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-- NTU & Tennessee Taxpayers Celebrate Victory Over Governor's Budget --

After being flooded with phone calls from National Taxpayers Union's 5,500
Tennessee members, the Tennessee State Legislature overrode Governor
Sundquist's budget veto, a victory for taxpayers across the state who widely
opposed imposition of a broad tax on wages.

"We are pleased that the Tennessee General Assembly had the wisdom to
override the Governor's veto and pass a budget without a tax increase," said
NTU President John Berthoud.  "While the final version of the budget could
have been smaller, the General Assembly passed a reasonable alternative to the monstrosity proposed by the Governor."

NTU's entire statement is available online at
http://www.ntu.org/news_room/press_rel

eases/P0108TNVictory.php3


-- NTU Releases Study on Kyoto Protocol

As talks on the Kyoto Protocol were concluding in Germany, National Taxpayers Union was completing a new study that uncovers details the Protocol¹s defenders would rather keep quiet.

"While supporters of the Kyoto Protocol would have us believe that their purpose is to save our planet from environmental disaster, anyone who takes the time to read the treaty will see that their true agenda appears to be more closely related to boosting developing economies than saving the earth's ecology," observed NTU Associate Policy Analyst Noelle Fiacco.

The Kyoto Protocol places severe restrictions on carbon dioxide (CO2)
production by developed nations like the United States while exempting developing nations like China and India, two of the world's largest emitters of CO2.  In fact, according to the International Energy Agency, up to 85% of the projected increase in CO2 emissions will come from countries exempted from the proposed treaty, and the United Nations says that these same
nations will give off 76% of all greenhouse gas emissions within the next 50 years.

Read the complete release at
http://www.ntu.org/news_room/press_re

leases/P0108_ntuib125.php3

NTU Issue Brief 125 is available in text and PDF formats at
http://www.ntu.org/taxpayer_issues/ntu_

issue_briefs/ib_125_ntu.php3

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