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Brogdon still pushing Taxpayer Bill of Rights

THE JOURNAL RECORD

TULSA – Rebuffed by Democratic foes, state
Sen. Randy Brogdon isn’t letting his Taxpayer
Bill of Rights idea die quietly.

The Owasso Republican announced
Wednesday that he was heading up a petition
drive designed to get his proposal on the general
election ballot next November.

Standing before a pink, 800-pound replica of
a pig, Brogdon said he was shooting to get
270,000 signatures in the next few weeks so voters
can decide whether his Bill of Rights should
become an amendment to Oklahoma’s constitution.
He’s also started a Web site: www.stoptheporkok.
com, trying to raise support and publicity.
“Right now, when government gets a hold
of our tax dollars, the government doesn’t create
wealth. It doesn’t create anything. It creates
debt,” Brogdon said from a parking lot at
Woodland Hills Mall.

“And if businesses and
individuals are able to
keep more of their
money, that money is
poured right back into
the economy.”

He continued, “The
Taxpayer Bill of Rights is
a true friend of taxpayers,
a fuel for the economy,
and it’s the enemy of
the bureaucrats and the
big spenders.”

Brogdon said he came up with the idea after his Bill of Rights
wasn’t given a hearing with the Democrat-controlled
Senate last session.

After the last session ended, Brogdon said
he was approached by some statewide and
national conservative think-tanks who asked if
he would lead a petition drive. He agreed.
The senator needs 220,000 valid signatures
to get his initiative on the ballot for an election.
Brogdon doesn’t want to wait until Republicans
try to capture power in the Senate to push his
Bill of Rights again.

“Too many (Democrats) believe it’s their
money,” Brogdon said. “I believe the taxpayers’
money is the taxpayers’ money.”

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