Here is a copy of my response to someone promoting prop 100 in Arizona:
The crisis in Arizona is caused by taxes that are too high and people that don't understand the proper role of government. Taxes are always too high. I can't believe anyone would actually vote to have more of their money taken away. If you want something just pay for it. The real problem is that you want to force other people to pay for what you want. I don't want to pay for your school. Why are you voting to make me pay? Does that seem right to you? You are free to donate an extra eight cents to your favorite teacher every day. But instead you use the force of law to coerce me to pay it. It is legal plunder. It is immoral. If you had personally put your hands on my wallet I would push you away so instead you send the IRS. Somehow that makes you think you are supporting a noble cause. In my eyes you are still a thief but worse, one that hired a bully as enforcer. Please vote no - against all taxes. Just write a check instead if you think the problem is a lack of money in schools.
Interesting response-I almost felt like I should support this tax measure. More often than not these measures are promoted by using fear-The streets won't be safe-the jails will be opened and your children will get a worse education than what they already are getting...IF you don't vote for this tax increase. It's easy to forget how much more power we have to correct problems when the choice to fix things remains in our hands. WE can write a check to our schools. We can support our local police etc.... It's a lack of faith that's behind the fear that those needs won't be met if they are not "forced to be". Again-fear. Are we willing to risk the chance of failure...our children's future, our safety...Very crafty. In our informative "pamplet"there were 20+pages of persuasive pro-tax pleads and a tiny fraction of that representing an against the tax vote, none of which talked of morality or philisophical reasoning that actually would reach alot more "liberal" minded voters. I've always wondered who gets chosen to write those.
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