--- Denise Tolbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I, for one, am not looking > forward to seeing the Sate of Minnesota lose its > credit rating. I take enormous pride in the State I > was born and raised in and I do not want it credit > rating dropped to the point
CN: Personally, I care more about Minneapolitans' credit ratings than that of Minnesota. Denise continues: > I am just appalled to absolutely no end that the > State Legislature would deplete every single reserve > fund in the State just so they can stick it to the > Governor. Face the facts Minneapolis: with the > passing of this budget bill by the House and soon to > be the Senate---we are effectively broke! CN: Why do we care more about the govt being broke then about citizens being broke? Why does the state have a right to cozy savings accounts full of OUR money? How would the Guv's proposed taxes (regressive, imho) effect Minneapolitans? Well, let's speculate: First of all, the cigarette tax: Who smokes more - the affluent or the poor? Answer: the poor. Where can you find lots of the poor? Answer: Minneapolis. (I am one of those silly smokers, I'll shamefully admit.) Second of all, an increased gas tax: A lot of Minneapolitans, (myself formerly included) commute out to the suburbs for work. (Seriously.) It's not all rich people that have to drive in order to make a living. An increased gas tax, particularly in conjunction with the Guv's other proposed taxes, would not be helpful to the un-rich working folk of Minneapolis. Furthermore, the increased service taxes would have included legal fees. It is already difficult for low-to-moderate income people to afford a lawyer, should they need one, and this new tax would make the situation much worse. Raising taxes when we're in an economic slump is absolutely unconscionable. The people of Minneapolis need to care for their own budgets, not that of disgustingly inflated bureaucracy. Don't forget that we're still the 4th highest-taxed state in the nation. Connie Nompelis Ward 6 - Ventura Village P.S. Since I've now hit two posts for the day, I'm going to tack another issue onto the end of this one: If anybody knows which neighborhood organization encapsulates 29th and Bloomington, will you please email me offlist with that info? Thanks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
