Political Quotes

“this has been a concern of Senator Reid's and mine for some years, since coming to the Senate. We are constantly reminded, as we return each week to Nevada, about the enormous injustice visited upon our citizens, and that is taxation imposed primarily from our neighboring State of California to the West, in which just this past month, I might share with my colleague and Members of the Senate, 6,300 driver's licenses from out of State were surrendered in the Las Vegas area alone, indicating the enormous influx of citizens into our own State. Many of those citizens come from California, which has been particularly aggressive in seeking to impose State income tax from California upon Nevadans. In some instances, it occurs shortly after they move to Nevada. In other instances, it occurs some years later. This situation is not confined to Nevada alone, because California State income tax collectors have been particularly aggressive in moving other places as well. It is--as our constituents constantly remind us in Nevada, and in the refrain heard so frequently during our own revolution--taxation without representation. Our citizens in Nevada receive none of the benefits, have no ability to impact policy decisions by reason of their residence in the State of Nevada, and they are no longer eligible to vote in California. This is egregious and unfair. I commend my senior colleague, who has been on point on this for the last several conferences.…”