77th (2013) Session
Opinions
View all submitted comments for each bill by the most recent, by votes for, or by votes against.
| SJR15* | ||
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| For | May-22-2013 | |
| For | May-22-2013 | |
| For | It is time for the Nevada Legislature to finally stand up to mining and stop letting their lobbyists control the legislature. | May-16-2013 |
| For | May-16-2013 | |
| For | we need to remove the mining industry's special tax protections from our state's constitution and allow the people of Nevada, not mining lobbyists, to decide how the mining industry is taxed | May-15-2013 |
| Against | May-12-2013 | |
| For | May-09-2013 | |
| Against | Our problem is spending, not revenue. Mining creates jobs, let's not encourage mining to leave Nevada altogether with this proposal. And it certainly doesn't need to be a Constitutional amendment! | May-09-2013 |
| For | May-08-2013 | |
| For | May-08-2013 | |
| For | May-08-2013 | |
| For | May-08-2013 | |
| For | May-07-2013 | |
| For | The mining industry - primarily the two Out-of-State "golden geese" - Barrick and Newmont - have been consuming NV's Nonrenewable resources, pooping (destroying NV's solitude, and failing to report environmental releases, and terminating employees despite having higher Pre-Tax income), and yes, laying golden eggs. However, only 1% of the proceeds from the golden eggs produced from these "golden geese" stay at the NV farm, while the rest of the proceeds are used to fund $Multi-Billion Mining Mistakes. http://tinyurl.com/BADGOOSE Rural counties for decades have depended on LV and Reno, especially in Elko, where the largest employer is not the mining industry, but the school district. http://tinyurl.com/SJR154ECSD While the mines argue that they pay more tax per employee, this statement does nothing but identify that the mines do less for NV's workforce than they do for NV's General Fund. Said another way, in light of the $Billions taken out of NV to fund these $Billion Blunders in other countries, it can also be said that the mining industry also blows through more money on bad decisions, with the least amount of employees and while contributing the least amount to NV, than any other industry in the State, and despite extremely favorable tax treatment. Furthermore, because the mining industry actually employs ~3,000 less employees now than in 2007, these golden geese are even worse with their money when their gross proceeds grow. Passing SJR15* is the first step in helping these golden geese from throwing their money, and NV's resources, away on big mistakes made by Out-of-State managers. http://tinyurl.com/PJDbike The only way these “golden geese” would be killed by passing SJR15 is for them to kill themselves. NV seems to simply be asking to keep some of the proceeds from the “golden egg” sales in NV – which would also help these incompetent “golden geese” from blowing $Billions on unproductive geese in other countries and wasting shareholders money. | May-05-2013 |
| For | Why should mining get special consideration over other industries? This would be an important way to make the state constitution a less mediocre constitution. | May-04-2013 |
| For | May-04-2013 | |
| Against | Bad public policy - will have unintended consequences - in long term will hurt Nevada economy and tax revenues - not a stable long term funding source. | May-04-2013 |
| Against | The original law is written correctly. If it is necessary to raise the rate 1% - 5% that would be understandable. It should never be that business is taxed on gross revenue, i.e. it is much more tolerable to tax net proceeds. All business taxes should be based on net and never gross proceeds. This mentality is debilitating to business, and government can not survive without business. It is very possible business could survive without government, but never the other way around. | May-03-2013 |
| Against | May-03-2013 | |
| For | Nevada's mining industry needs to pay their fair share. | May-03-2013 |
| For | I am in full support of taxing mining the same as any other major corporation in Nevada. Failure to do so would further exemplify double-standards and a different set of rules for the politically connected. Place it on the ballot and let the voters decide, not the mining companies and their lobbyists. | May-03-2013 |
| For | Its time that we all pay our fair share. Many of us pay a much higher percentage of taxes then big businesses. Mining doesn't need its sweetheart deal to be profitable and since this is where the mining is, they aren't going anywhere. | May-03-2013 |
| Against | May-03-2013 | |
| For | The mining industry needs to contribute to the State of Nevada, just as all other business industries contribute. This would ease the pressure on everyone else, as well. they are very profitable and can afford to share the burden! | May-03-2013 |
| For | Please make the mining company pay their fair share of taxes to nevada | May-03-2013 |
| For | Barrick Mining is paying the government of the Dominican Republic 11 BILLION for one mine. They have 7 mines in Nevada that produce almost 3 MILLION ounces of gold annually. This is well over 40% of the companies annual production worldwide. Newmont Mining owns 18 mines and 14 processing plants in Nevada. The mining companies are not going anywhere else. The gold is here. Tax them fairly. It is sad to see how much money this state makes and how little they give towards education. You should all be ashamed of yourselves. Your children and grandchildren are the ones who will suffer. | May-03-2013 |
| For | Barrick Mining is paying the government of the Dominican Republic 11 BILLION for one mine. They have 7 mines in Nevada that produce almost 3 MILLION ounces of gold annually. This is well over 40% of the companies annual production worldwide. Newmont Mining owns 18 mines and 14 processing plants in Nevada. The mining companies are not going anywhere else. The gold is here. Tax them fairly. | May-03-2013 |
| For | We need to get our fair share from the miners now because once they have extracted all our minerals, they're leaving, and we're broke. Stop letting them rob us when they have demonstrated a willingness to pay elsewhere. | May-03-2013 |
| For | Fair is Fair... Nevada provides the raw material for tremendous profit. Our schools are ranked lowest in the nation for necessary funding. Come ON !!! Do the right thing. | May-03-2013 |
| For | It's time for them to pay our state fairly for the profit they earn here. When our state is financially in trouble, and this revenue is possible, it needs to happen. We can't keep raising property taxes on the home owners and not raise taxes on these businesses. | May-03-2013 |
| For | These mining companies are not going to pull out of Nevada if they pay more taxes; the gold is here. If they want to stay, they have to pay. If they don't want to, there are many companies who would be willing to buy them out. Our state needs this money, our children need this money. The lobbyists need to understand that the citizens of our state come first, not the big businesses. | May-03-2013 |
| For | We need more money for education!!! | May-02-2013 |
| Against | Please VOTE NO ON SJR 15 Why do we keep penalyzing businesses and trying to increase taxes on anything the moves, all to help fund bigger government and it's coffers. If you didn't keep expanding government, then you wouldn't need to keep trying to milk we the people to fund your politics. SO, I URGE YOU TO TIGHTEN YOUR OWN BELTS AND START BEING RESPONSIBLE AND ACTUALLY TRY TO DECREASE YOUR OWN GOVERNMENTAL COSTS INSTEAD OF STICKING IT TO US! | May-02-2013 |
| For | May-02-2013 | |
| Against | Vote No on SJR15 the Constitutional Amendment on the Mining Tax. We don’t have a revenue problem we have a spending problem. Education needs reform not more money wasted on failed programs promoted by the Teachers Union. Groups like the Progressive Leadership Alliance, the champions SJR15, just want to build Big government and add to the numbers of tax users at the expense of tax producers in Nevada. Mining creates jobs. Why are we punishing successful businesses in this economy when we need more jobs not more people on the government dole? | May-02-2013 |
| For | Fairly taxing the mining companies would solve a lot of CCSD financial problems!!! I hope our legislators will not be swayed by local interests in Reno... | May-02-2013 |
| For | May-02-2013 | |
| For | As the mining industry continues to bleed Nevada dry of specific NON-renewable resources, they should be required to contribute accordingly to our economy. It will not be an industry specific tax anymnore than the current protections are industry specific. They should pay ther "fair share". | May-02-2013 |
| Against | tax the Government not Business!!! | May-02-2013 |
| For | I'm in favor of removing the mining industry's specific tax protection for mining from Nevada's constitution. Mining in Nevada provides very few jobs, and engages in a number of under-handed practices so that they do not pay their fair share of taxes. Nevadans are stuck with pit mines and Superfund sites, with nothing to show for it. Foreign and out-of-state mine owners and investors export Nevada's resources and exploit our landscape, and leave Nevadans with a mess to clean up. Please take this first step in fairly taxing the mining industry and removing the loopholes that are allowing them to escape the taxes that any other industry is expected to pay in Nevada. | May-02-2013 |
| For | The school system is grossly underfunded. I have 35 kindergarten students with no aide. We were not even given a Math or Phonics book this year. | May-02-2013 |
| Against | Vote No on SJR15 the Constitutional Amendment on the Mining Tax. We don’t have a revenue problem we have a spending problem. Education needs reform not more money wasted on failed programs promoted by the Teachers Union. Groups like the Progressive Leadership Alliance, the champions SJR15, just want to build Big government and add to the numbers of tax users at the expense of tax producers in Nevada . Mining creates jobs. Why are we punishing successful businesses in this economy when we need more jobs not more people on the government dole? | May-02-2013 |
| For | We need more tax revenue for schools...... | May-02-2013 |
| Against | May-02-2013 | |
| For | May-02-2013 | |
| Against | We don't have a funding problem we have a spending problem. Why kill the goose that lays the golden egg by taxing mining to death! | May-02-2013 |
| Against | May-02-2013 | |
| Against | I vote no and more Dem's will swing Independent as cowardly Dem's do but will vote you out in 2014! Calif Rich are Moving to NV and Will vote you out ! The days of Calif Carpet bagging are over in NV Harry Reid can Suck buttermilk up his Arse ! No to a National ID card period ! No to Amending the Second or the first or INTERNET taxes period ! | May-02-2013 |
| Against | May-02-2013 | |
| Against | Please, let's not drive away an industry that employs many and pays well. Reform the entire state tax code and make Nevada truly business friendly. | May-02-2013 |
| Against | The mining industry does not need an increase in this "EXTRA" tax. no business should be singled out for your special treatment. Manage the money you already get. Why do we have so MANY universities in Las Vegas? Are we trying to keep up with California. | May-01-2013 |
| For | Transnational mining corporations have extracted hundreds of billions of dollars of Nevada's non-renewable public resources. It's time the people of our state had a say in how we are compensated. | May-01-2013 |
| Against | May-01-2013 | |
| Against | May-01-2013 | |
| For | It is about time to stop treating mining differently and to require it to pay its fair share. | May-01-2013 |
| Against | I am very opposed to this bill. The mining industry has always paid their fair share, if not more, to the state compared to other industries. I'm really disappointed that a number for Republicans have backed this bill. That shows a vast lack of knowledge on their part about the mining industry and the mining contributions to the State of Nevada. | Apr-29-2013 |
| For | Apr-23-2013 | |
| For | Apr-23-2013 | |
| For | This is a turning point for so many representatives. Who do you represent? | Apr-13-2013 |
| Against | Apr-13-2013 | |
| Against | Every time you raise taxes, you suck more money out of the already fragile economy - businesses do not pay taxes, people pay taxes. Instead of raising taxes, reduce spending. We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem. There is no such thing as "their fair share" taxes. | Apr-12-2013 |
| Against | Instead, remove the tax abatements provided to solar and wind projects. | Apr-11-2013 |
| Against | Apr-10-2013 | |
| Against | Don't hurt business/jobs in this state. Encourage job creation. | Apr-08-2013 |
| Against | Our state fiscal problems arise from too much spending - not from too few taxes. Why punish one of the few surviving industries? Vote NO on SJR15. | Apr-08-2013 |
| For | Apr-06-2013 | |
| Against | Apr-05-2013 | |
| For | Apr-04-2013 | |
| For | Apr-04-2013 | |
| For | There is no reason mining should have special privileges in the Nevada Constitution - except for the fact that it wants to reserve all the gold for itself. This bill will allow the citizens of the state to express their opinion on the issue. In a representative government such as we have each individual should have a say without the legislative pressure of lobbyists. | Apr-04-2013 |
| For | Please let the People decide how to tax our natural resources and not the Mining Industry. thanks | Apr-04-2013 |
| Against | This is just another tax grab. Mining is a tough business. Capital investment is enormous. Once we start raising mining taxes, at some point mining will not be profitable and we can watch them shut down and leave. | Apr-02-2013 |
| For | Apr-02-2013 | |
| For | Mar-31-2013 | |
| For | Mar-31-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-30-2013 | |
| For | Mining companies in Nevada are already privy to the lowest tax rate in the world, roughly 1% of their total profits. This permissive rate in unheard of anywhere else. Most other countries have rates that fluctuate between 5 and 50%. If our state is to get a fair return on our investment in mining, then it is time the mining companies play by the same rules as everybody else and be taxed accordingly. | Mar-29-2013 |
| For | Mar-28-2013 | |
| For | Repealing this favoratism is well overdue. The 1860 version of the state constitution had it right but didn't pass the terriorial congress. Can the State get it done now? We need to funds to repair the environmental mess we get when the mines close! | Mar-27-2013 |
| For | The state should tax mines and their proceeds the same as other companies and not as a "holy cow" as prescribed in the Nevada constitution, as placed there when the state was striving for the only major industry available in its infancy. | Mar-27-2013 |
| Against | Mar-27-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-27-2013 | |
| For | Mar-26-2013 | |
| For | It's time that mining companies start paying their fair share. | Mar-26-2013 |
| For | In my opinion, there is no question that this should pass. In a free market economy, no one industry should enjoy Constitutional protection. Removing this protection will not eliminate the taxes we currently collect from the industry, because they exist in statute. | Mar-26-2013 |
| For | Mar-26-2013 | |
| For | The mining industry should not have a special provision in the Nevada Constitution. | Mar-26-2013 |
| For | let's tax mining companies more and fund our horrific education system we have here. | Mar-25-2013 |
| For | This is an example of blatant corruption in government - no industry should get special treatment, especially one that is run by and for the benefit of out of state corporations. Get rid of it. Let the free market prevail? Isn't that what Republicans always say? | Mar-25-2013 |
| For | Please tax the mining industry as we would any other business. They are digging into Nevada land taking our resources, making profits from them all while receiving a lower than normal tax rate. This seems absurd, especially when Nevada needs revenues. I strongly urge you to support this bill! | Mar-25-2013 |
| For | No business should be listed in the constitution. | Mar-25-2013 |
| For | Mining does NOT deserve nor require special provisions in the Nevada state constitution. This bill is an excellent bill to remove those provisions. | Mar-25-2013 |
| For | When mining’s tax structure protections were written into the state Constitution back in 1864, Nevada was a very different place. The import of mining’s contributions to the State and its place in the landscape of Nevada’s economic well-being was huge. But the recognition that mining no longer needs such protections has been well-known to the State and its citizens for at least 25 years and various efforts to change this have been underway since 1989. Today, Nevada faces unprecedented budget shortfalls and simultaneous, desperate needs for revenue to address big and costly problems within our State: deteriorating roads and highways, an education system at the bottom in the nation, threats to public safety due to reduced workforces, and a myriad of efforts and programs to put our residents and the nation’s hardest hit back to work. The needs of the State of have become dire and the reasons to protect mining have become moot. We need to create a level playing field that doesn’t allow exceptions for those who don’t warrant it or need it. Many of mining’s owners who our Constitution currently protects are, in many cases, foreign-based companies, who are getting rich off of Nevada’s limited precious resources and taking their money out of Nevada. We can’t ever afford to continue giving mining owners protections that: (1) are no longer warranted; (2) discriminate against other industries not granted similar protections; and (3) allow that same industry to take their proceeds out of Nevada, but most especially not at a time like now, when the State is facing such significant revenue challenges. | Mar-25-2013 |
| Against | Hello, Please register my support of SJR15 to remove the mining industry's special tax protections from the Nevada Constitution and give you our legislators the opportunity to decide on behalf of Nevadans how the industry will be taxed. With such great need in our state, particularly education, it is time for mining to give back more fully to the people of Nevada. Respectfully, M. Lee Dazey 1675 The Strand Reno, NV 89503 | Mar-25-2013 |
| For | We need to start taxing mining more, at rates just like the rest of the world. Our economy is in shambles, education is terrible-- all could be fixed by not giving tax breaks to Canadian companies. No special gifts. | Mar-25-2013 |
| For | Mar-25-2013 | |
| For | Mar-25-2013 | |
| For | Mar-25-2013 | |
| For | Vote yes,the schools of Nevada are the lowest in the country,on funding.Corporations,businesses and the wealthy need to carry their fair share. Support the people who you represent and not the money behind the lobbyist,remember that you are our voice. | Mar-25-2013 |
| For | While I am not against the mining industry, the constitutional exemption they enjoy puts the State of Nevada and all other of its businesses at a disadvantage. A modest amount of additional revenue is needed to stop the “brain drain” out of the public schools and universities. However this must not be raised by any means that could be construed as a tax on income – whether on gross receipts, payrolls, net profits or dividends. I know from my work as an accountant and tax preparer in Illinois and California what an administrative burden income taxation is to both individuals and businesses. I also lived in Washington State that imposes a “Business & Occupation” tax on gross receipts without regard to whether the enterprise is actually profitable. The “B&O tax” is an especially onerous burden on small business. Yet this is exactly the sort of tax that would be imposed by the so-called “Teachers’ Initiative.” Nevada’s cachet of remaining among only seven states which levy neither personal nor corporate income taxes is essential for future economic vitality. It makes up for our state’s geographic isolation, paucity of water, and lack of arable land. Mining must pay its fair share if Nevada is to avoid regressive taxation that would alienate investors and entrepreneurs, and place an intolerable burden on small businesses and ordinary working folks. Therefore I urge a ‘YES’ vote on Senate Joint Resolution 15. | Mar-23-2013 |
| For | I urge you to move forward on this bill. Mining is important to our state and our state is important mining. However mining doesn't appear to care to dialogue about what will help our people, but rather continue to fight over something placed in the law very much In their favor that was passed at an entirely different time for Nevada. It is time to re-look at this one! | Mar-22-2013 |
| Against | Another tax increase singling out a specific successful industry! Way to go, work to destroy what works and subsidize those that do not. Yes that is sarcasm. Stop punishing success, and remember that mining suffers boom & bust periods. Will we also subsidize these mines when they are exhausted or mineral prices fall? I doubt it. STOP THE OVERSPENDING! Instead of looking for victims who may be unjustifiably pilloried to increase taxes on we should be cutting the budget and expanding business opportunity. | Mar-22-2013 |
| For | Our state has suffered long enough from a lack of funding. It is time that everyone who benefits from our state contribute their fair share. | Mar-22-2013 |
| For | Mining should pay for their fair share. Shame on them for not wanting to contribute. They should look at how Zappo Shoes does business and contributes to our community. | Mar-21-2013 |
| For | Mar-21-2013 | |
| For | Mar-21-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-20-2013 | |
| Against | Leave things the way they are. Should this pass the voters in 2014, who will determine what the Industry's "fair share" is? Everyone has different opinions as what "fair share" really means. This applies to all levels tax and spending. What's fair to one person is most likely unfair to the opposing side. It is always easy to spend someone else's money. I am not affiliated in any way with the mining industry, just tired of hearing the term "fair share" from people. | Mar-20-2013 |
| For | Mar-19-2013 | |
| For | Mar-19-2013 | |
| For | Mar-19-2013 | |
| For | It's time for multi-national corporations to pay their fair share to help this state in return. It was never the intent to protect these global record-profit companies from contributing to the betterment of society. | Mar-19-2013 |
| For | Mar-18-2013 | |
| For | Mar-18-2013 | |
| For | Mar-18-2013 | |
| For | Mar-17-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-17-2013 | |
| For | A non-renewable resource is mined and taken from nevada.Just like gaming revenies, nevada never imposed a high enough tax rate, due to bribery (gaming lobbyists of the past and mining lobbyists currently)influence on legislators,to keep tax rate low.Mining companies agreed to a 5% tax in what year was it 1878, lets just index that rate to the current year so I don't have to argue specifics with tom crowley. | Mar-17-2013 |
| For | This needs to happen. Mining companies should pay a fair rate. This does not mean they should pay more, it just means the constitution should not determine the rate. | Mar-13-2013 |
| For | Foreign corporations are taking vast amounts of non renewable resources from our great State. Why can't mining pay the same tax as any other business? It seems only fair to all the other companies that pay their fair share of support for our communities and families. | Mar-11-2013 |
| For | I am a native Nevadan and ask that you please pass this bill. Thank you so much for your consideration. | Mar-11-2013 |
| For | Out-of-State Corporations are making $Billions in revenue from NV’s resources. They send the profits out of NV. As the report below shows, these Out-of-Sate Corporations contribute very little to the NV’s General Fund– a measly 1%. Gaming and Sales Tax revenue make up 57% of the GF, and Mining Tax only accounts for measly 1% due to this outdated Constitutional protection. http://www.planaction.org/wp-content/uploads/Final-Mining-Report-June-2012.pdf Did we not forget that the mining industry had been taking illegal tax deductions for several years. http://www.businessinsider.com/nevada-mining-tax-deductions-2011-4 . Audits by the NV Dept. of Taxation showed that 3 mines had shorted NV $Millions in taxes. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jul/04/audits-find-mining-companies-underpaid-87/ Where does NEM’s audit stand? Ask Chris Nielsen The industry’s reps (including Pete) will argue that the mines donate money. Unfortunately, they then get to select who, and how much, taking the distribution out of the control of NV’s govt. The donations of not amount to what NV and the County would receive if they were taxed on a 6.75 Gross Proceeds amount ($780 Million). The mines are not hiring like the NMA would like you to believe. Jerrit Canyon terminated 400, and in violation of the WARN Act. Recently, NEM’s poor business decisions in CO contributed to a “series of layoffs” in NV (9/12)- spun to be caused by increasing costs – costs which could have been mitigated had NEM’s Supply Chain Managers in CO not failed to negotiate better contracts. Consequently, the poor business decisions made in other parts of the world have a negative impact on the employees working in NV – NV is held hostage to out-of-state incompetency. SJR15 needs to pass so NV residents in Elko can have the choice to vote this protection out. We too want to prevent NV, where we chose to live in, from giving its resources away so out-of-state corporation can make $Billions. Elko says PASS SJR15!!! | Mar-11-2013 |
| For | Mar-10-2013 | |
| For | Mar-08-2013 | |
| For | I am asking for quick passage of SJR15 so that the voters can decide in 2014 on whether or not the mining industry should pay their fair share of taxes for extracting Nevada's nonrenewable resources. | Mar-08-2013 |
| For | Mar-08-2013 | |
| For | This is the right thing to do at the right time. Voting for SJR15 is needed to create a level playing field and also to move forward in protecting Nevada's children and future generations from the State's constant financial rollercoaster. | Mar-08-2013 |
| For | We all pay our fair share. Why should mining be any different? | Mar-08-2013 |
| For | Mar-08-2013 | |
| For | Mining needs to pay its fair share in Nevada & the tax breaks it currently gets are a disgrace. That's money our schools could be receiving but don't. That's money our communities could be using to support jobs and economic development. | Mar-08-2013 |
| For | As a employee of the Clark County School District SJR 15 is very important to me as a support staff member I know state funding is an issue and under funding is not an advantageous choice for students. Taxing the mining industry at a realistic rate is the fair way. | Mar-08-2013 |
| For | The mining industry needs to pay its fair share of taxes to Nevada since they are taking our resources and leaving the state without fairly compensating the state for this access. Nevada is foolishly squandering it's natural resources if we do not profit from the loss of our silver and gold. | Mar-08-2013 |
| For | Mar-08-2013 | |
| For | Mining should not be protected from taxes by the Nevada constitution. They grind our mountains into toxic waste sites while making enormous profits, much of which go to Canada. It's time they paid into the state that is making them billions of dollars. | Mar-08-2013 |
| For | Mining leaves behind permanent devastation of land and water resources in Nevada. There is no adequate compensation for the ravages mining activity leaves behind, but mining should not enjoy a special protected tax status leaving the state impoverished while they walk away with billions of dollars in profit. Please support this measure. | Mar-08-2013 |
| For | Mar-06-2013 | |
| Against | Passage of this bill will make Nevada lose its status as a state friendly to mining. We will lose much of the benefilts to our economy that mines and the industires attached to them bring with them when mines can't operate here anymore. | Mar-06-2013 |
| Against | Mar-06-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-06-2013 | |
| Against | Taxing mining more would increase costs to mines and force them to hire less people. | Mar-06-2013 |
| Against | Why Do the liberal teachers, who just want higher wages, have any influence on the legislation and taxation of an industry? The mining industry has been the states greatest industry sense the 1850's, it's what made nevada. If one lame lobby can control you legislators you have lost your integrity. I am ashamed to be a Republican. | Mar-06-2013 |
| For | Mar-06-2013 | |
| For | Mar-05-2013 | |
| For | Please start making mining pay its fair share! | Mar-05-2013 |
| Against | This is a bad idea. Passing this bill will hurt if not stop mining and exploration by small and medium size companies. Research the numbers of companies doing mineral exploration in Nevada in the 1970's-1980' and the money they spent to get an idea of what we have lost already. | Mar-05-2013 |
| For | Having the mines pay a bigger share of taxes would have eased the past recession's budget woes to a significant degree. | Mar-04-2013 |
| For | Mar-04-2013 | |
| Against | Mar-04-2013 | |
| For | Mar-04-2013 | |
| For | There is no reason the mining industry shouldn't have the same tax liabilities as any other business in the state. What are they going to do, go mine somewhere else? | Mar-03-2013 |
| For | Mar-03-2013 | |
| For | Mar-03-2013 | |
| For | Mar-02-2013 | |
| For | Mar-02-2013 | |
| For | It is time for those who exploit the natural resources of our state to pay their fair share of taxes. The employment derived from said exploitation does not justify special treatment, which places an unfair burden of taxation on the remainder of Nevada's taxpayers, especially since a good portion of these profits are sent to companies not residing in Nevada or even in the United States of America. | Mar-02-2013 |
| For | Corporations prosper at the expense of the Nevada population's general welfare. Stop wondering why Nevada cuts education budgets because the "funding simply isn't there". | Mar-02-2013 |
| For | Look at what the same companies pay in Canada. Why do we ship our gold there--giving it away for free? So they can have a higher standard of living? Well, they do. Save the state. Tax the mining companies! | Mar-02-2013 |
| For | Mar-02-2013 | |
| For | Why should the mining industry profit and the residents of the state do not? | Mar-02-2013 |
| For | It's about time Mining started paying their fair share. | Mar-02-2013 |
| For | It's time for mining to start paying it's fair share . | Mar-02-2013 |
| For | Mining doesn't deserve special tax rates. Mining should be taxed the same as other businesses in the state. | Mar-01-2013 |
| For | Mar-01-2013 | |
| For | Mining needs to pay its fair share. | Feb-28-2013 |
| For | Feb-28-2013 | |
| Against | Any knee-jerk decision in favor of SJR15 based on melodramatic, misleading propaganda by PLAN or other anti-mining groups will hurt the mining industry in a manner that will ultimately hurt the state, particularly when gold prices drop but costs continue to climb. Please educate yourself on ALL the dizzying business risks that are exclusive to mining. You'll find that it's far more of a gamble than blowing your cash at a casino (look at Barrick's Q4 2012 report, as well as Rodeo Creek's recent bankruptcy filing). Also, learn about ALL the other different forms of revenue - including other taxes and fees - that mining generates for the state and counties when it is doing well. Furthermore, look at the charitable support to communities that mining companies and employees are able to provide (BETTER THAN STATE OR COUNTY ASSISTANCE) when business is strong (ex: Newmont's award-winning NMC Legacy Fund). SJR15 would curb all of that and set back Nevada's economic recovery for years. | Feb-28-2013 |
| Against | Mining works for Nevada. It provides quality jobs, already pays a higher percentage of taxes to GDP than other industries around the State, and mining is a great community partner-investing in community sustainability in numerous way. Passage would cause substantial impact to the mining industry and result in severe econmic impact to the State of Nevada. | Feb-27-2013 |
| Against | Mining works for Nevada. Think about the impacts you will have on the entire state before you blindly make this decision. When you put the mining companies out of business, you will severly impact Northern Nevada and the entire state budget. Get the real facts about how mining supports our state, our communties, and our families. Are you prepared to be held responsible for putting our state into a great financial crisis? Let's work together to come up with a solution that is best for everyone. | Feb-27-2013 |
| Against | Mining works for Nevada. Without the Mining Industry creating good paying jobs, providing healthcare and supporting the communities in which they operate the Rurals would be ghost towns. Mining pays its share and more. | Feb-27-2013 |
| For | Feb-24-2013 | |
| Against | Lets trim the fat from both State and Federal Governments instead. We all know that Government os just to fat to even get out of bed. | Feb-24-2013 |
| Against | Feb-18-2013 | |
| Against | Feb-18-2013 | |
| For | Feb-15-2013 | |
| For | Major mining companies are not based in this state. Miners rape the land then move elsewhere (Beatty, etc.) | Feb-15-2013 |
| Against | THE MINES TO DO NOT PAY ENOUGH TAXES. THE MINES BELONG TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN SOME INSTANCES, THE PRICE OF GOLD AND SILVER HAVE SKY ROCKETED, THEY ARE MAKING BILLIONS AND ONLY PAYING A SMALL AMOUNT OF TAXES COMPARED TO THEIR INCOME. MORE TAX MONEY WOULD DEFINITELY HELP OUR STATE WITH SCHOOLS. COMPANIES DO NOT WANT TO COME TO THIS STATE BECAME OUR SCHOOLS ARE SO POOR. WITH MORE TAX MONEY THAT COULD IMPROVE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. | Feb-13-2013 |
| For | No industry should have the kind of constitutional protections mining has. Removing their constitutional protection will NOT cause them to pay less in taxes specifically because the statutes setting their tax rate will still be active. | Feb-11-2013 |
| For | The mining industry has been exploiting Nevada's resources without fair compensation and has been protected based on this in the constitution. It has no basis. Of course the mining industry will lobby against this! They should not be able to exploit resources and create (or risk creating) dangerous pollution and superfund sites without a reasonable and fair tax structure. | Feb-10-2013 |
| For | This has been locked in since miners wrote the NV Constitution in 1864 & has been nailed down by lobbyists ever since. | Feb-08-2013 |
| Against | Feb-08-2013 | |
| For | SJR15 represents what could be the last best hope at correcting the longest-running injustice in our state's history. Our elected officials must demand a vote from their leaders and vote YES. Don't doom our children to repeat our 'boom and bust' history funded by gambling winnings. | Feb-07-2013 |
| For | I believe this is an extremely important bill which will allow Nevada to begin to fairly tax the Mining Industry. | Feb-06-2013 |
| For | Nevada needs to quit handing over it's non-replaceable natural resources to foreign mining concerns. It is pure insanity for a state that is always broke to allow this nonsense to continue. http://www.8newsnow.com/story/15232133/steve-sebelius-gold-mining-and-lack-of-tax-revenues | Feb-05-2013 |
| For | The 2011 Barrick Mining annual report is out. If you read it, there are some very interesting facts that emerge. This is a link to the Barrick Annual Report for 2011. http://www.barrick.com/theme/barrick/fil... Barrick Mining either owns outright, or is a partner in a joint venture in 7 gold mines in Nevada. To determine my estimate a profits for 2011, I assumed the price of gold at $1500 per ounce, or less. The current price for gold is in excess of $1750 per ounce. The first four mines listed are totally owned by Barrick Mining. In 2011, according to their own figures, Barrick Mining produced almost 97 TONS of gold from their Nevada Mines. That is same weight as 16 full size, original HUMMERS. Barrick Mining has reported record profits and dividends in both 2010 and 2011. The Cortez Hills Mine produced 1.42 Million (44.375 tons) ounces of Gold at a cost of $245 per ounce. If you assume a conservative profit of $1000 per ounce, you get a profit for the Cortez Hill mine of $1,420,000,000. Barrick paid a total of $47,300,000 in local and state taxes last year. Bald Mountain Mine produced 93,000 ounces (2.9 tons) at a cost of $558 per ounce. Assuming a profit of $900 per ounce for the Bald Mountain Mine, you get a profit of $83,700,000. The Gold Strike mine produced 1.09 MILLION ounces (34.0625 Tons) at a cost of $511 per ounce. Again assuming a profit of $900 per ounce for the Gold Strike mine, you get a profit of $981,000,000. Ruby Hill mine produced 127,000 ounces (3.96875 tons) at a cost of $334 per ounce. Assuming a profit of $1000 per ounce for Ruby Hill, you get a profit of $127,000,000. Barrick Mining is involved in three joint ventures in Nevada. Barrick owns 33% of the Marigold mine. Barrick's share of production was 51,000 ounces (1.59675 Tons) at a cost of $761 per ounce. For the Marigold mine, assume a profit of $700 per ounce. The total profit would be $35,700,000. Barrick owns 50% of the Round Mountain mine. Barrick's share was 178,000 ounces ( | Feb-04-2013 |
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