you should vote yes on question #1 in mass
Tags: massachusetts, money, politics, taxes
michael graham is probably my favorite talk radio host. he recently posted a short list of programs we’re currently paying for in mass. the list includes:
ACORN
Boston Coalition for Justice in Bhopal
Boston DSA (Democratic Socialists of America)
Mass Transgender Political Coalition (WTF?)
Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts
OK. That’s just redonkulous. I get how people are scared that somehow by keeping their own money, it’s going to cost them more money – but truth be told, it shouldn’t! This is the part I don’t get – people go, oh if we eliminate the state sales tax, they’re just going to cut education and police and raise my already insane property taxes. But wake up people! Don’t let them!
Freak out on them. Get mad!!! Don’t just sit back and let them keep taxing you because you’re scared of what they’re going to do. There’s a great line from the movie V for Vendetta, “People should not be scared of their governments – governments should be scared of their people.”
Are mass. tax payers scared? Yes. Is it your money they’re spending for you? YES. Why don’t you want to keep your own money and spend it on programs that YOU care about. Why don’t you start holding the politicians YOU vote for accountable for where your tax money is going.
You’re worried about education cuts when we spend more per student than any other country, yet we’re ranked 18th in the world for literacy?
You’re worried about cops and firefighters getting cut back when we’ve got things like firefighters “on leave” getting full payment while out doing body building competitions.
You’ve got communities like Newton who are building a high school that has gone from $100 mil budget to now almost double that.
We’ve wasted billions on a tunnel that is said to be the least safest tunnel in America and has has already killed someone. Don’t get me started on the tax in the form of tolls we pay for roads that have been paid for 4 times over.
Did you know that for FY2009, Mass has budgeted nearly $1.5 billion for public assistance!
Want to know how much we’re spending total on Labor & Workforce Development? $77 Million.
Astonishing. To me, this is not a partisan issue. It’s common sense: you earn money and so you should be able to spend it how you see fit. You should not feel as if you must keep being taxed for fear of what your government will cut in return.
