[Vision2020] Vote against the Coming Amendments

[Ted Moffett]

Thanks for bringing up this subject... I don't currently know enough
about these amendments to cast an informed vote.  Perhaps others on
Vision2020 can offer more analysis on this issue.
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett

On 10/24/10, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> It is sad to see four proposals to the people of Idaho to change the Idaho
> State Constitution to raise their cost of living and/or reduce their rights
> as citizens.
>
> One wants to eliminate tuition free higher education for Idahoans by
> allowing UI to charge even more money to students, the majority of which
> will be paying for their education for the rest of their working lives as it
> is. I guess it is easier to only allow kids with rich parents to attend UI
> than it is find a way to shift high salaries and benefits from overpaid
> administrators to the classroom instructors that do most the heavy lifting
> for the University. Or of course, have the Idaho Legislature properly fund
> classroom instruction like the State Constitution tells them they are
> suppose to do.
>
> Another one will allow the hospitals to go into debt without a 2/3 majority
> of the people so they can charge poor people without affordable insurance
> even more than $10 for a Tylenol. Apparently, hospitals creating 50% of
> bankrupties in this country is not high enough. Just another example of why
> this country needs a single payer health care system.
>
> And lastly, an amendment will allow utility companies to charge cosumers
> more money for utiltiies so they can build more hazardous buildings  and
> store cheaper electricity from areas that subvert the environment. I
> complain about a lot of things, however, my utlity bill is bargain and I
> would like to keep it that way without giving utlitiy companies a reason to
> charge me more for building we don't need.
>
> All of these amendments are asking me to give up my rights so that the
> government can charge me more money. My anwser to this is NO.
>
> I wasn't even going to vote this election because only Republicans are on
> the ballot. But these issues will bring me to the polls. I guess I will also
> be voting against Otter because I don't think we should have a governor that
> puts unnessary road construction over nessesary education.
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> Donovan J Arnold
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