October 21, 2005

Tax Revolt Referendum

The Tennessean today has an editorial against Tennessee Tax Revolt's effort to collect 30,000 signatures to bring about a referendum that would allow citizens of Davidson County to vote on property tax increases.

Right below the headline is this, "Even if the approach is legal, it’s a slap at representative government."

Well, my reply is that sometimes you have to slap those SOB's! (I'm also getting that same feeling about Republicans in Congress if you can't tell.)

The editorial goes on to say the following:

It feeds a potentially dangerous environment where people unhappy with government can say no to all taxes while they still expect government services, which doesn't work.

Um...well...actually...that's not the case. In addition to the message of lower taxes there's also the point that the government needs to clean its act up and stop wasting money on stupid projects that can potentially be better handled by the private sector. It also needs to manage the money that it gets now more wisely instead of going to the taxpayer's pockets every time it's strapped for cash.

By the way...you can find that petition here. Take one down, print it out and pass it around.

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