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Tax Revolt.


Tax Revolt A tax revolt is a political struggle to repeal, limit, or roll back a government-imposed tax.

In the United States, it is often used to refer to a series of anti-tax state initiative campaigns. The first significant wave of these campaigns was during the 1930s.
, Phil Valentine Phil Valentine is a conservative talk radio show host in Nashville, Tennessee. He broadcasts daily on 99.7 WTN a Cumulus Media Station from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Central Time. His co-host/producer and sidekick is Johnny B (John E. Bozeman).  

A call to popular action against what the author considers an excessive system of taxation. Valentine spins the tale of popular uprisings against new taxes and analyzes the devastating dev·as·tate  
tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates
1. To lay waste; destroy.

2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark.
 effect of high tax rates on the economy and on personal finances.
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Date:Jun 1, 2005
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