[quote=sdsurfer][quote=profhoff]I’m a registered Democrat, but I’m disgusted. These increases aren’t going to solve the problem. Maybe it’s time to start cutting wasteful spending and chop some of the social services benefits, welfare, prison spending, union payoffs, etc. Oh, wait, I’m preaching to the choir.
I know the polls suggest majority support for this tax initiative, but I really wonder if people will actually vote for it when the time comes.
Blog sentiment is telling. Most posts say “Enough already. Just cut!”[/quote]
I just read through this topic and I’m disgusted too. I not a big political guy, but it seems that the whole idea of saving in order to have money to spend when you need it is gone. People just want to spend spend spend…then figure out where to get more money to spend.
I learned everything about money from my grandfather that said to spend at least one dollar less than you make in a given month. Try to save more whenever possible, but make sure you never spend more than you earned that month.
It’s just about living within your means, but it seems most people/govnts do not understand that.
I feel like the polls are never right because they word those things in a way that they answer the questions for you. Then they come out and say “Yes, 99% of voters agree that children deserve the opportunity to learn”, but then they leave out the part that those same people do not want to increase their taxes to foot the bill for whatever the someone that put the poll together deems “necessary” in order for a child to learn.
Is’nt there any sort of business minded person that can somehow create some revenue in this great state without taxing the people to the point they want to leave?
I mean seriously…raise taxes? is that the best you can do to solve the spending problem? How long did it take to come up with that one. Is that why we hired you for this job Jerry? To find the most obvious way in the world to raise money. Sorry bud…you fail. Go back to business school and learn something new before you present any more grand ideas.[/quote]
The reason govt entities aren’t able to save during the good times is because there is ALWAYS somebody who wants to take whatever savings might exist. From private contractors to unions to developers and other special interests…to those who think the govt is “over-taxing” if there are any surpluses…if there is any money “left over,” it won’t exist for very long.
That is the conundrum politicians/govt leaders face on a daily basis. Many of them desperately want to save for a rainy day, but they are totally unable to do so because of all the special interests lined up at the trough. Oftentimes, their jobs are at stake if they don’t do what the special interest groups want them to do.
This also explains why it will not save money if governments outsource or “privatize” services. They’ve been moving more and more toward privatization over the past few decades, but have your taxes gone down as a result? As a matter of fact, the majority of fraud and taxpayer abuse occurs when there are “public-private” partnerships or contracts.
