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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom, your argument with regard to the president
works wonderfully to illustrate the patent unfairness of the MSD's supplemental
levy scheme for obtaining additional funds. Every four years you get an
opportunity to elect yourself a new national leader. Even if you fail, the
scoundrel is out in eight years no matter what. With the levy, once its in its
in forever. Perfectly reasonable people who, for reasons of their own, are not
in favor of the tax increase must be constantly voting to keep the increases at
bay. Those in favor must only get lucky once and the rest of the community
is put upon into perpetuity. Plus, if the levy fails the district
simply wears down the voters by marginally reducing the amount they ask for and
coming back again and again until they finally succeed. Once they establish the
new, albeit slightly lower bonus they simply come back with their hand out a
little sooner then they might have had the original levy passed and start the
whole nightmare over again. To establish a modicum of fairness in this
process the levy's should:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A. Sunset after a given number of years. (If
Moscow's economy were to seriously tank, property values plummet and school
district enrolment numbers shrink drastically, do you really think we should be
bound by levy's from the distant past?)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>B. Require at least a 60% or greater voter
approval. (I'd prefer 75%)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>C. Be put to a single vote at regularly
scheduled elections (to avoid voter fatigue and cherry picking election
dates)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>g</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=the_ivies3@yahoo.com href="mailto:the_ivies3@yahoo.com">Tom Ivie</A>
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<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> Friday, May 11, 2007 9:31 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Taxpayer
Rights</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I thought about this for a little while and decided that it is
much like voting for a President. Someone elected without a "mandate"
can still become President (Clinton). A "simple" majority (even if
decided by a court) can still make you President (Bush II). When we
vote, those of us 18 and older, are voting for those who can't yet vote (those
not 18 and not yet legal to vote yet -as in immigrants). But they have to live
with the outcome of that vote until the next opportunity arises that they MAY
be able to vote if they have become of age or legal to vote -become a U.S.
citizen. <BR><BR><B><I>Donovan Arnold
<donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:
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<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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