Originally posted by micropterus101:
Sparky sparked another one !
I agree with jim except for the part about getting down on Sparky.
Tim eymann broke no laws taking that money! The government sensationalized the incident because of there distain for the guy. All the time he puts in has got to be worth something, dont you think?
As far as people not ever voting for a tax, it has already happened since the initiatives.
This state just has to show what the money is going to be spent on and show how.
If the people want it the people will vote for it.
This state does not want to stop there pet programs we dont want, so they are
taking money away from things we do want. So they can get us to vote for taxes they want.
That is an extremely idealistic view of electoral politics. Unfortunately, reality has people abiding by what helps their pocket book rather than what will keep state government running.
Aside from the sheer impossiblity of implimentation of Eyeman's vote for taxation policy plan, think of the time and money that would be wasted during campaigns for taxation changes. Are we just going to halt government so the people, who for the most part are uninformed on initiatives (or politics in general), can vote on taxes? We have a legislature, let them do their job.
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