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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A 247 million dollar surplus generated on the back
of strong individual tax collections obviously means that the individual tax
payer has been over taxed and the surplus should be returned to where it came
from. It should not be considered a windfall to be frittered away on what ever
project that strikes a legislators passing fancy no matter how noble it my sound
in a news sound bite or on a re-election pamphlet. States do not generate
profit, give the money back to those who earned it.</FONT></DIV>
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<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> Wednesday, August 08, 2007 2:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Idaho budget
surplus</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>For discussion, and because OUR legislators read vision2020, as
well as the fact that some of them may value our input and ideas, I pose this
question: <BR><BR>What should the State do with the $247 million general
fund budget surplus? <BR><BR>$247 million was the figure released by the state
Controller, Donna Jones, on July 16th. She stated that while "corporate income
tax collections were down, strong individual income tax collections
contributed to this year's larger than expected
surplus."<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Tom & Liz Ivie
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