Originally posted by Mike C:
CWUgirl,
Since you chose to respond to my post, I will point out to you that in your response you totally ignored my point about people voting to raise their taxes all the time - via levies for libraries, 911, schools, etc.
You state that it is impossible for the individual to make decisions on spending issues because our state government is too complex? I patently reject that arguement as one of giving in to Big Brother. Individuals are perfectly capable of making decisions as to where our money should be spent. I find your arguement very condensending. Using your line of logic, since I'm a nurse, when you come in for health care you should have 100% trust in what I or your doctor tell you. Don't bother to learn anything yourself because we are the "experts".
No thanks, I prefer to think for myself.
Those taxes are trival and mainly at the local level... my arguement is at the state level.
I didn't say it's impossible for the individual to make decisions because government is too complex. Here's what I said:
Your last line "I think people are willing to pay when they know the money is going to be used wisely and fairly," is my point. We live with a complex bureaucracy, that judgement call is impossible. We are fundamentally distrustful of politicians and encounter slow and ineffective bureaucracies almost on a daily basis that scream "YOUR MONEY IS NOT BEING USED EFFECTIVELY."
My point was that we are confronted everyday with bureaucracy and news stories about the failings of state government. How can we prove we need in increase in something like sales tax or anything else that goes directly to the general fund? You cannot apply your test- there is no way for anyone to decide if general fund dollars are going to be "wisely" used.
And my logic is not at all condesending. It's practical.
Please read my entire posts before judging me as an elitist... I haved stated Eyeman is absolutely necessary in WA repeatedly. He has changed our system....I'm not sure if it was for the better in all cases... and put politicans on notice that the electorate was going to have a little more say in the workings of the state.
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