month.
The 6 Percent Solution
Before Gov. Gibbons’ state-of-the-state address last night, I read a letter in the Reno Gazette-Journal by Vicky A. Johnson of Sparks who wasn’t happy with the proposed across-the-board 6 percent pay cut for state workers to help balance the budget without raising taxes in the midst of this recession.
January 9, 2009
Who’s Getting Screwed First?
Our friends over at Americans for Tax Reform note this morning that the very citizens Obama said wouldn’t get screwed by his tax hike plans are at the top of the list of folks who are about to get screwed by a tax hike.