Ken Hoagland's Blog – December 2009 Archive (1)

It’s time for a second tax revolt



by KEN HOAGLAND

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Dec. 12, 2009,



More than 200 years ago a new idea about the rights of individuals and the rights of government began as a tax protest in Boston Harbor.



“No taxation without representation” was the rallying cry that led to the new concept that all government power and authority should derive from the consent of those governed. Is a second American tax revolt now needed to restore… Continue