Nathan Hunstad wrote:
These kind of reverse referenda are completely unnecessary. I fully
trust
our school board members and the city council to make the right decisions
with
regards to property taxes. If they make what I consider to be the wrong
choices, then I can vote them out of office. No need for any postcards.
If this is such a good idea, why limit it to property taxes? Why not
take
a vote on every tax: income taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, excise taxes,
etc.?
Why not turn over budgeting to the masses altogether? Of course, if that
were
the case, our state would soon be in dire financial straits, and our quality
of
life would definitely suffer.
Mark Anderson replies:
Yeah, that'd be a great idea to have referendums on all taxes. It seems to
me that it'd be a good idea to give decision-making power to the masses as
often as possible. I think people should have the right to run their own
lives; and that includes the right to make bad decisions on their own taxes.
We've had enough bad decisions made by the political elite; maybe we
peasants should have the same opportunity. It isn't practical for
everything to be decided directly by the people -- but it's a good idea when
it's possible. Bringing the decision-making as close to the people as
possible is called democracy.
Mark V Anderson
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