* Terrell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021120 09:36]: > What concerns me is the proposed metro wide sales tax. I have a > problem with dedicated taxes, why do some public functions get > guaranteed support from their dedicated tax while other equally > important functions need to fight for their funding.
Can you be more explicit on this? > Transportation, like education, has traditionally had statewide > support. Presumably it is not just the people that live in a Hey, it's been happening with schools and property taxes for a long time. It's a slippery slope that will continue to erode the benefits of having a 'state' government because it will be a lot of decision makers who want to spend less, tax less, and force localties to do more. -- Scott Dier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> KC0OBS http://www.ringworld.org/ "Many voters assume that their political leaders are hard at work on these issues. They are not." _Editorial: Time to choose / Who will deliver on transportation?_ http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/3367890.html _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
