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January 28, 2014
28 Jan 2014

Political Update – January 28, 2014

Public sector must do its part, just like vets

By Col. Tyrus W. Cobb
U.S. Army Retired

A USA Today op-ed published in the RGJ argued that planned cuts to military pensions in the bipartisan budget proposals are defensible [Another View, Jan. 3].

Specifically, the reductions would decrease cost-of-living adjustments by one percentage point a year and impose higher co-payments for health coverage. The piece stressed that costs to the Pentagon incurred by continuing the present system are unsustainable and will necessitate severe reductions in weapons acquisitions and operational readiness.

Although I am an Army veteran with 26 years of service, including two combat tours in Vietnam, I can understand the Pentagon’s rationale for containing personnel costs, which now account for 55% of the defense budget and are rising rapidly. I can support the planned reductions if — and this is a big if — other government entities first rein in their public employee compensation, which is rising so fast it threatens to overwhelm budgets from the federal to the state and especially at the local level.

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Keystone’s Mission:

To recruit, support and advocate for candidates for public office who support private sector job creation, low taxation, a responsible regulatory environment, and effective delivery of essential state services.

Keystone’s Goals:
  • To focus on candidate support on state legislative races and the governor’s office.
  • To oppose any form of corporate income taxes or other business taxes that discourage capital investment and therefore job creation.
  • Support limiting Nevada state government spending to the rate of population growth.

Quote:

“Last year, federal civilian workers averaged $114,976 in compensation … Meanwhile, the country’s 104 million private-sector workers averaged $65,917… a federal worker receives 74 percent more compensation than the average worker. It’s worse at the local level.“ – Col. Tyrus W. Cobb, Reno Gazette-Journal
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Save the Date

Margins Tax Initiative Breakfast
with Curt Anderson – CPA

February 18, 2014

Las Vegas Country Club 

Mr. Anderson will present 
pertinent facts about the
Margins Tax as well as 
examples on how it 
would affect different 
types of Nevada businesses. Mr. Anderson is currently owner of the CPA firm Fair, Anderson & Langerman. He has 32 years of career experience. 

For more information 
call (702) 952-2456

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Keystone Annual
Luncheon

April 9, 2014
Silverton Hotel

For more information 
call (702) 952-2456

 


 

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January 21, 2014
21 Jan 2014

Political Update – January 21, 2014

Odds for success of PERS plan:
roughly 1 in 12 quintillion

Nevada retirees risk seeing their benefits reduced as money runs short

By Victor Joecks
Nevada Policy Research Institute

Aside from death and taxes, there are no sure things in life. Everything we do involves an element of risk.

The question then becomes: How much risk is reasonable, given the stakes?

In the private sector, most entrepreneurs have risked tens of thousands of dollars — or sometimes even tens of millions of dollars — pursuing opportunities to grow their businesses.

They did so because they believed the reward outweighed the risk. Some have succeeded and earned back many times their investment. Some have failed and lost everything.

Because business owners and investors risk their own money, they carefully analyze the risk and reward for each venture. Even then, investments in some businesses that were reasonable risks at the time nevertheless end up failing.

 

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Keystone’s Mission:

To recruit, support and advocate for candidates for public office who support private sector job creation, low taxation, a responsible regulatory environment, and effective delivery of essential state services.

Keystone’s Goals:
  • To focus on candidate support on state legislative races and the governor’s office.
  • To oppose any form of corporate income taxes or other business taxes that discourage capital investment and therefore job creation.
  • Support limiting Nevada state government spending to the rate of population growth.

Quote:

“The margins tax is the biggest threat to our economic recovery you can
possibly imagine. It’s the biggest threat to business in Nevada in my lifetime.“ – Sen. Mark Hutchison, Laughlin Nevada Times
Read More Here

Save the Date

Margins Tax Initiative Breakfast
with Curt Anderson – CPA

February 18, 2014

Las Vegas Country Club 

Mr. Anderson will present
pertinent facts about the
Margins Tax as well as
examples on how it
would affect different
types of Nevada businesses.

For more information 
call (702) 952-2456

______

Keystone Annual
Luncheon

April 9, 2014
Silverton Hotel

For more information 
call (702) 952-2456

 


 
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To recruit, support and advocate for candidates for public office who support private sector job creation, low taxation, a responsible regulatory environment, and effective delivery of essential state services.

Keystone’s Goals:

To focus on candidate support in state legislative races and the governor’s office.

To oppose any form of corporate income taxes or other business taxes that discourage capital investment and therefore job creation.

Support limiting Nevada state government spending to the rate of population growth.

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