Occupy Omaha has pulled out of a debate scheduled for tomorrow between AFP-Nebraska state director Brad Stevens.

We call Occupy Omaha cowards.

How convenient, when the Occupy movement is given the opportunity to publicly describe its agenda - and be forced to explain their actions and extremist beliefs that government should provide free wages, health care and college tuition for everyone - they back out.

If you want media attention and to be in the public spotlight, then have the courage to defend your beliefs.

You have the opportunity to make a difference.

There is a serious effort to reduce taxes in Nebraska. Today the Revenue Committee will hold a hearing on LB 970, a bill that would eliminate the Death Tax and reduce the income tax.

Click here to email members of the Revenue Committee. Tell them you want to keep more of your hard earned money in your wallet.

Nebraskans pay too much in taxes to support government that has grown too large and too expensive. Reducing taxes is not only compassionate during a prolonged national economic downturn that has left many either unemployed or underemployed, it is smart economic policy.

Click here to email the Revenue Committee to support Sen. Cornett’s LB 970.

Sen. Mark Christensen introduced LB 1170, known as Paycheck Protection, legislation that will protect hard working Nebraskans from having their bank accounts plundered by Big Labor.

‘Paycheck Protection’ is legislation that institutes a firewall between union membership dues, originally intended to fund the administration of local union operations, and political activities within labor organizations. Paycheck Protection simply gives union members a choice, a choice to fund or not fund, the non-administration aspects of their union while still retaining their membership.

Political Partisanship
According to the James Madison Institute, labor reform experts believe as much as 80 percent of union dues are spent on non-administrative related activity. And according to analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics, Big Labor gives more than 90% of its political support to only one political party.