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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Donovan, I'll deal with just two of your
points. I'm sure others will deal with more.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First: The state has the constitutional duty
to provide for a free public education and the majority of taxes that go to
support school children in Idaho come from the state and not directly from local
property owners. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Second: Proposals for the building of
schools, or other issues requiring bonding must pass by a 2/3 majority rather
than a simple majority. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One extra for your nickle....I do not know what
Gerry Weitz thinks. But his lawsuit does not mention the issue
of minority taxpayers being stripped and robbed of the fruits of their labor, so
that seems not to be the overriding issue for him. Why don't you ask him
and when he tells you he is doing it for kids, ask him whose kids--certainly it
isn't for the ones in Moscow Public Schools. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Take care, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sue </FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:30
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Taxpayer
Rights</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>The Wietz lawsuit raises some important questions in my mind,
particularly regarding taxpayers and their rights. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Is it fair, first off, to have a vote to pay taxes for an indefinite
amount of time? Seems rather unfair, voting to tax people in the future that
have not been given the right to decide what tax level they feel is fair.
Being told, "People in the past already voted and so you don't get to decide,
ever, unless of course you want to raise the tax rate."--hardly seems
reasonable to me. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Second, at what point is the minority tax payer able to rebel against the
taxes levied upon him/her by the majority? What rights do they have to protect
them from out right exploitation and thievery by the tax
levying democratic majority?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Third, are property taxes even fair or just? Taxing people on where they
live, even knocking those on fixed incomes right outta their homes?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Finally, placing the entire burden of running schools, the largest
expense, squarely on the back of property owners seems rather harsh, is not
greatly unjust. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>What do you think? Am I wrong to think that there should be
some limits placed on what the democratic majority can do to the
minority taxpayer that just feels completely robbed and stripped
of the fruits of their hard labor? Is it possible Gerry Wietz and other
feel the same way?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Donovan </DIV>
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